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This Is My New York

hello Mike S, dirtfarmer here

It has been a few years since I was up there, but the drive from Champlain to Albany in the winter when snow is on the branches of the trees, is probably the most beautiful drive in the U.S. That is, if it is not in "white out" conditions.
 
Thanks DF. Yes it is spectacular in the fall and winter months. Our property is very .near the town of Ticonderoga and I usually drive from Connecticut north through Massachusetts and Vermont to get there. It's beautiful throughout the trip.

I started this thread to show others not familiar with New York State that there is more to the state than New York City. Even though I love the city, upstate is my real New York.
 
Mike S said:
Thanks DF. Yes it is spectacular in the fall and winter months. Our property is very .near the town of Ticonderoga and I usually drive from Connecticut north through Massachusetts and Vermont to get there. It's beautiful throughout the trip.

I started this thread to show others not familiar with New York State that there is more to the state than New York City. Even though I love the city, upstate is my real New York.
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hello Mike S, dirtfarmer here

I will have to say that the city is different from upstate N.Y. Both have an appeal that can't be found any where else. I have traveled some in Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Massachusetts but have never been in Rhode Island or Maine. I have been above Maine while traveling in Quebec. They all have their beauty, but upstate in the winter with snow on the trees, but not on the road, is the best in my opinion.

For several years, I had neighbors that was from Plattsburg area.
 
I agree with you, DF, upstate NY in the winter is awesome. And, I'm a guy who's spent a lot of winters there, from the Southern Tier, to Buffalo, to Albany, to the Adirondacks. My son lives with his family in a small town near Rochester, my daughter and her family are now in Ticonderoga preparing to build their new home on our property, and my extended family is all over the rest of upstate. My history and my heart are in upstate. I grew up in the Finger Lakes region, BTW.
 
Mike S said:
I agree with you, DF, upstate NY in the winter is awesome. And, I'm a guy who's spent a lot of winters there, from the Southern Tier, to Buffalo, to Albany, to the Adirondacks. My son lives with his family in a small town near Rochester, my daughter and her family are now in Ticonderoga preparing to build their new home on our property, and my extended family is all over the rest of upstate. My history and my heart are in upstate. I grew up in the Finger Lakes region, BTW.
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hello Mike S, dirtfarmer here

Buffalo seemed a bit dirty to me. I spent time in Watertown and know about "lake effect snow". It's scenic around watertown, but best as I can remember it's kinda flat with lot of "swamps and small trees"
 
dirtfarmer said:
hello Mike S, dirtfarmer here

Buffalo seemed a bit dirty to me. I spent time in Watertown and know about "lake effect snow". It's scenic around watertown, but best as I can remember it's kinda flat with lot of "swamps and small trees"
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Buffalo is a bit dirty, more than a bit, actually. It's a big industrial city that's lost it's manufacturing base and hasn't figured out it's future yet. But I lived there for 5 years and like the people very much.
 
I have a story that illustrates how big the state is and how people in NYC know nothing about upstate. When I lived in Buffalo I work in a position that required me to talk with customers and vendors all over the country. I was talking to a young man in NYC once and he asked me where our facility was, where I was calling from. I told him Buffalo, and he asked "Where's that?" I told him the city is upstate and is the second largest city in New York. He then asked, "Is it past Yonkers?"
 
Mike S said:
I have a story that illustrates how big the state is and how people in NYC know nothing about upstate. When I lived in Buffalo I work in a position that required me to talk with customers and vendors all over the country. I was talking to a young man in NYC once and he asked me where our facility was, where I was calling from. I told him Buffalo, and he asked "Where's that?" I told him the city is upstate and is the second largest city in New York. He then asked, "Is it past Yonkers?"
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lol
 
Mike S said:
Thanks DF. Yes it is spectacular in the fall and winter months. Our property is very .near the town of Ticonderoga and I usually drive from Connecticut north through Massachusetts and Vermont to get there. It's beautiful throughout the trip.

