Radisson Hotel Utica Centre

... the fact he got them back though, when years later he was invited back to paint the back wall, and he accepted on the provision he had the best assistants, could paint what he wanted (not what the popewanted) ... and , best of all, could use whatever paint he wanted... so he went for ALOT of blue, that was incredibly hard to source and very expensive :-) Go Michaelangelo!!! <br><br>We also did a Rick Steves audio guide of St Peters... so imposing and ...

... lovely 1960&#8217;s bathroom. We decide not to accept his offer of the room and keep driving. . After driving for about an hour we see an exit sign to lodgings and at this point we don&#8217;t care how much it is as long as it is clean so pull off into Little Falls and find the Knights Inn motel. We secure the last room in the house probably due to the Labour Day weekend. This is a two story hotel with an internal corridor ...

... the campgrounds store had a can opener for sale. So now, every can of corn beef hash we open - we know we can thank KOA Cooperstown for it. I like that.<br><br>Chris bought Sunflowers for Laila and I.<br><br>And we only left the campground once - to get some supplies. Other than that - we blissfully wallowed in simple camping life. Went on a hay ride ...

... so much in pouring rain in my life. Funny but I am starting to get use to it, if you get cold you just take it up a level and your body gets warm and the rain is like sweat and i sjust a cooling agent. Other than the lack of visibility and braking it aint all bad. The worst part is that when you take it up ...

... wheel, houses of parliment, buckingham palace and of course<br>Big Ben. New York has the yellow cabs, the subway, empire state<br>building, museums, rockefeller center, central park and of course the<br>statue of liberty. For weather, New York wins hands down, or ...

After a relaxing morning we hooked up and headed out of the campground around 11:00. Our plans were to stop at the Cooperstown All Star Baseball Village and then hit Brooks BBQ for lunch. No trip to Oneonta, New York is complete with a stop at Brooks! <br><br>We spent about half an hour at the All Star Village - just long enough to check out the grounds, the gift shop ...

After breakfast Don headed home and after a relaxing morning the rest of us headed into Cooperstown for some site seeing. The weather was actually cooperating and we did see some sun! Our first stop was lunch at the local pizzeria. We then visited some shops, visited the wax museum, caught another team's game on Doubleday field and headed for a game of mini ...

This morning Jellystone hosted a pancake breakfast which we attended before heading into Cooperstown. The boys could not wait to finish breakfast and head off for the day -- not because they were excited to get to Cooperstown but because they wanted to reach an area with cell phone service! :-)<br><br>We arrived in Cooperstown with plenty of time to browse the shops. We met the team in ...

This morning we traveled the last 35 minutes to Yogi Bears' Jellystone Park in Cooperstown, New York. We arrived and finished setting up right before the rain started. So we settled in to watch a movie - Night at the Museum 2. <br> The campground is very nice, with lots of amenities. The only downside -- NO CELL SERVICE! The boys are going through text withdrawal. I have to admit, I was ...

... road is, with nothing but a STEEP drop off the mountain on one side. I am so glad Rob was driving:) We started the long trip back after this and hauled over to NY. Passing through NH and VT, it was beautiful scenery, even in the rain. Makes little ole St. Clair MI seem so flat and boring. We passed the time with a Steven King book on tape that I cannot wait to finish listening to.