Upstate Chat Thread XXI
07-03-2011, 05:09 PM
#1703
Former Moderator
Got back home a little before 5 PM after two weeks traveling to the Dragon, and then onwards to Memphis via Atlanta and Birmingham AL. Will post pics up sometime tomorrow.
Glad to be back home especially seeing how much cooler it is up here as compared to down south
Glad to be back home especially seeing how much cooler it is up here as compared to down south
07-03-2011, 05:11 PM
#1704
Former Moderator
I received a special request that the Solidarity Drive for Levi on July 30 take us here:
http://www.adkmuseum...anent_exhibits/
This is a world class museum. I like it so much, I'm a member. $18 admission unless we get 15 participants, in which case it will be $15.
Along the way, sea plane rides at Long Lake might be an option for those who don't like museums. But Nancy saw those planes -- and more importantly she got a glimpse of one of the pilots. So sea plane rides for me are probably verboten. Anyway, if we have 15 on the drive, I may spike the planes' engines so we can save the $3.
If we meet at Exit 30 on the Northway (rather than Exit 28 as originally planned) we can still get in Tracy Road and Ensign Pond Road to wake you up and get your blood flowing. But thereaftere, the roads will be pretty tame, although sparsely travelled.
Any Thoughts?
Keep in mind that I'm a "seat of the pants" operator. Although I love the Adirondack Museum, the only thing that will be cast in stone will be the start point. If we see a moose in Newcomb, all bets are off.
http://www.adkmuseum...anent_exhibits/
This is a world class museum. I like it so much, I'm a member. $18 admission unless we get 15 participants, in which case it will be $15.
Along the way, sea plane rides at Long Lake might be an option for those who don't like museums. But Nancy saw those planes -- and more importantly she got a glimpse of one of the pilots. So sea plane rides for me are probably verboten. Anyway, if we have 15 on the drive, I may spike the planes' engines so we can save the $3.
If we meet at Exit 30 on the Northway (rather than Exit 28 as originally planned) we can still get in Tracy Road and Ensign Pond Road to wake you up and get your blood flowing. But thereaftere, the roads will be pretty tame, although sparsely travelled.
Any Thoughts?
Keep in mind that I'm a "seat of the pants" operator. Although I love the Adirondack Museum, the only thing that will be cast in stone will be the start point. If we see a moose in Newcomb, all bets are off.
07-03-2011, 05:14 PM
#1706
Former Moderator
Ah, Rick's a nice guy People in larger population areas are definitely less considerate.
Tom was blown away how nice people were in Middlebury, Vermont compared to what he's used to here in Middletown.
I can't wait to move "to the country"!!! 23 days and countin'
3 nights in Vermont - so only 20 more nights here
I told Tom I would buy him a CD of "city noises" to fall asleep listening to
People in larger population areas are definitely less considerate. Tom was blown away how nice people were in Middlebury, Vermont compared to what he's used to here in Middletown.
I can't wait to move "to the country"!!! 23 days and countin'
3 nights in Vermont - so only 20 more nights here
I told Tom I would buy him a CD of "city noises" to fall asleep listening to
07-03-2011, 05:15 PM
#1707
Darwin strikes again!
Onondaga, N.Y. (AP) - Police say a motorcyclist who was participating in a protest ride against helmet laws in upstate New York has died after he went over the handlebars and hit his head on the pavement.
The accident happened Saturday afternoon in the town of Onondaga, in central New York near Syracuse.
State troopers tell The Post-Standard of Syracuse that 55-year-old Philip A. Contos of Parish, N.Y. was driving a 1983 Harley Davidson with a group of bikers who were protesting helmet laws by not wearing helmets.
Troopers said that Contos hit his brakes, the motorcycle fishtailed and went out of control and Contos went over the handlebars. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
Troopers said Contos would have likely survived if he had been wearing a helmet.
Onondaga, N.Y. (AP) - Police say a motorcyclist who was participating in a protest ride against helmet laws in upstate New York has died after he went over the handlebars and hit his head on the pavement.
The accident happened Saturday afternoon in the town of Onondaga, in central New York near Syracuse.
State troopers tell The Post-Standard of Syracuse that 55-year-old Philip A. Contos of Parish, N.Y. was driving a 1983 Harley Davidson with a group of bikers who were protesting helmet laws by not wearing helmets.
Troopers said that Contos hit his brakes, the motorcycle fishtailed and went out of control and Contos went over the handlebars. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
Troopers said Contos would have likely survived if he had been wearing a helmet.
07-03-2011, 05:16 PM
#1708
