[AT] Tractor looking

[Dudley Rupert]

Charlie,

As wide as New York state is (East and West) I guess being a hundred miles
or so from the western state line would still be considered Western New
York.  Yes, that belt along the south side of Erie (and I am sure Ontario as
well) produces an awful lot of good fruit.

I enjoyed reading the several responses to your' post from ATISer's who live
in what I've just thought of as upstate New York as they reminded me of the
times I've passed through there.  I had business in Binghamton on a couple
of occasions in the 70's - one time I flew into Syracuse and then drove down
to Binghamton and on the other I flew into Elmira and then drove over.  In
the fall of 2000 I drove west across New York on US 20 from just west of
Albany.  I've lived for at least six months in eight different states and
kicked dirt in forty-one others and I'd put upstate New York at or close to
the top of my prettiest places to live list.  Out here on the West Coast
most people think only of the city anytime New York is mentioned and I don't
think they know or realize that New York state is a whole lot more than just
the city (no offense meant to NYC).

Dudley
Snohomish, Washington

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Good morning Dudley,

At Ripley, NY, you were really in WNY.  The lakeshores of both Erie and
Ontario are great fruit belts, arent they?  I am located more South of
Rochester at the south edge of Monroe County. This area is considered WNY,
but is really not that far from the central area of the state either.  I
guess I could say Eastern Western NY.(grin).
Yesterday we went South along Honeoye  Lake to Naples, Then
south still to Prattsburg and Kanona near Bath.  Mostly NYS Rt. 53 from
Naples to Kanona.  Quite a bit of up and down thru the hills and very rural
. Only a couple of "if you blink your eyes you miss them "communities along
the way.  I think the cost of gas has cut down on the traffic so it was very
light.  Quite nice to be able to drive the speed limit of 55 mph and for a
change not have someone willing to die to pass you every minute.  From
Konona we did a 180 back North on Rt. 415, then some county roads home from
Wayland NY.
As Cecil mentions, there are still many real back roads in Southerntier NY,
but I try to stay off them unless I am in the 4X4.

Charlie V.






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>Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 00:09:04 -0700
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>Charlie,
>
>I enjoyed your' days travelogue ... I am curious where in WNY you went.
>
>I spent two summers, 1955 & 56, working on a fruit farm roughly one mile
>East of Ripley on US 20.  The farmer had close to a thousand cherry trees,
>about half that many peach trees as well as 30 acres or so of grapes.  From
>his living room windows you could look out across the lake and see the
>steamers going to and coming from Buffalo ... I remember it as very
>beautiful country.
>
>Dudley
>Snohomish, Washington
>
>
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>Charlie V. in WNY
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