You gotta love Rochester.
Summer’s pretty much over, but the family fun goes on and on.
Celebrate National Grandparents Day on Sunday, September 10, at Rock Ventures from 3 to 6 p.m. Grandparents climb for free when accompanied by grandchildren,
who pay $10 or $15 depending on whether they rent shoes. Owner Kent Winchester
says, “If you can climb a ladder, you can climb here. You don’t need a lot of
upper body strength.” Colored tape on the rocks shows the degree of difficulty.
Grandparents should be naturals because — as they like to remind us — they
were driven up a wall by their own kids. Pre-registration required by September
8 (www.rockventures.net, or call 442-5462).
Hopefully you wore flip-flops at the community pool,
ensuring a fungus-free summer. Reacquaint yourself with the mysterious and
strange world of spore-bearing, chlorophyll-free plants at “Family Fun Day: Fungi!” at GeneseeCountryMuseum’s
NatureCenter on September 10 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Learn about mushrooms, molds, rusts, lichens, and smuts. Rochester Area
Mycological Association members will lead a fungi foray into the woods at 2
p.m. Exhibits and crafts for kids, too. Free with nature center admission, $4
for adults, $3 for kids 4-16, 3 and under free (www.gcv.org or call 538-6822).
Here’s one for older kids: “Kayaking in Antarctica,” a free lecture and slide show by Louise
Adie, kayak guide and member of the Adirondack Mountain Club, GeneseeValley
chapter. It takes place Wednesday, September 13, at 7:30 pm at the RochesterMuseum
and ScienceCenter’s Eisenhart Auditorium. Show your
kid there’s life beyond MySpace with Adie’s tales of adventures through
icebergs and glaciers and encounters with whales and leopard seals. A safe
skiing workshop at precedes the lecture at 6:30 p.m. (www.gvc-adk.org or call
987-1717).
This article appears in Sep 6-12, 2006.
