1427 – Leafing Through Guides | New York State
It turns out there’s not a lot I know about the state that I call home, but I do know that reading travel guides is one boring path to dreamland.
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Episode 1427 – Leafing Through Guides | New York State
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SCOOTER: Friends beyond the binary, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it’s time to take a journey through the pages of some travel magazines, or travel planners, and then ideally that journey…or my journey doing that will take you on a journey off to dreamland or to just keep you company in the deep, dark night, 'cause…welcome to Sleep With Me. It’s a podcast that’s here to put you to sleep but to keep you company and take your mind off of stuff so you could fall asleep. It is very different. If you're new, I’m so glad you found your way to this show, and I really hope it can help you out. Alls I can tell you is if you're new, give the show a few tries. It does take a little bit of getting used to.
It’s a very different podcast, 'cause it’s more like a service or a friend. It’s tough to explain, and I’ll try to do my best to tangentially explain it coming up here in the intro. But basically, I’m trying to be a friendly, mildly distracting, boring-ish voice in the deep, dark night to keep you company so you could drift off. So, if you're new, glad you're here. Regular listeners, welcome back, or occasional listeners. I’m really glad you're all here. I couldn't do it without all of you. What we got coming up is support so paying for the show is optional and just for the people that benefit the most from the podcast, then after that is a long, meandering intro meant to ease you into bedtime, and then later on we’ll be going through and talking about…hey, let’s check out…I’ve moved to New York State.
What are some future on-location episodes we might do in New York State over the next few years? So, I’m really glad you're here. Thank you so much for coming by. If you're new, you only listen occasionally from time to time, you're having a tough time, don't worry about it. But if this podcast changes your life on a regular basis, we really could use your support, and these are the ways you could help the show back if it helps you on a regular basis. Thanks so much.
INTRO: [INTRO MUSIC] Hey, are you up all night tossing, turning, mind racing? Trouble getting to sleep? Trouble staying asleep? Well, welcome. This is Sleep With Me, the podcast that puts you to sleep. We do it with a bedtime story. Alls you need to do is get in bed, turn out the lights, and press Play. I’m gonna do the rest. What I’m going to attempt to do is create a safe place where you could set aside whatever’s keeping you awake, whether that’s thoughts on your mind, like things you're thinking about, thoughts about the past, the present, the future, thoughts that are just there…I mean, for me it’s like, okay, oh boy, here they are…there they are again. My thoughts are usually…I’ve been trying to do a better job of noticing them and to be welcoming to them.
Not easy, 'cause you say, wait a second, I didn’t even realize you were…even though you're running in the background all the time, maybe you need a little bit more of my attention. That’s kinda the behind-the-scenes spirit of the show. But whether it’s thoughts, it’s feelings, emotions coming up for you, physical sensations, changes in time, temperature, routine, you could be going through something, getting over something, be in the middle of something, whatever it is, I’m here to keep you company and take your mind off of that. But the reason I make the show, the reason I kinda talk about sleeplessness at all or what might keep you awake…'cause it may be different for you.
I’m not sure exactly what brought you to this show, but I just want you to know you're not alone, and I realize with the podcast, that’s…you know, it’s a indirect thing to kinda talk about. The good thing about Sleep With Me is you're not alone in a way you could be comfortable with, and that may not be the feeling you feel. But there is something underlying those words that I can't quite put into words or even understand that connects those of us that have struggled with sleep, whether it’s getting to sleep, staying asleep, waking up early, or not sleeping at all. The nice thing is that there’s enough people listening right now that whatever it is you're dealing with…even…you're like, yeah, I don't think you've been through something similar to what I’m dealing with, Scoots. I say, that’s okay, 'cause someone out there is.
