Off to upstate New York

It was "wheels up" at 6:30 AM and we were on our way to Cazenovia, NY. We made our way to route 2 west in occasional light rain in moderate rush hour traffic. We went through Orange, Turner's Fall and across the Connecticut River making excellent time and we were in the Albany, New York area before noontime. After some road construction and "stop and go" traffic in Troy and Schenectady, NY we stopped for lunch in Ft. Johnson, NY along route 5.

Lunch was shortened somewhat by some rainfall (what else?) and we were once again on our way to points west. The cars ran fine over the hilly terrain and by travelling on NY route 5 and NY route 80 we avoided any serious traffic. These were great Model A roads! Arriving in Cooperstown, NY we gassed up the cars at a Stewart's gas station/convenience mart. Cooperstown itself was very busy with baseball fans visiting the Hall of Fame and buying tee shirts (!). The sun was out now and there is nothing like the scenery of Upstate New York on a sunny afternoon. Just outside of Cooperstown, a big deer ran right in front of Jack and Jo's car - almost a direct hit. Behind us, Doug and Nan said they saw a fawn run across the road in front of their car. Yikes!


After a full day of travel, we arrived at the Brewster Inn in Cazenovia, NY. A quick check of Jack's GPS unit indicated that we had travelled 300 miles for the day. The inn is located on Cazenovia Lake and was once the summer home of a Mr. Benjamin Brewster who was a partner of John D. Rockerfeller in Standard Oil Company.

After checking the cars (I replaced a fan belt) we enjoyed some time on the veranda overlooking the lake and then went went to the dining room for some good food and conversation. It's off to Niagara Falls in the morning.