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2008 Erie Canal Photo Contest Winners
New York Outdoors | October 9th 2008 by Sue Freeman
Click here to view the 2008 Erie Canal Photo Contest winners. read more
Scare up some fun at Fairport’s Scarecrow Festival - 10/11/08
The Travel Maven | October 2nd 2008 by Carol White Llewellyn
Looking for an activity the whole family will enjoy? On Saturday, October 11th from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., the Village of Fairport celebrates autumn with its annual Scarecrow Festival. Local merchants try to out-design each other, so don’t f read more
Marketing Cultural and Heritage Travel and Tourism
Get Travelers.com | September 29th 2008 by Carol White Llewellyn
Cultural and Heritage Travel and Tourism is important to a region because it offers travelers a unique local experience. If marketed well, these attractions can also mean big business for regional economics. According to the Position Paper on read more
Rochester’s River Walk - Simply Wow!
New York Outdoors | September 29th 2008 by Sue Freeman
Mary Shelsby posted this fantastic photographic slide show of her hike on Genesee Riverway Trail. It’s a must-see slid show. Here’s what she said about the walk: “I set a goal this year to walk the entire Riverwalk, a 15 mile urban read more
Ten Terrific Trails for Fall Foliage
New York Outdoors | September 23rd 2008 by Sue Freeman
Here, according to Parks and Trails New York, are 10 terrific trails for enjoying Fall foliage: http://www.ptny.org/pdfs/greenways/trails/ten_fall_foliage_trails.pdf Maps and details can be found in: Erie Canalway Trail: Take Your Bike - Family Ride read more
Reflections From a Stagnant Pool #1
Yoga for Cynics | September 7th 2008 by YogaforCynics
So long as the mind is seeking further experience it can only think in terms of sensation; and any experience that may be spontaneous, creative, vital, strikingly new, it immediately reduces to sensation and pursues that sensation, which then becomes read more
Erie Canal Museum in Cobblestone on B&B Grounds?
New York Outdoors | September 4th 2008 by Sue Freeman
(excerpt of article byTerricha Bradley • Democrat & Chronicle link to original article) “David Haines of Ogden lives south of Ridge Road and drives past a small cobblestone house built more than 100 years ago at least three times a week read more
Aladdin’s Natural Eatery, Pittsford, NY
In the Mood for Food, Restaurant Reviews Rochester NY | September 1st 2008 by Jennifer
Last Days of a Way of Life
New York Outdoors | August 30th 2008 by Sue Freeman
Here’s a thought-provoking article about the forces of creative destruction as inspired by a bike ride along the Erie Canal: Last Days of a Way of Life read more
Cohoes Falls View Park Opens
New York Outdoors | August 28th 2008 by Sue Freeman
From a new park in Cohoes, visitors have an unobstructed view of the beautiful Cohoes Falls. According to John T. McDonald III, Mayor of the City of Cohoes, it’s the second largest falls in New York State. I wonder if that’s true?? Regard read more
The Erie Canal Blacksmith
New York Traveler.net | August 27th 2008 by Mrs. Mecomber
I finally got this video uploaded to YouTube. Took me all day! It’s the Blacksmith demonstration we saw while at Erie Canal Village in Rome, NY. I love watching these things. This guy is relatively new, but I think he did a great job. And those read more
Debate Over The Future of The Erie Canal
New York History | August 18th 2008 by Adirondack Almanack - New York History Blog
There is an interesting piece in the Canadian Press about using Thruway tolls to support the Erie Canal. It's correctly notes that it's been a periodic debate over the canal's nearly 200-year history: Advocates say the Erie - and New York's three s read more
Biking Across Upstate NY
New York Traveler.net | August 18th 2008 by Mrs. Mecomber
Found these videos online. WOW! They are really interesting to watch. These guys bicycled the path of the old Erie Canal of Upstate New York, from Buffalo to Albany. That’s over 400 miles! Much of the original Erie Canal is now gone, although s read more
Whatever Happened to Fort Bull?
