Well this is an easy theme for the New York Traveler! I love roads, especially open ones. This is one of my favorite photos. It’s Route 9 in the Adirondack Park, near Lake George. It is a wild, rugged place. This is the road that made me carsick for the first time in 20 years. [...]
I was dropping Entrecards when I came across the Life of Justin blog the other day. He had a great post about climbing the highest point in Arizona, Humphrey’s Peak near Flagstaff. It’s 12, 633 feet high. The photos are great and I enjoyed his post.
The highest peak in New York State is Mount Marcy, [...]
I happened upon a lovely new blog, devoted to the beautiful scenery and history of the Adirondack Park in New York State, called Adirondack View. The blogger, named Cedar, actually LIVES in the North Country (ohhhhh what a treat!). The photos are outstanding, and depict the glorious scenery so well! Cedar also presents the history [...]
On July 4, the kids and I went to Rome, NY, to the Erie Canal Village. I’ve blogged about our day there, Part 1 and Part 2. What an adventure it was! One of the best parts was riding the horse-drawn packet boat down the sliver of the old Erie Canal. Here’s a video I [...]
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My blog pal Chilly from On the Bricks really liked my post with the Adirondack video. So I found another for ya, Chilly, man! I’m not sure where this is (the Adirondack Park is pretty massive, lol), but it looks like any other crazy winding road through the Adirondacks. Maybe now ya’all know what I [...]
I don’t love New York for it’s politicians, it’s taxes, it’s bureaucracy, it’s empirical attitude and policies.
This is why I love NY.
Beautiful. No hotels in las vegas for me– give me the forests and the beautiful babbling brooks! Ahhhhhhh
Thanks, Adirondack Base Camp, for finding this lovely video.
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This is weird! Just this morning, my kids and I were discussing poisonous snakes for a school lesson. We were a little non-chalant about the section on the rattlesnake. My daughter said, “Oh, there are no rattlesnakes in New York!” Imagine my utter surprise when I browsed Adirondack Base Camp and his enthralling narrative of [...]
Traveling and tourism is officially underway for the Upstate NY summer season. Here are a few local attractions for Central New York:
Erie Canal Village in Rome. I haven’t been here in… oh, a very long time. It is my desire to take the kids someday. The village is open 10 to 5, Wednesdays through Saturdays [...]
Today’s Photo Hunt involves candy. It took me a long time to think of something. We don’t eat much candy and I don’t regularly visit candy stores after having six teeth removed! (I had a vicious sweet tooth as a kid).
However, last time we were out, galavanting around Barneveld, NY, up in the lower portion [...]
My kids are tremendous Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett fans. They even have the “gear”: coonskin caps, Kentucky rifles (toy, but they look real), and various Indian paraphernalia. They are also in the process of collecting each and every one of the old television series from the 50s and 60s. Funny! They love Boone and [...]
Early last week, we had a dentist appointment north of where we live, and decided to take a little car trip further to the lovely foothills of the Adirondacks. Spring is just coming to the area, and the tree lines are a mixture of still-scraggly limbs and little green buds. The air was fresh and [...]
