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 [...]
Hinckley Lake is a lake at the southwestern border of the Adirondack Park. It supplies the drinking water for the Mohawk Valley. It also supplies water for the New York State Canal system. (By the way, today is opening day for the Canal). There’s been an ongoing battle between numerous groups which all want a [...]
Today’s Photo Hunters scavenger hunt is Unique or Funny Signs. The first thing I thought of was an old sign I remember seeing when I used to drive to work. I had to drive through some very old “shanty town” kinds of hamlets. One little area had a “convenience” store (this was before they were [...]
New York Traveler is joining the Photo Hunter ranks hosted by Daisy the Curly Cat. This week’s theme is high. I have a lot of “high” photos, but here are my favorites:
Here’s the view of my Manhattan apartment, when I lived on Lexington Street in the late 1980s. This is a view of “Little India.” [...]
I often check my blog stats, and am amazed at what search engines find here. Some things that people search for are real doozies, as we call them in Upstate NY. Tonight I was shocked to get a hit by someone searching for “utica ny nuclear fallout”! Whoa! They happened to get my post about [...]
Hat tip Adirondack Base Camp for showing off a (new to me) website that showcases everything Adirondack. It’s called the Adirondack Trailhead. The websites are amazing! This is a simple portal for everything out there relating to the Adirondacks. I’m impressed with the Flickr slideshow (scroll down). Some of the photos are absolutely stunning, like [...]
The Mohawk Indians called it “Kauy-a-hoo-ra,” or Leaping Water. Trenton Falls leaps no more, but it is still a grand site to see. We visited in October, at the height of Upstate’s brilliant autumn season. This area is the property of Brookfield Power, and the location of the hydroelectric power facilities in the Town of [...]
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