Monday, August 27, 2007

Brews N' Bears

Saturday was Ryan's birthday (Mike's brother). Mike and Ryan were planning to go to a brewfest in Elmira to celebrate, but unfortunately (in Ryan's mind) both Sarah and I were going to be working and were not going to be able to make it. BUT in reality, Sarah had the whole day off and I was able to leave work early. So while Ryan was over at our place with Mike for most of the day, Sarah was at their place decorating and baking some yummy brownies. Then Mike and Ryan stopped by to take out the dog before leaving for the fest and Ryan was surprised with a fun mini-party! It was a lot of fun, Sarah was quite the planner - and Ryan had no clue.
So after some brownies and presents, we all traveled to the Brews N' Bears brewfest. It was held at the Tanglewood Nature Center & Museum and it was actually a fundraiser for the nature center. It was small, but very enjoyable. The vendors were outside and then inside there was a wing contest. From what I saw, the nature center was really nice. They had a lot of reptiles to observe and some neat displays. I wish I could have seen more of the actual nature center, but there really was some business to attend to. :)Here is a picture of outside the tents. They had a decent crowd.

Ryan, Mike & Sarah

Here I am with the stuffed bear. I didn't catch his name though.

We decided to leave a little early because there was a big storm heading right towards the fest, and we wanted to check out a brewpub in Corning - Market Street Brewing Company. On our way there, we passed through the crazy storm and then looked back to see a perfect rainbow - and then a double rainbow! It was so beautiful. It also gave us a great sunset.

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