NON-GMC- roadtrip ideas NY, New England, Late July

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I'm making an airport run to JFK (from NC) July 17-28. Wife and son are going to Ethiopia. I will have an 8 year old and 10 days to kill. Older
son lives in Syracuse. We're planning to get him and see Niagara then drop him back in Syracuse and loop through Massachusetts.

This is a tight budget (Ethiopia trip is not cheap) and we're in a mid size SUV, tent camping and couch surfing.

Looking for off the wall suggestions.

- RV junk yards? Old cars? great flea markets? Good Road food?

thanks
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Dave & Ellen Silva

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Many years ago, three of us took off, went to Canada at Niagra. We camped up in the Laurentin Mountains, then camped across to the Bay of Fundy to
watch the tides, then drove back down through Maine to the foot of Cape Cod where two of us lived, I came on home to Alabama. It didn't break three
kids just out of high school. It's likely still a cheap trip, and pretty.

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> I'm making an airport run to JFK (from NC) July 17-28. Wife and son are going to Ethiopia. I will have an 8 year old and 10 days to kill.
> Older son lives in Syracuse. We're planning to get him and see Niagara then drop him back in Syracuse and loop through Massachusetts.
> This is a tight budget (Ethiopia trip is not cheap) and we're in a mid size SUV, tent camping and couch surfing.
> Looking for off the wall suggestions.
> - RV junk yards? Old cars? great flea markets? Good Road food?
> thanks

Dave,

I am going to add some complexity to your schedule that I expect you will not regret.

I strongly suggest that you fire up your favorite planning software and lay this out as you can get stuck driving long distances for nothing.

Halfway between Syracuse and Niagara is Rochester. In Rochester is the Strong Museum of Play. This is great stop if you were ever a child or just
know someone that was. It can easily kill a day all by itself.

If you don't have passports or such and/or are carrying firearms, you should not cross into Canada and that is were you have to be for the good views
of the falls.

If you are going to loop through Massataxus, be sure to take the young one on the walk though the Freedom Trail in Boston. If they are still teaching
US history when he gets to that point, he will have a connection that will make it all real to him. Driving in Boston is different. All of the east
coast megopolis is insane that way.

There is really too much to see and do. But another if you can take the time is the Wood's Hole Seaquarium. This is part of WHOI (You remember Bob
Ballard?) and it is (was) just an amazing place.

That is all I am going to add right now.

Matt - a refugee from that megopolis
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Thanks Matt. THat looks pretty cool.

I've lived in Boston, New York and San Juan. I am one of the "different" drivers.

Growing up in Massachusetts we were taught that our history was US history. Sure, one or two little things happened in Philadelphia and Virginia but
really, America began at Plymouth. The Revolution was launched by John Adams in Boston and the war was won because of Paul Revere. Did i miss
anything ?

Crossing the border is not an option on this trip.
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Dave & Ellen Silva

1972 Revcon Olds 455, toro drive train. All Stock
 
Yea Massachusetts beats the $hit out of all the confederate states.
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Look out now. That's getting awfully close to political, which is STRICTLY
verboten here.

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> Yea Massachusetts beats the $hit out of all the confederate states.
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I'm staying out here in Oregon and sitting this one out. There are some
very fine GMCers East of the Rockies. And out Wast, too..
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon
78 GMC ROYALE 403

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> Look out now. That's getting awfully close to political, which is STRICTLY
> verboten here.
>
> Ken H.
> Americus, GA
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> Manny Brakes & 1-Ton, Troy-Bilt APU, etc., etc., etc.
> www.gmcwipersetc.com
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Take a look at Windsor Vermont and the American Precision Museum. The First technology center in this country. Marvel at what these men were able to make.

>
>
> I'm making an airport run to JFK (from NC) July 17-28. Wife and son are going to Ethiopia. I will have an 8 year old and 10 days to kill. Older
> son lives in Syracuse. We're planning to get him and see Niagara then drop him back in Syracuse and loop through Massachusetts.
>
> This is a tight budget (Ethiopia trip is not cheap) and we're in a mid size SUV, tent camping and couch surfing.
>
> Looking for off the wall suggestions.
>
> - RV junk yards? Old cars? great flea markets? Good Road food?
>
> thanks
> --
> Dave & Ellen Silva
>
> 1972 Revcon Olds 455, toro drive train. All Stock
>
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No more than my state being called " Massataxus"

Enough said.
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On the US side of Niagara Falls, which is better btw b/c you can get much closer to the water, it's free to walk right up the edge of both falls .
Lots of great photo ops. Also free, walk down into the gorge near the Niagara Aquarium and hike the trail along the rapids. Extremely scenic and
exciting. Keep the kids away from the water though, accidental deaths are all too common when people fall in every summer, usually during photo-op
or trying to dip their feet in the rushing water. The aquarium is fun too and not much money.

