Yuk, November is so gloomy in New York State. November and Februrary are the worst months– everything is brown and gray, cloudy and muddy. Our brilliant fall foliage that clothed our October is gone now. I miss the sunshine.
So I rifled through some of my photo archives. I realized that I never wrote anything much [...]
Upstate New York is not without it’s legendary love story.
The kids and I drove up to north Cicero last week. This part of town rings the southwestern edge of Oneida Lake. What the landscape lacks in interest (it’s very flat), the lake makes up for it with its brilliant blue water and foamy white rip [...]
We took a car trip out to Oneida Lake last week. The weather was wonderful- bright, sunny, and warm.
There were fewer boats on the lake than is usual during summertime; a lone sailboat glided across the lake while most of its companions were moored to piers and covered with tarp. Young folks were riding their [...]
I can’t believe it’s Saturday already! This week has just flown by.
We went out to Cicero, NY, to pick up our new kitten this week. The area we visited is very close to New York’s largest inland lake, Lake Oneida. I grew up along the western rim of the lake. I didn’t realize how much [...]
It’s boating season in Upstate New York! New York has hundreds upon hundreds of lakes, creeks, rivers, canals, and other waterways where we thoroughly enjoy the boating season. I grew up by Lake Oneida, New York’s largest inland lake, and I learned from an early age to respect the water and always follow safety regulations. [...]
New York State is literally loaded with little streams, creeks, rivers, and lakes. It’s a wonderfully water-ful state, but sometimes we do experience flooding. I recently blogged about our visit to see the Susquehanna River right before the historic flood of June 2006 (we had another historic flood in July that year, too). And I [...]
Memorial Day weekend is right around the corner! The New York State Canal System– an extremely popular boating passage at 524-miles– has extended hours starting tomorrow (open until 10pm). And the General Clinton Canoe Regatta, the longest single day flat water canoe race in the world, is this coming weekend, too. I have fond memories [...]
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 [...]
Late summer, we took a trip out to Syracuse to visit the Rosamond Gifford Zoo (more on that later) and to the Salt Museum. The Salt Museum in along the Onondaga Lake (the Onondaga Lake Thruway). We drove through the city to the Salt Museum and ate our picnic lunch at the comfortable park there.
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