In late autumn, 2006, we took a trip to the Living History Weekend in German Flatts, NY. German Flatts is one of the oldest Upstate New York settlements. Unfortunately, and predictably, it was pouring rain AGAIN (we had a lot of rain that year, and a few devastating floods). This put a real damper on [...]
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The U.S.S. Slater is one of the many places we visited during our weekend in Albany. The Slater rests in the illustrious Hudson River. It’s a beautiful river, so wide and flat. It is unlike other rivers I’ve seen closer to home. The Hudson is much more impressive and cosmopolitan than the meandering Mohawk River, [...]
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July 24, 2006
This Chittenango Falls State Park is one of the crown jewels of Madison County. Chittenango Falls is exquisite.
Chittenango Falls is about 170 feet high. The gorge, as you can see in the photo above, is enormous. There is no doubt that a whole lot of water once flowed down this creek.
The park [...]