I would do the Cave of the Winds on a hot day over the Maid of the Mist. It's better and cheaper.

There's lots of history around here too, like the underground railroad, Niagara was the northern end of this as escaped slaves headed into Canada.
There's Ft Niagara which was involved in the War of 1812. Arts Festivals, Jazz festival, etc, depends on when you are here. There's always a
festival happening pretty much every weekend in Buffalo, any excuse to have a large gathering of people outside, usually with a beer tent and bands.

You might even want to drive them through or get out and walk around the Love Canal site, it's not in any published tour guide but worth visiting if
you are interested in history or if you want to teach the kiddos something.

Just outside Niagara Falls is 4 mile Creek state park, inexpensive camping right on Lake Ontario. I have it first hand that it's very nice according
to friends that have camped there.

There's also a Children's Explore and More that just opened in Buffalo. And a great zoo.

Just outside Buffalo is the Eternal Flame at Chestnut Ridge Park. Free hike, easy trail, with cool waterfall and flame at the end.

Niagara County has a great wine trail, along with a cidery, meadery, brewery/restaurant, and one excellent distillery (mine) :) that's worth visiting
on Saturdays and Sundays. See how to make whiskey on Saturdays.

Also very cheap and fun, if you are on I90 going through Utica, stop by and do the brewery tour at FX Matts Brewery. Call ahead for the times. Kids
love it, after the tour there's delicious Shirley Temple and Root Beer in a 1920's speak-easy. Beer for the adults is included in the price of the
tour, which is just a few bucks.

There's so much to do in the Buffalo/Niagara area that I'm not even scratching the surface.

--
Todd Snyder, Buffalo NY
1976 Eleganza II
 
I want to see the American Precision Museum as well as the Springfield Armory National Historic Site in Springfield, MA
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Also, you'll be passing through the Adirondacks. Great hiking and camping and there's a new museum that may be free. Also a small, family amusement
and water park in Old Forge which we enjoy.
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Todd, you are a great ambassador for your area. Thanks for sharing.

Sandra and Bob Price

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> Also, you'll be passing through the Adirondacks. Great hiking and camping
> and there's a new museum that may be free. Also a small, family amusement
> and water park in Old Forge which we enjoy.
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May I recommend the National Monument to the Forefathers, for info see: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Monument_to_the_Forefathers

>
> Also, you'll be passing through the Adirondacks. Great hiking and camping and there's a new museum that may be free. Also a small, family amusement
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If you are anywhere near NYC, please take your kids and visit the World
Trade Center Memorial. Judy and I visited the whole complex one day after
the Pope made his historic visit. It was one of the most emotionally moving
experiences that either of us had ever had. It will open your eyes to the
threats that America faces every day. Vigilance is now job 1 for every
American. The other side has sworn to bring death and destruction to our
shores. Do not underestimate their resolve. Jihad is just what it means.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon
78 GMC ROYALE 403

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> How about "The National comedy Center"
> In New York between Erie and Buffalo.
> https://comedycenter.org/
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Actually in Jamestown, NY - basically MY hometown. Also the Lucille Ball museum since that is close (2 miles) to her birthplace in Celoron, NY. My mom and Lucille were born the same day in 1911. My actual home was Lakewood, 2 miles west of Celoron. All on Chautauqua Lake. Chautauqua Institution, a great cultural center is on the west side of the lake.

It's a pain to find a parking spot near the museums, though.

There is an honest-to-goodness ferry that crosses the lake at midpoint that runs during months when there is no ice on the lake. It holds 9 cars, but the GMC MH could probably fit in the middle of three aisles. Probably cost the same for 2 or three cars, though. You would have to raise the rear suspension to full, since the ramps are rather steep. Best to have a look before you attempt to load the coach.

Until a bridge was built in the '70s, you had to drive around one half of the lake to make it across the few hundred yards.

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How about "The National comedy Center"
In New York between Erie and Buffalo.
https://comedycenter.org/
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