There’s enough people listening right now…yeah, that there’s someone out there that really does understand, and they're really glad you're here, and they really hope the show can help you out, too. So, yeah, that’s a little bit different idea of the podcast, is that we're rooting for one another even though we're not directly connected, even though some of the details might be different, that there’s listeners out there across the world that are thinking fondly of you — yeah, you; really — and welcoming you. Whether you're new or this is your thousandth-plus time listening to an episode, there’s other people across the world that are glad you're here and that are wishing you a good night's sleep, and…'cause this podcast has helped them when nothing else did, and it helps them in this indirect way.
So, they're glad you're here and I’m glad you're here, right? What else do you need to know? Or, should I complete my thought? Yeah, well, the thing is…what are they wishing for you? Why are they wishing you a good night's sleep? ‘Cause you deserve a good night's sleep. You deserve a bedtime where you could get the rest you need so your life is more manageable, so that tomorrow you're more rested and that ideally you get the rest you need on a regular basis so you could be out there flourishing in the world, and that’s what we're hopeful for for you. Now, this show just doesn't work for everybody. The way it works is I send my voice across the deep, dark night. I’m gonna use lulling, soothing, creaky, dulcet tones, pointless meanders, and superfluous tangents.
So, that means my voice is not traditionally soothing, it’s a little bit different, and I go off topic, I get mixed up, I forget what I was talking about, but all of that is to serve as a mild distraction. But yeah, at first when you get here, you may have expectations. You may have tried a bunch of different stuff, even audio stuff to help you sleep. If you're like me, you've spent a lot of money on that stuff, and especially if it’s…you just stumbled on this show through a search or a recommendation and it’s night time, you really want to get some sleep. So, you could be skeptical, frustrated, doubtful, irritated, and that’s okay. Just give this show a few tries and see how it goes. It doesn't work for everybody and I’m just not everybody’s cup of tea, and that’s okay.
You still deserve a good night's sleep, and I have a website set up for you, sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou, so you could find something that’ll help you out. So, check that out. If you listened two or three tries or you already know, hey, this isn't gonna be a fit, check out sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou. But yeah, the way it works…like I kinda talk…it’s a podcast that you don’t exactly listen to. It’s not quite background noise; it’s background noise that you…well, I could…like a TV on in the other room or a show streaming under your pillow or a podcast or a audiobook you're just not paying attention to or you're not engaged in, but you're like, well, I like that voice, or I kinda like what they're talking about. It’s like a out-of-focus picture or like a friend who you could give a call, or a roommate who is across the room.
You say, hey, could you just talk about…you have a lot of theories about Sticky Notes, don’t you? Could you tell me more about your…? ‘Cause you spend a lot of time thinking about Sticky Notes, right? Oh boy, do I. It’s the stickiest situation I’ve…you know, that’s…yeah. Oh, are you asking that 'cause I’m covered in Sticky Notes once again? Yeah, I do have a lot of Sticky Notes. You know, I can't…there’s a trademark name that normally I want to call them by, but I guess ‘Sticky Notes’ is the non-trademark name, huh? So, I always think about that. But yeah, I have a lot…yeah, I do…so, what if you had a roommate or a friend that could talk to you for an hour about something like that?
You say, oh, by the way, I’m not gonna totally pay attention, but yeah, you could go through…tell me about the colors and your theories and all…and if you have any facts about them that aren't interesting. As long as they're interesting; I don't want to hear about the Great Sticky…whatever. But yeah, they say, well, okay, I’ll try…I’ll do my best. So, that’s what the podcast is, a friend in the deep, dark night, because it’s a sleep podcast that’s not meant to put you to sleep directly. There is no pressure to fall asleep with this show. That’s kinda one of the important things. The reason the show’s over an hour…so you don’t have to worry about falling asleep, or…oh man, what if I’m not asleep in fifteen minutes or twenty minutes? Don't worry, I’ll be here. There’s like, 600+ episodes here ready to go for you, so I’ll be here for you.