New York Traveler.net | August 6th 2008 by Mrs. Mecomber
This post is from read more
Paddling New York’s Man-Made River
New York Outdoors | August 6th 2008 by Sue Freeman
Unless you’re really famous, it’s tough to make a living as a musician. It takes nearly constant touring just to keep up with the bills, playing night after night at bars, clubs, and coffeehouses all over the country. And now that it cost read more
Photo Hunters: Hanging
New York Traveler.net | July 26th 2008 by Mrs. Mecomber
Well, here’s a weird thing I have for you this week. Hair wreaths! Yes, hair wreaths! I’d never, ever heard of them until we saw them at the Old Stone Fort in Schoharie, NY. I guess they were all the rage in the mid-1800s, especially duri read more
The Erie Canal Village, Rome, NY, Part 3
New York Traveler.net | July 25th 2008 by Mrs. Mecomber
This is an article from: New York Traveler.net. The Erie Canal Village, Rome, NY, Part 3 You can read Part 1 and Part 2 and my video post of the packet boat ride is here. We spent all day at the Village, and there was so much to discover! Our Packet read more
No Video
New York Traveler.net | July 23rd 2008 by Mrs. Mecomber
This is an article from: New York Traveler.net. No Video Hmmm. I tried uploading another video from our trip to the Erie Canal Village in Rome, NY, and it wouldn’t “go.” It’s a rather large video, something like 800 MB and 8 m read more
New Interactive Cycling the Erie Canal Website
New York Outdoors | July 23rd 2008 by Sue Freeman
Parks & Trails New York has announced the launch of a new easy-to-use interactive web site for those looking to bicycle the Erie Canalway Trail at: http://www.ptny.org/bikecanal. Get all the information you’ll need to plan a trip bicycling, read more
The Erie Canal Packet Boat Ride, Rome, NY
New York Traveler.net | July 22nd 2008 by Mrs. Mecomber
This is an article from: New York Traveler.net. The Erie Canal Packet Boat Ride, Rome, NY On July 4, the kids and I went to Rome, NY, to the Erie Canal Village. I’ve blogged about our day there, Part 1 and Part 2. What an adventure it was! One read more
The Erie Canal Village, Rome, NY, Part 2
New York Traveler.net | July 18th 2008 by Mrs. Mecomber
This is an article from: New York Traveler.net. The Erie Canal Village, Rome, NY, Part 2 You can read about Part 1 here. After wandering around the historic houses and marveling over the advances in modern technology (like, uh, washing machines and l read more
July 4th at Erie Canal Village in Rome
New York Traveler | July 11th 2008 by Mrs. Mecomber
We chugged out to Rome to celebrate Independence Day. I wanted to hear the soldiers at Fort Stanwix read the Declaration of Independence, but I'd heard that admission was free for the Erie Canal Village in Rome, NY. I'd been wanting to go there for y read more
The Erie Canal Village, Rome, NY, Part 1
New York Traveler.net | July 11th 2008 by Mrs. Mecomber
This is an article from: New York Traveler.net. The Erie Canal Village, Rome, NY, Part 1 I can’t believe that I took over 100 photos of our day spent at the Erie Canal Village in Rome, NY! We were there for most of the day, on July 4th, and had read more
New Canoe/Kayak Launch to Erie Canal in Greece (a Rochester subur…
New York Outdoors | July 9th 2008 by Sue Freeman
Henpeck Park is a small, four-acre park that sits along the Erie Canal and Erie Canalway Trail in Greece, on the southwest end of Ridgeway Avenue near Elmgrove Road. A ribbon-cutting ceremony to open a new non-motorized boat launch at Henpeck Park wi read more
The Rochester Subway
Skip 'n Zip! | July 7th 2008
Exploration to the abandoned subway tunnel / Erie Canal bed in Rochester, NY. Without a doubt, one of the most eerily beautiful places I’ve visited. read more
Replica of an Erie Canal Cargo Boat Unveiled
New York Outdoors | July 7th 2008 by Sue Freeman
For more than a year, the Black River Canal Museum in Boonville (in the Tug Hill Plateau) has been working on building a replica of an Erie Canal Cargo Boat from the pre-Civil War era. Saturday (July 5, 2008), the museum cut the ribbon on the finishe read more
Duck Me!
Run-a-bout! | July 7th 2008 by Juan Pablo Butryn
"Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath."~Michael CaineFor some reason, I find water fowl of all sorts to be interesting subjects for both observation and as photographic subjects. Maybe it's the serene v read more
Fort Stanwix July Schedule
New York Traveler.net | July 6th 2008 by Mrs. Mecomber
This is an article from: New York Traveler.net. Fort Stanwix July Schedule July is perhaps the busiest month for Upstate New York tourist industry. So I do love July. Our favorite historic site, Fort Stanwix in Rome, released their July schedule. I read more
Takes Me Forever…
New York Traveler.net | July 6th 2008 by Mrs. Mecomber
This is an article from: New York Traveler.net. Takes Me Forever… Gosh, it takes me forever to go through all our photos, edit them, and upload them! I really should take fewer photos when we visit a place! I am referring to our recent exploit read more
Photo Hunters: Pointed
New York Traveler.net | July 5th 2008 by Mrs. Mecomber
This is an article from: New York Traveler.net. Photo Hunters: Pointed Yesterday we stepped back in time. We visited the Erie Canal Village in Rome, NY. It was an absolute blast! So I’m tying in today’s Photo Hunt with our visit. (This w read more
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