From - Plattsburgh
To – Ogdensburg
Number of times I drove Grant nuts buy getting the name Odensgurg wrong: at least 10 before I started writing the blog but Im expecting to get a few more in before the day is out.
Calories burnt off in gym today: approx 180.
Additional calories eaten because Id been to the gym: (1 Twix, 1 chocolate donut & a bunch of crisps) approx 700 – hmmm can’t work out why we’re putting on weight.
Today’s Photos - http://www.flickr.com/photos/32017704@N03/sets/72157609892419887/
The Seaway trail is a scenic drive beginning at the Roosevelt Canada / New York border leading along Lake Ontario all the way to Buffalo so it’s a pretty darn perfect way for us to travel to Adams much anticipated Thanksgiving celebrations. We spent day 19 heading from Plattsburg to the start of the trail and then took in a handful of the first few stops before bedding down in Oddensgurd. I don’t remember anything special about the drive to Roosevelt mainly because it was too cold to leave the car and I might have actually got brain freeze. Once we were on the Seaway there were a few things of note on this first part but its w
orth mentioning that none of them managed to get us out of the car for more than 5 mins. The Eisenhower Lock was bigged up as an impressive sight but the visitor centre was closed and so we could only view it from a car park. This time I don’t blame them for being closed, I wouldn’t go to work in -8 degrees either. Next we went to a state park, not actually closed but too cold to walk around. We found an indoor nature centre on the outskirts of the park and although we were slightly afraid of the alive / stuffed animal combo we managed to spend a good 5 mins here. After that we stoppe
d at what is really quite a lame diner but they had odd table decorations that kept us amused for hours. The most interesting part of the drive was through a town where there is some quite in your face animosity coming from the local native people towards the police. Signs like “THIS IS MOHAWK LAND NOT NYS LAND!!!” plastered around town were pretty interesting to see. Not long after that we hit Ottersmurgh.
Over the last 3 weeks we’ve noticed something that New Englanders all seem to have in common. When you ask them what there is to do or see in their town they all roll their eyes, sigh or laugh.
In Ogstenburough the woman who checked us into our Quality Inn (arrh the good life) did at first laugh when we asked if there was much going on in the centre of town but she came good with a couple of recommendations. The first recommendation was for a diner where she
worked on her days off, we should have realized she was biased. The food was not all that good but it was nice to have an excuse to go to a place called the donut king and therefore end our meal with a chocolate glazed delight. The second recommendation was a little bit of home away from home. One of the local schools in Obeliskburg had a show on that night and the thought of some local am dram was too much to resist. It turns out though that the am dram we were expecting was actually a show on tour from Broadway. One of the local schools has amazing facilities – an ice rink, indoor pool, 2 gyms and a massive theatre. For the last 45 years the school has been luring massive broadway shows in to do 1 night stints for the locals, a few months ago they had Night fever, and Alter boyz (pure genius – go see it) is going to be on in a few months. This might not sound odd to those of you reading this from London on New York but Oaklomabugho is no metropolis, for instance we asked where the town centre was after we’d just driven through it. So we were really pretty lucky to catch the one night only showing of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels that was on. This was a musical version and given that I’ve seen the movie about 5 times we could easily have been disappointed but it was fantastic. The one night only element meant there was an occasional technical fault but that made it more amusing. The average age of the audience was 89 but according to Grant I was the only person shocked by the occasional blue moments in the show. Also the interval was a highlight for us as it gave us time to snoop around a US high school for the first time ever. They had all of the things you see on American movies; posters about prom, signs about yearbooks, pictures of the football team and endless corridors of lockers – it was just like saved by the bell and a nice and unexpected touristy moment for us.
To – Ogdensburg
Number of times I drove Grant nuts buy getting the name Odensgurg wrong: at least 10 before I started writing the blog but Im expecting to get a few more in before the day is out.
Calories burnt off in gym today: approx 180.
Additional calories eaten because Id been to the gym: (1 Twix, 1 chocolate donut & a bunch of crisps) approx 700 – hmmm can’t work out why we’re putting on weight.
Today’s Photos - http://www.flickr.com/photos/32017704@N03/sets/72157609892419887/
The Seaway trail is a scenic drive beginning at the Roosevelt Canada / New York border leading along Lake Ontario all the way to Buffalo so it’s a pretty darn perfect way for us to travel to Adams much anticipated Thanksgiving celebrations. We spent day 19 heading from Plattsburg to the start of the trail and then took in a handful of the first few stops before bedding down in Oddensgurd. I don’t remember anything special about the drive to Roosevelt mainly because it was too cold to leave the car and I might have actually got brain freeze. Once we were on the Seaway there were a few things of note on this first part but its w
orth mentioning that none of them managed to get us out of the car for more than 5 mins. The Eisenhower Lock was bigged up as an impressive sight but the visitor centre was closed and so we could only view it from a car park. This time I don’t blame them for being closed, I wouldn’t go to work in -8 degrees either. Next we went to a state park, not actually closed but too cold to walk around. We found an indoor nature centre on the outskirts of the park and although we were slightly afraid of the alive / stuffed animal combo we managed to spend a good 5 mins here. After that we stoppe
d at what is really quite a lame diner but they had odd table decorations that kept us amused for hours. The most interesting part of the drive was through a town where there is some quite in your face animosity coming from the local native people towards the police. Signs like “THIS IS MOHAWK LAND NOT NYS LAND!!!” plastered around town were pretty interesting to see. Not long after that we hit Ottersmurgh.Over the last 3 weeks we’ve noticed something that New Englanders all seem to have in common. When you ask them what there is to do or see in their town they all roll their eyes, sigh or laugh.
In Ogstenburough the woman who checked us into our Quality Inn (arrh the good life) did at first laugh when we asked if there was much going on in the centre of town but she came good with a couple of recommendations. The first recommendation was for a diner where she
worked on her days off, we should have realized she was biased. The food was not all that good but it was nice to have an excuse to go to a place called the donut king and therefore end our meal with a chocolate glazed delight. The second recommendation was a little bit of home away from home. One of the local schools in Obeliskburg had a show on that night and the thought of some local am dram was too much to resist. It turns out though that the am dram we were expecting was actually a show on tour from Broadway. One of the local schools has amazing facilities – an ice rink, indoor pool, 2 gyms and a massive theatre. For the last 45 years the school has been luring massive broadway shows in to do 1 night stints for the locals, a few months ago they had Night fever, and Alter boyz (pure genius – go see it) is going to be on in a few months. This might not sound odd to those of you reading this from London on New York but Oaklomabugho is no metropolis, for instance we asked where the town centre was after we’d just driven through it. So we were really pretty lucky to catch the one night only showing of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels that was on. This was a musical version and given that I’ve seen the movie about 5 times we could easily have been disappointed but it was fantastic. The one night only element meant there was an occasional technical fault but that made it more amusing. The average age of the audience was 89 but according to Grant I was the only person shocked by the occasional blue moments in the show. Also the interval was a highlight for us as it gave us time to snoop around a US high school for the first time ever. They had all of the things you see on American movies; posters about prom, signs about yearbooks, pictures of the football team and endless corridors of lockers – it was just like saved by the bell and a nice and unexpected touristy moment for us.Tomorrow we’ll head further down the trail.
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