Blogs from New York, United States, North America

Tour time today. Our faithful guide, Cory, took us to breakfast at the Castaways, a popular local diner. Now we were ready to venture on. There are no famous points of interest like Niagara Falls, Grand Canyon or Mt. Rushmore right in our town (Gabby Hayes was born here, though). We drove past the "Pink House", ruins of the Sinclair Refinery, the old Button Factory, Air Preheater (where Cory worked). Sam really liked when we stopped at the old Heart's Delight (Scoville Brown) building. Jim, the owner, has transformed it into his shop for restoration and creation of architectural pieces salvaged from old buildings and houses. It's like "Flea Market Flip" but on a much larger and grander scale. You should see some of the great items he has. So unique! Moving on, we visited the ... read more

A day to behold in so many ways. Enduring the bad and enjoying the good. We readied our RV and departed our house in the late afternoon on Wednesday. Our check-in time for the Rally was scheduled to begin at 8::00 AM on Thursday so we decided to get a head start. We slept on the NY Thruway at the Rest Area closest to the exit for Syracuse. During the night, we could hear the pitter-patter of rain drops on the rig. Soothing and restful for a relaxing sleep. Discouraging and unpleasant and revolting for an RV Rally. The rains came down - ALL DAY - in torrents. The workers guided us into our cramped site (when you have thousands of RV's to park, you don't get big lots) which was located on a grassy (rain ... read more

Our days only get better here at the Good Sam RV Rally. We joined Sam & Sandy for breakfast. Almost like early morning at Denny's in Kissimmee. Got a text: Walt & Diane had arrived at the RV Rally. What a joyous reunion - the six faithful comrades usually together in the South had now reunited in the North. Hail, Hail - the gang's all here! What a great day! Together again. Too good to be true but it was....just like a miracle. What a big difference a little sunshine with great friends around makes in changing one's opinion of this Rally. From gloom to glory....Hallelujah! We explored some new RV's on display. One of the food stands was cooking a pig on a spit...that was rather pathetic. We completed the morning back in the exhibit ... read more

FLAVOUR OF THE DAY: VITAMIN C, TYLENOL COLD & FLU, ADVIL We are both sick now. I have what Ian has had for the last week, and as usual it hit my chest and I've been out for the count for the last two days. Fortunately my Golden Arrow resort bed next to the window has a pretty lake outlook with lots of trees, and I awaken to birds singing their lovesongs. It could be worse. It could be Corner Brook! So, we've laid low, and ventured out only for a 5 minute walk here and there to stretch out the legs. This area is fantastic for the outdoors enthusiasts. We've seen countless athletes training for the marathon and half this Sunday, as well as watched swimmers in the lake then get onto bikes training for ... read more

Its important to take the time to cherish the simple pleasures along the way. Enjoying a breakfast on the outside deck of a simple bakery with a river directly below. Sunshine, rushing water lapping over smooth rocks and sitting beside a covered bridge, how often is this going to happen. No particular place to go. So lets just go. West. We left New Hampshire and entered Vermont. If you can picture the Saanich peninsula with 50 "Prairie Inns" along the way plus a winding slow running river and a town made up of a school a general store and a cemetary every 5 minutes. Thats our Vermont so far. Its seems as though it is repetative but never the same. Bikes, bikes and more bikes. We are seeing more motorcycles along the way. As we continue ... read more