The Official Argue About Where Upstate NY Is Thread

[Brownski]

I don’t fuck with skunks. I remember when I was in 5th or 6th grade, my family had rented a cabin by a lake in the middle of nowhere and my sisters were driving me crazy enough that I just went outside and sat on the steps after dinner- just to be able to think- and a big ass skunk came around the corner, walking with its head down. It almost walked into me, didn’t stop until it picked its head up maybe four or five feet away. I didn’t twitch while it stood there and looked me over. It was probably only thirty seconds before it turned around and went back the way it came but it felt like an hour.

[Brownski]

Soon

[twomartinis]

fify


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[MakersTeleMark]

^^^ is that pointing West?

[twomartinis]

I can never seem to get my bearings at platty; but I think the sun sets over the arrow


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[Brownski]

^^^ is that pointing West?

The double side faces north mostly so that’s south more or less

[BC13]

A little cool for a swim.

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[twomartinis]

*I sense a disturbance in the Force*




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[Brownski]

The Palisades Parkway from NJ to Bear Mountain circle and then Rt 6 east to CT is a legit proposal, not that far off from the border GL and I negotiated already, but less nuanced.

[BmillsSkier]

A little cool for a swim.

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Well that’s pretty.

[gravitylover]

The Palisades Parkway from NJ to Bear Mountain circle and then Rt 6 east to CT is a legit proposal, not that far off from the border GL and I negotiated already, but less nuanced.

I'm willing to cede all of Rockland and Orange S of Rt6 and even a mile or so N of 6 in Peekskill. It kind of comes together right around where the Audi/VW dealer is in Mohegan. Everything north of there qualifies.

I just did a 900 mile loop Tuesday and Wednesday. I dug deeper into the Southern Tier and WNY than in my previous adventures. It started with sunrise a few miles east of The River with a quick spin up Seneca Lake and a lap through Rochester and finished in this zoneand then I had dinner at the new Mexican restaurant in E'ville. (It's just ok)

Got a slow start in the AM but not a surprise after 435 miles the day before. Found my way thru some really beautiful twisty back roads out to Bemus Point and then out to never never land, otherwise known as Fredonia. Again, super pretty rolling roads past what's apparently a big natural gas production area judging by all the wells in people's yards. I noticed an interesting thing too, the more wells on a property the nicer it was, big house, nice cars etc and the places without were dumpy or worse. Fredonis is cute. I should've gone over to at least look at the lake but didn't think of it untill I got back to 17/86 East.

Salamanca is always a worthy place to stop. Cheap gas, decent food and lotsa cheap weed. 17/86 East really is a beautiful road with the leaves changing. The miles and miles of invasive Japanese Knotweed covering the river bottoms in a thick yellow blanket really create a nice contrast with the dead native ash and dying pines along the floodplains. It is pretty though, you just have to look up a little :shrug: East of Binghamton it's legitimately pretty and is one of the great roads right through to about Monticello.

[MyNameIsAugustWest]

Yeah, the gas companies were paying big bucks to get permission to frack your land. I had a friend that had 80 acres in New Woodstock (south of Caz) and they paid him enough in lease money to cover his mortgage on the house he built. He only had a coupla wells.

[Timberridge]

I had a gay neighbor in VT who had a gay brother who lived somewhere around Corning. Some dude owed the brother $100K in the late 80's early 90's and couldn't pay him back, so he gave him land as payment. Fast forward a decade, they found gas on the property, put in a well and he was collecting $30K/month in royalty payments. Last I heard they bought a place in Palm Springs together and moved to CA.

[BmillsSkier]

The eastern portion of the Great Lakes is littered with oil and gas. Lot of really nice lake houses and yachts from Catawba Is. to Chautauqua paid for by oil and gas royalties.

[BC13]

Well that’s pretty.

Long lake from the Bridge in the morning misting rain.

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[Peruvian]

Tree House Brewing set to open a new location in Saratoga Springs. How many blue tarps will be required to complete the roofing TBD.

[Brownski]

Anybody feel like spending the day cutting underbrush at Plattekill tomorrow? A little reminder, just in case…

https://nyskiblog.com/plattekill-tree-skiing-work-day

[gravitylover]

Yummy

Current E'ville news (in 1937) posted on the wall at the Gin Mill Fukn $10.84/wk compensation for losing a middle finger? Bullshit. How can you live without that?

[Squirreljam]

Anybody feel like spending the day cutting underbrush at Plattekill tomorrow? A little reminder, just in case…

https://nyskiblog.com/plattekill-tree-skiing-work-day

Just sent your link to my kid who races w/ N* at marist. My guy’ll prob be too hung over to come help but

[RShea]

Fredonis is cute. I should've gone over to at least look at the lake but didn't think of it untill I got back to 17/86 East.
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If you were in Fredonia, you were maybe 10 to 15 minutes away from the Lake. Just drive down through Dunkirk for a view of Lake Erie and a walk along the shore.

[MakersTeleMark]

Fukn $10.84/wk compensation for losing a middle finger? Bullshit. How can you live without that?

Jerry Garcia to the courtesy phone.

[gravitylover]

If you were in Fredonia, you were maybe 10 to 15 minutes away from the Lake. Just drive down through Dunkirk for a view of Lake Erie and a walk along the shore.

Oops yeah, typo, Fredonia it was. Yup that 10-15 minutes that I didn't spend bugged me for a while.

[BmillsSkier]

Yummy

Current E'ville news (in 1937) posted on the wall at the Gin Mill Fukn $10.84/wk compensation for losing a middle finger? Bullshit. How can you live without that?

I know that clipping.

[twomartinis]

training started early:




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[Brownski]

Just sent your link to my kid who races w/ N* at marist. My guy’ll prob be too hung over to come help but

Thanks man.

training started early:

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Thanks for helping out. You should have introduced yourself