Ramada Inn Syracuse

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... heading north through the finger lakes. The trees are just beginning to change (maybe 15% of peak) and that was nice. I was amazed by the number of wineries as we drove through the finger lakes region. We really don't need Nancy Pelosi OR her wineries. The drive was really nice, and we are not scheduling as many miles per day as we have in the past. It was my bright idea to sample local color for lunch, so we stopped in downtown Pen Yan NY, at a ...

... bags of cheese curds, all for prices cheaper than you would find them anywhere else. One of the winemakers told how some french men came to America and found the finger lakes region very simular to the vallies in france. It is an up and coming region with a multi million dollar training facility, raising young PHD's in winemaking. They also mentioned that this last July was the coldest this state has had in 125 years, just my luck.<br><br><br>Pride ...

... For lack of a suffient American translation of the word.. Bogan's. It was great just to stroll and people watch. With 5 tickets, I pretty much saw everything. <br>How does it compare to the ekka in brisbane?<br>I can't compare it to the ekka sufficiently because they are different and I am most likely bias. I do think that it is bigger and there are a lot more food vendors and ...

... really the best time as really, the last big town we were in was in Plattsburgh back on Day 1. We walked the bikes back to the shop, turned on our cell phones and scattered to use a computer, eat, check out a sailboat (guess who) with one person staying with the bikes as the store did not open until 10 a.m. :(<br><br>They opened right on time and repairs are being made as I type. <br>

Total Gatorade: 49 20 oz-bottles<br>Trip Total Mileage: 267.5<br>Time if we had driven: 1 hour 40 minutes<br><br>We got on the road at 7:45 am, continuing on Rt 3. It started out cool with some headwinds. <br><br>Yesterday we saw a big round 'tube looking' thing with a chase car in the front and in the back with wide load signs. We were wondering what it was and today when we started biking and stopped at a scenic overlook there was the tube thingy!! Apparently ...

... I hadn't seen in a while, and another close friend was going to pick me up tomorrow and keep my company though my entire lay over. So, as I laid down in my oversized King Size bed, snuggled up under the blankets, I had one last thought go through my head, It wasn't too bad, tomorrow will be better, maybe this all happened for a reason ... and after everything that happened, I was still happy and the moment my head hit the pillow, I was everything gradually faded.

... related to the environment but to other forms of community development. After spending a night in Reykjavik (and I think I'm finally spelling that right?), we'll go out to the Forest of Por, a few hours outside the city. We'll be building trail, planting some trees and working on projects outdoors. They're providing us with huts and mattresses to sleep in and food to eat. Which is a great thing since apparently food in ...

Syracuse is a relatively small town, although I believe it has the biggest population in upstate New York. It is a university town and that is where essentially all of the activity can be found. During my time here, I did not come across anything to do away from the University hill. The area ...

... on Monday (even though no one showed) which brought the hourage for that day down to 8 hours. Six hours for a work shift normally wouldn't be so bad with any other job cept that these 6 hours were spent on our feet, talking endlessly to the hoards and hoards of people that rolled past our table. At times there were so many folks walking by that we would accost people as they were held captive in the standstill traffic. =P When I went to relieve Rebecca after the first ...