Wellsboro, Pennsylvania

     The base of operations for our Pine Creek Gorge/Corning Museum trip was Wellsboro, Pennsylvania.  They say people are nicer "down south," but southerners have nothing on Wellsboro's citizenry.  Folks in Wellsboro are some of the nicest I have ever met.  We chatted with a real estate agent who saw us looking at the pictures in his window.  So what if we weren't in the market for one of his listings.  He enjoyed meeting out-of-towners, and we enjoyed meeting him.  We got a kick out of the cashier at the Tops Friendly Market.  He made sure we got the discounted price on a case of bottled water even though we didn't have a club card.  Then he gave us extra game pieces for the store's Monopoly contest.  We pulled into a parking space and found two dimes and a nickel sitting on the parking meter.  The person who parked there before us evidently didn't have a quarter to feed the quarters only meter.  Now that's just plain nice.
   

We stayed at Bear Meadows Lodge, about a mile out of town.  That entitled us to a $10.00 discount on breakfast each morning at the Wellsboro Diner.  The diner was manufactured in 1939 and was originally known as Schanaker's.  

Not much has changed in the last seventy seven years.

There is nothing old fashioned about this cross walk button.  When pressed a voice barks. "Wait!"  When it is safe to cross, the voice directs you to proceed across XYZ Street.  This audio assist system is a big help to the visually impaired.  It was a form of entertainment for me.

We decided that the Steak House was the best restaurant in town.  They make a delicious lemon drop martini.

Funny.

There is a nice square in town.  The fountain in the center contains a statue of Wynken, Blynken, and Nod.  In 1938 Judge David Cameron gave the statue to the town's children in memory of his deceased wife.  

     Check out this book about Wellsboro:  https://books.google.com/books?id=pRRxCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA52&lpg=PA52&dq=elizabeth+cameron+bailey&source=bl&ots=1p0P-Aisvk&sig=UjzyFFbGCCOxxjss6IYbruCYpDw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwio5sXcwa_MAhVBWh4KHVhgCUsQ6AEIUTAM#v=onepage&q=elizabeth%20cameron%20bailey&f=false