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 [...]
When I was a little girl and my grandmother took me for drives across western New York, we always passed signs that said “Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge.” My grandmother always pointed out the place. I thought it extremely odd that anything in New York would be called “Montezuma.” I also thought it odd that my [...]
Continue reading about Great Places: Montezuma Wildlife Refuge
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 [...]
Every New York State schoolchild has American Revolutionary events drummed into his head. New York State is loaded with history, and we exploit it as much as we can, lol. Have you ever heard of Fort Stanwix, Fort Ticonderoga, Fort Ontario/Oswego, or Fort Washington? Sure you have! They were very important strategic stations during early [...]
I’ve been on a lengthy quest for the Oneida Stone, that sacred altar stone of the Iroquois Oneida Indians. My research and my travels have been going on for over a year now. You can read more about it in my post about my visit to Forest Hill Cemetery in Utica, NY, and in a [...]
Continue reading about Oneida Indian Settlement, Nichols Pond, in Smithfield
July is perhaps the busiest month for Upstate New York tourist industry. So I do love July.
Our favorite historic site, Fort Stanwix in Rome, released their July schedule. It is so chock-full of juicy events that I thought you would appreciate knowing it, too.
July 7: There’s an evening hours Open House at the fort, [...]
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 [...]
Continue reading about A Visit to Trenton Falls in Barneveld, NY
This is a continuation of our autumn 2007 trip to the Lake George area of the Adirondacks. After our failed excursion to Fort Ticonderoga, we hankered for a real adventure. We drove around the small town of Ticonderoga (nicknamed “Ti” by the businessfolk and evidenced by their proprietor’s signs: Ti Barbershop, Ti Pizza). We were [...]
Continue reading about Buck Mountain at Pilot Knob, Adirondacks
I caught wind that the Frozen Fire and Lights Weekend is coming to Inlet, NY. This sounds like a terrific way to beat the winter blues. There will be dog sled racing, “vintage” snowmobile races, ice skating, and free refreshments. If the temperature doesn’t drop too much, we are thinking of seeing the dog races! [...]
Our latest travels took us to an overnight stay to Corning, NY, in Steuben County in southern New York State. On our way there from Utica, the big news of that day (Sunday) was a huge lake effect snowstorm pummeling areas just north of Syracuse, NY. Oswego County was buried under 3 feet of [...]