I started this thread to show others not familiar with New York State that there is more to the state than New York City. Even though I love the city, upstate is my real New York.
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Mike,
I thought of Ticonderoga when I saw the picture you posted.
Have been up there many times - I'm very familiar with the area.
Took a tour of the paper plant many years ago.
Took the kids to the Fort.
Have been to all the important lakes up there.
It's like a second home to me. I grew up in the city (well, Queens - not the "city" for us!)
but cannot live without the mountains.

Nowhere beats the NE for the foliage in the autumn.
I really miss that a lot.

W
 
dirtfarmer said:
hello Mike S, dirtfarmer here

Buffalo seemed a bit dirty to me. I spent time in Watertown and know about "lake effect snow". It's scenic around watertown, but best as I can remember it's kinda flat with lot of "swamps and small trees"
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DF
You need to go more North and more East than Watertown.
Go back and take a second look.

Wondering
 
Mike S said:
I have a story that illustrates how big the state is and how people in NYC know nothing about upstate. When I lived in Buffalo I work in a position that required me to talk with customers and vendors all over the country. I was talking to a young man in NYC once and he asked me where our facility was, where I was calling from. I told him Buffalo, and he asked "Where's that?" I told him the city is upstate and is the second largest city in New York. He then asked, "Is it past Yonkers?"
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Yonkers!
That boy needs to get out more!!
LOL
 
dirtfarmer said:
hello Mike S, dirtfarmer here

I will have to say that the city is different from upstate N.Y. Both have an appeal that can't be found any where else. I have traveled some in Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Massachusetts but have never been in Rhode Island or Maine. I have been above Maine while traveling in Quebec. They all have their beauty, but upstate in the winter with snow on the trees, but not on the road, is the best in my opinion.

For several years, I had neighbors that was from Plattsburg area.
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Rhode Island and Maine.
You haven't missed anything.

Wondering
 
wondering said:
Mike,
I thought of Ticonderoga when I saw the picture you posted.
Have been up there many times - I'm very familiar with the area.
Took a tour of the paper plant many years ago.
Took the kids to the Fort.
Have been to all the important lakes up there.
It's like a second home to me. I grew up in the city (well, Queens - not the "city" for us!)
but cannot live without the mountains.

Nowhere beats the NE for the foliage in the autumn.
I really miss that a lot.

W
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I agree, the Northeast is best for fall foliage. And, I'm glad you're so familiar with Ticonderoga, I think it's a neat area. A lot more activity in the summer, but a little quiet in the winter. We love going to the fort, particularly for battle re-enactments. My wife and I plan on living there when she retires in a couple of years. Our daughter and her husband have purchased a home right in Ticonderoga very near the small downtown area within walking distance of everything. They'll renovate that house, then build their own on our property. My wife and I may very well then live in the Ticonderoga house. You'll have to visit.
 
Mike S said:
I agree, the Northeast is best for fall foliage. And, I'm glad you're so familiar with Ticonderoga, I think it's a neat area. A lot more activity in the summer, but a little quiet in the winter. We love going to the fort, particularly for battle re-enactments. My wife and I plan on living there when she retires in a couple of years. Our daughter and her husband have purchased a home right in Ticonderoga very near the small downtown area within walking distance of everything. They'll renovate that house, then build their own on our property. My wife and I may very well then live in the Ticonderoga house. You'll have to visit.
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Sounds like a good plan.
Love the smell of wood burning coming through chimneys.
Soup up and boiling.
As for the visit - it's quite a ways.
But I'd love to be back there sometime.

W
 
wondering said:
DF
You need to go more North and more East than Watertown.
Go back and take a second look.

Wondering
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hello wondering , dirtfarmer here

I have entered the state from East-west Pa. Also have entered by way of Corning. Have also been to Dunkirk. I have crossed the border at Niagara going to Montreal. Used to go from Toronto to Montreal on the 401. Have also been to Guelph going to Hanover. Have also crossed the border by way of tunnel from Detroit Michigan to Windsor Ontario. It is all beautiful as long as you are in the rural parts. Still, to me from Champlain to Albany is the most picturesque
 
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