Looking for the xperience of a lifetime? Looking for a gift for the person who “has everything”? Well, have I got some incredible news for you! How about a Helicopter Tour over New York City? That would make for a memorable mini-vacation, don’t you think? And the price is more afforable than you’d think: $110. [...]
Since owning our own house and land, we love birds. My young son is a budding ornitholigist (and yes, he knows what that word means. Did you know that ornith is Greek for “bird”? Ornithology is the study of birds). Birds have been very helpful to our gardens, too. New York State has loads of [...]
Those little buggers are flying low around here! These are the new E-3 AWACS (see that black and white disc sticking up from the body?). They are radar-equipped planes for detecting other aircraft, and are flying our friendly Upstate skies, of late. My daughter spotted this odd-looking beast in the sky which barely avoided scratching [...]
A few weeks ago, the kids and I spotted a very bright yellow balloon floating our way in the sky.
It was a hot-air balloon, coming straight over us!
We took a short drive to Rome, NY, to visit Griffiss Air Force Base Technology Park. Planes, especially military planes, just don’t float my boat. Real snoozers. But I have two sons who are crazy about machinery. Aren’t all boys? So this is for them.
Griffiss was an AFB for decades before the Clinton Administration downsized [...]
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After our visit to the Oriskany Battlefield Memorial Site, we drove south on Route 69 to the Oriskany Museum. Unfortunately, the museum building was closed. We had been in there before, however, so we consoled ourselves investigating the park.
The park is beautiful. It has the anchor to the Mighty O– the U.S.S. Oriskany– the aircraft [...]
