Back to my little excursion north for cross-country skiing, we rung in 2010 in Pulaski (Pull-ask-I), NY at a fancy o'le Super8. WooHoo. We got the low down on places to eat on New Year's Eve and we headed to Eddies. Right, O! We did have decent meals and complimentary glasses of wine. Bob & I had the scallops that were possibly previously frozen but alright. Karen and Brad had pretty good meals in Lobster Pie and Chicken Parmesan. We were back at the Super8 by 9:30 and sleeping by 10.
Our last day of skiing yesterday had warmer temperatures that made the skiing sticky. Hugh didn't groom the trails at all as to not make them icy for the normal skiers. So Brad worked his ass off skate skiing in three + inches of powder and I cracked. I skated about half a foot on each side and would not glide any further. After an hour walking in the skis up the hills and skating in short bits, I took a break then switched to the classics. After we left Osceola/Tug Hill for home, we detoured to Ithaca to check out the town and have a good meal. We ran into bad weather so the detour was a little more than expected.
Brad and Karen had fresh corn beef sandwiches were out of this world. I never had one and tasted Brad's. Wow. I can't wait to order one. I had the Thai butternut squash soup, Thai chicken quesadilla and Brooklyn Chocolate Stoudt. Simeon's was a great place to eat when we didn't have the Moosewood to dine at.
One last note on dining, we had burgers and breakfasts at the Osceola Outpost and we were set with fresh home cooking. It was located at the only intersection where we skied. We had the locals serving us one morning as the waitress overslept. We got the scoop that her mother does not like the new boyfriend. Two guys and the cook got us set up until Brittany arrived. We were trying to figure out why the "waitress" seemed a little out of sorts as she was the cook. The retirees kept the coffee flowing. If we don't get enough snow for other ski centers, I would come back to the Tug Hill Plateau.
