The Official Argue About Where Upstate NY Is Thread

**Timberridge** · 07-20-2021, 12:49 PM

Inasmuch as I'm into bespoke haberdashery, I find $175 for a Smathers belt a bit tough to swallow. Their leather has sort of a Calvin Klein belt from Macy's feel.

https://www.beltedcow.com/categories/belts.html

**BmillsSkier** · 07-20-2021, 12:50 PM

Originally Posted by Timberridge

Inasmuch as I'm into bespoke haberdashery, I find $175 for a Smathers belt a bit tough to swallow.

I was at Palmetto Bluff not long ago and they had one in the gift shop there for $250. I just about choked on my mimosa.

**Brownski** · 07-20-2021, 01:09 PM

Originally Posted by Timberridge

Is that a Utica Club, two over from the Genny can?

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I guess so. It does look like the olden times cans

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**gravitylover** · 07-20-2021, 02:01 PM

Upstate is being visited by Oregon today. The smoke from their fires is ruining my hot and hazy summerness. A couple of hours of hard work outside and I feel like I smoked a whole pack of cigarettes.

**riser4** · 07-20-2021, 03:19 PM

VT has air quality warnings today.

**BmillsSkier** · 07-20-2021, 04:34 PM

Family sent pics from out on the big lake on the North Coast yesterday and it was all Oregon smoke.

Totally weird/surreal look. Like you were crossing the River Styx or something. But I’m reality it was just really smokey, a little foggy and you’re close to the Canadian border, not Hades.

**huckbucket** · 07-20-2021, 05:16 PM

Originally Posted by BmillsSkier

Family sent pics from out on the big lake on the North Coast yesterday and it was all Oregon smoke.

Totally weird/surreal look. Like you were crossing the River Styx or something. But I’m reality it was just really smokey, a little foggy and you’re close to the Canadian border, not Hades.

Careful. Have you ruled out residual toxic fumes from Love Canal?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Canal

**EWG** · 07-20-2021, 05:28 PM

Originally Posted by BmillsSkier

I just about choked on my mimosa.

This may be the ultimate yacht rock quote, and I will be henceforth using it as often as I possibly can. Very solid work here.

**BmillsSkier** · 07-20-2021, 05:48 PM

Originally Posted by huckbucket

Careful. Have you ruled out residual toxic fumes from Love Canal?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Canal

Not ruled out entirely, but you never know on the big lake Erielhonan, these conditions were observed closer to the central basin.

Originally Posted by EWG

This may be the ultimate yacht rock quote, and I will be henceforth using it as often as I possibly can. Very solid work here.

I say it in jest but it’s the god’s honest truth. I love Palmetto Bluff and would move there in a heartbeat if I could but for now visiting is all I got. I was there May/June for my Mom’s birthday and roamed the property pretty much pickled and with a glass in hand the entire time they weren’t occupied by a paddle, club or steering wheel. It was lovely.

I wandered into the gift shop by the marina post-brunch with my to-go mimosa and thought, well hey, there’s a cool belt.

*checks out price tag*

*nearly chokes on mimosa*

True story.

**m2711c** · 07-20-2021, 07:35 PM

godspeed my friend….. you will be missed.

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https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries...?pid=199498617

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louie_Ehrensbeck

**BmillsSkier** · 07-20-2021, 07:42 PM

Originally Posted by m2711c

godspeed my friend….. you will be missed.

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries...?pid=199498617

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louie_Ehrensbeck

Oh fuck. RIP Louie.

We share a birthdate. Who knew?

**Brownski** · 07-20-2021, 07:49 PM

What a smile. He sounds like he was a great guy. RIP

**Timberridge** · 07-21-2021, 06:40 AM

RIP Louie.

**m2711c** · 07-24-2021, 11:49 AM

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it’s a beautiful day to have to say goodbye to a good man.

**huckbucket** · 07-25-2021, 04:38 PM

Grand Canyon of the east. Was a great day for a ride in WNY.

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**hatchgreenchile** · 07-25-2021, 05:14 PM

Nice - the new RR bridge is also a solid “upgrade” for the gorge.

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**Brownski** · 07-25-2021, 06:05 PM

Made a trip upstate yesterday. It was quite a day. I’m considering doing a full TR. I picked up some of my favorite beverage of course.

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**Brownski** · 07-26-2021, 10:23 PM

Posted in TRs for a wider audience
https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...Hudson-Valley)

**EWG** · 07-27-2021, 06:06 AM

Originally Posted by Brownski

Posted in TRs for a wider audience
https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...Hudson-Valley)

Tremendous TR.

However, at what point do we have to start worrying about bringing too much PR to the Upstates and ruining it? Too many tourists, driving up home prices, overrunning the best spots. See the JH thread.

We may have to start being careful about this in a decade or two. Let’s keep that in mind.

**huckbucket** · 07-27-2021, 06:25 AM

Originally Posted by EWG

Tremendous TR.

However, at what point do we have to start worrying about bringing too much PR to the Upstates and ruining it? Too many tourists, driving up home prices, overrunning the best spots. See the JH thread.

We may have to start being careful about this in a decade or two. Let’s keep that in mind.

^^
This joker gets it.

And thanks for the TR Brownski! That's the essense of the upstate boiling down to an afternoon of paddling, beer and edumacation. SOLID effort.

**Mazderati** · 07-27-2021, 06:42 AM

Posted this a while back but can confirm. From the upstate.

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**Brownski** · 07-27-2021, 06:49 AM

Originally Posted by Mazderati

Posted this a while back but can confirm. From the upstate.

Nicely balanced.

**BmillsSkier** · 07-27-2021, 07:01 AM

Originally Posted by huckbucket

^^
This joker gets it.

And thanks for the TR Brownski! That's the essense of the upstate boiling down to an afternoon of paddling, beer and edumacation. SOLID effort.

+3 on a solid TR. I can totally relate to bailing at lock 3 on a 5 lock tour.

Originally Posted by Mazderati

Posted this a while back but can confirm. From the upstate.

If Genny doesn’t ask to use that in an ad, they’re crazy.

**Benny Profane** · 07-27-2021, 07:05 AM

Originally Posted by EWG

Tremendous TR.

However, at what point do we have to start worrying about bringing too much PR to the Upstates and ruining it? Too many tourists, driving up home prices, overrunning the best spots. See the JH thread.

We may have to start being careful about this in a decade or two. Let’s keep that in mind.

No worries, everyone is moving to Bozeman.