A Day Trip in Upstate NY
It is the most beautiful time of year again up here
in the Upstate New York Region. The time
when our thoughts start to drift from the beautiful shoreline to the beautiful
changing hues of the trees and the certain crispness in the air that requires a
light sweater.
It is the perfect time to visit Upstate New York,
the apples are ripe for the picking, the leaves are resplendent in red, orange
and yellow, and the pumpkins are abundant. Come and visit one of our local farmers
markets or farms. You can prepare your
entire breakfast for months with the spoils of our nature. You can buy your own pancake mix, mix it with
farm fresh eggs and milk that are produced by our dairy farmers, and then serve
it with maple syrup straight from the earth. There is honey for your coffee, bacon from our
meat producers and smokers, jam from our plentiful summer fruits, delicious
artisan bread baked by local artisans waiting to be eaten on your breakfast
table. The best part is you can serve it
up to your family year round and remember the beautiful memories you created
while visiting this very special region.
While you are here you can visit places steeped in
the great history of our nation. You can
actually see the places where Washington slept and Benedict Arnold built boats. You can see the beautiful Lake Champlain
where the battle of Ticonderoga was fought and the field where the famous
battle of Saratoga was fought. You
cannot help but be inspired by the beginnings of our country.
This region has fallen on some lean times and really
could use the boost in the economy at the moment that our remembrance of the
beginning of our great country could bring.
There are so many beautiful, interesting places to visit and much to
beckon you. Besides the history of the
American Revolution you can see apples everywhere and pick them yourself, you
can find pumpkins and bring them home to beckon trick-or-treaters or bake them
into beautiful pies and breads. You can
go to any of the beautiful yarn shops and find beautiful yarn to inspire the
artist in all of us and knit beautiful sweaters for your family. There are fantastic little eateries
everywhere where you can find the days of old reflected in the days of
new. It is truly a region where we can
wax nostalgic and enjoy things the way they used to be if only for an afternoon
or weekend.
As an artist it gives me great pride to point you in
the direction of the beauty and splendor that inspired many artist and writers
during history to write beautiful poetry, paint
beautiful paintings and sing beautiful songs.
At this very moment there are artists inspired by the same sweeping
landscapes that were written about and painted centuries ago available in local
galleries all over the Capital Region where I am lucky enough to live at the
moment during this wonderful time of year.
Yes it is the history and the money of New York City that drives the
state of New York but it is the beautiful backdrop of Upstate NY that inspires
it.
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