We’re hoping for an autumn camping trip in the autumn months (fewer bugs, nice cool weather), and I am slowly planning our itinerary and making a gear list. We promised the kids we’d check out a nice “rugged” place in the Adirondacks this year. The Lake George/Pilot Knob area is perfect, BUT it’s a three [...]
Central New York is most known for its historical significance, but this area is also very popular for sports attractions. The Boxing Hall of Fame is in Canastota, NY, (I have yet to see it), and the Rome Sports Hall of Fame is in Rome. We visited the Sports Hall of Fame the same day [...]
Found these videos online. WOW! They are really interesting to watch. These guys bicycled the path of the old Erie Canal of Upstate New York, from Buffalo to Albany. That’s over 400 miles! Much of the original Erie Canal is now gone, although some old tow paths and locks remain. These guys traveled through the [...]
…football?
You knew it was coming, didn’t you?
Spectator sports are very, very popular around here. I’m actually very amazed at how popular they are, especially football. Perhaps it is due to the colder weather that keeps us more inactive, or the fact that my state has a Superbowl-playing-but-never-Superbowl-winning team in New York State. I [...]
My blogger friend, Threecollie over at Northview Diary, discusses the soggy New York weather and has a few videos from the rodeo in Syracuse. I thought I’d snatch the video and place it here. Be sure to give her blog a visit- it’s a great blog and gives real insight on Upstate NY farm life. [...]
I love Horsing Around! Er, I mean, I love eventing, especially British eventing. The Brits could always master their horses with such panache! I found this funny little video of Eventing World Champion Zara Phillips. She is a royal (daughter of Princess Anne, Prince Charles’ sister) and twelfth in the British Order of Succession. [...]
We have rodeos here in New York State. I don’t know how they compare with the classic rodeos out west, as I have never been out west to experience one. My kids are very much “into” western stuff– western clothing, cowboys, frontiersmen, the wild frontier. We do hope to pack our bags for a trip [...]
‘Tis the season! GOLF SEASON! OK, golf widows, turn away from the screen while I talk to your fanatical spouses about some incredible Las Vegas golf packages. But maybe you can get the husband to bring you along. Golf is really big here in Upstate New York, and yet I know how eager some [...]
I shake my head and wonder what on earth is going on in Central New York. This is from fellow New York blogger, Strikeslip, at Fault Lines:
…the OD [Utica's newspaper] notes that ‘Utica’ will be removed from the 2009 Boilermaker logo, and also seems to be lacking from the race’s website. Supposedly the organizers [...]
Not in New York. At Meribel chalet!
Isn’t it funny how we travel to warm beaches in the winter, and ski resorts in the summer?
If you have a hankering for some fun in the snow while we in North America are sweltering in the summer humidity, check out the luxury ski chalets of Courchevel, France, Meribel, [...]
I’ve heard of geocaching here and there, but didn’t give it much attention before. I’d always heard about in the context of wealthy Californians in the Redwoods forest, loaded with heavy-duty equipment and who have loads of time for frivolities (kind of like global travel or mountain-climbing or kayaking the river rapids). I never [...]
