Quality Inn North Syracuse

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Well, the first day of our East Coast trip was deja vu all over again. The last time we made this trek was in about 1969, and we had won the use of an Open Road conversion camper from the Chevy Plant. We drove from Cleveland to Western New York in the driving rain, and arrived with everything we owned soaking wet. It was not quite as bad this time, but it did rain most of the way. We drove to Erie on I-90, then took I-86 along the southern end of New York ...

... because the guys talking to us were the owners of wineries. Imagine Moore Winery and Hunt Country Winery, both family owned businesses. <br>One had a 2007 Late Harvest Vignoles wine that was close to an ice wine, where they wait ill late in the season before they harvest the grapes. By then the bunches are close together and the sugars have become prominent. Grandma later bought a bottle of this, not too much damage that she only bought one wine and ...

... br>canine stunt show<br>bear show<br>wakeboard show<br>german street performer<br>the procrastinators- drummers<br>huge<br>fudge flipping<br>cheese sculpting<br>birds of prey - golden eagle, bald eagle, eagle owls, barn owls and snowy owl<br>kettle corn<br>make it yourself soup<br><br><br>There is no better education in american culture than the fair midway at night. Carny's and Hicks ...

... the wine trail (said in a whiney voice).<br><br>TTFN<br><br>Oh, dear! Update:<br><br>We got on the road @ 7:20 but one mile into the trip one of the bikes had a chain jump in a most terrible way and it broke nine spokes! We walked the bikes to a convenience store that was in view and found out the local bike store was next to the hotel we had just left! If this had to happen this ...

... talon-ted'. <br><br>Yesterday afternoon we started eating PB, Fluff, blueberry and Cheerio sandwiches. They are wonderful.<br><br>The weather forecast on the radar is strong thunderstorms so we're glad we're in a hotel. And the forecast for TOMORROW is showers in the morning thunderstorms in the afternoon and again at night. Headwinds. Finally it's supposed to cool off on Saturday, with some showers in the afternoon, so we're hoping to get there in the afternoon.<br>

... up from the airport and then her and I could hang out for the majority of the afternoon, and she would get me back in time for my flight. Maybe tomorrow wouldn't be too bad. Besides the fact I would have missed my connecting flight at JFK, I lost an entire day from my Berlin trip, and there was no way of getting a hold of my friends that were supposed to be meeting me in a few hours at the Berlin Airport, I did get to hang out and relax with an old ...

... since I was falling asleep at the bar. Not being a big beer fan, I stuck with just a cranberry and club soda. You know it is a good place when they know that comes with a twist of lime even though you forget to order that part. Caught some of the Kansas-South Florida football game. Saw the incredible catch in the end zone by USF which made the highlight reels the next day. That was a great game.

... in food production, housing, energy production, where the consciousness is centered around sustainability. I'd like to show that this is happening globally as well as locally - that there is plenty of opportunity for poeple to live their lives in harmony with their world. So that being said, what am I planning on doing in Iceland? Well there is a program called SEEDS that coordinates a variety of volunteer opportunities not ...

... they go soaring back up. Last night we actually had what felt like dinner as "friends" even. I wont go as far as to say that for the general feel of things but friendliness levels are up and exasperation levels are low. So yup, that part of the trip is AOK again. WHEW. =) I guess what really excited me about this past week were all the people I met. From Saturday until Tuesday we split the 12 hour days at the state fair right in half and were lucky enough to have a press event ...