Yeah, and…'cause my job is to be your bore-friend, your bore-bae, your bore-sib, your bore-bud, your neigh-bore, your bore-bie, your boreman, your bores, your Boris Borlaf, your chairman of the boreds, your best bore-friend f’eva, to just keep you company and hang out with you. ‘Cause there’s people listening who can't sleep at all or who need a break during the day or who wake up in the middle of the night, and they need a bore-friend. I’m here to the very end of every show whether you're awake or asleep, whether you need to listen to me or not, whether you just have me at a mumble or you're paying attention. I’m here for you, but that kind of releases you from paying attention of listening to me. I don't know, is that a paradox? I have no idea. But, you know, I’m out of paradox jokes.
I only…'cause I only have…well, I only have one punchline. It’s a paradox. It’s something related to two dox. How do dox put their pants…? Where did…what did dox…what’s confusing about…? When dox wears something…I guess they wouldn't wear…'cause we don’t wear…pants aren't…that would be if pants wore pants, or a pant wore pants. You say, I put my pair of dox on one pair…one doc at a time. I guess that’s a very Sleep With Me statement; I put my paradox on one doc at a time. That’s why I say it takes two or three tries, 'cause at some point what happens is the first time you listen, you're like, wait a second, bore-friend? What do you mean you're gonna keep me company? I don't listen to you? Then the second time you're like, I don't know…I thought this was a sleep podcast, not a rambling, barely-coherent cast.
Then the third time, you wake up and you say, paradox? Huh. Huh, yeah, how often do I see a paradox? What’s the difference between a jetty and a dock? Probably…I mean, there’s probably a lot of differences. Jettys…probably goes all the way to the bottom. A dock floats on the surface. But, I don't know, I was chuckle…I remember barely chuckling 'cause somewhat…your partner or somebody is like, hey, did you get a good night's sleep last night? There’s something different about you. Yeah, I was barely amused by this podcast, and then I woke up. So, that’s when it clicks. You're like, oh, this podcast is really always going nowhere. He really does put his paradox on one leg…oh, are those paradox jeans you're wearing? That’s for Stevie B and anybody from the nineties, Bugle Boy jeans, which, again, that’s a paradox.
I don't know if that’s the last time it came up. You said, okay, so these are jeans for people who are trying to project a image of toughness? Bugle Boy jeans. Yep, that’s it. You got it. So, that’s a paradox, too. Or, it was a paradox for me wearing them, thinking these jeans will change my…these are the jeans that are gonna finally fix things, eh? This is…yes, this is the International Jean Syndicate. Yes, they will. I didn’t realize there was an International Jean Syndicate. Well, there…in your imagination…that’s who you called, your imagination. So, these jeans are gonna fix everything? Well, with…as long as you have…with some hair…the right hair gel, maybe a hair gel in a green or a purple…okay, great. I can't wait. Well, yeah, we're more about the anticipation than the delivery here at International Jean Syndicate.
International Jeans…IJS. International Jean Syndicate. Was that a band? Did they open for Public Image Ltd. one time? Or maybe they were with…not Devo, but one of those kind…they were a new-wave…I think they were a new wave, International Jean Syndicate. So, yeah. Anyway, sorry, I went on a superfluous tangent there. So, yeah, I’m just here to keep you company and take your mind off of stuff. The structure of the show is very specific. I always like to try to meet you where you are if you're new and run through the structure of the show really quick and how you could adjust it as you become a regular listener. So, the show starts off with a greeting.
That’s kind of important; friends beyond the binary, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls everywhere or whatever, so you feel seen and welcomed in and you say, okay, I could listen to that show. It’s gonna be mildly humorous, I guess. Then there’s support so that paying for the podcast is optional, 'cause a lot of people aren't in a position to support the show, a lot of people are new, and a lot of people are occasional listeners or they're going through a tough time or a life change. They don’t listen night after night after night. So, that’s why the show…paying for the show is optional for the people that listen night after night after night, and can and choose to. When they support the sponsors or support the show directly, it supports it for everybody else. So, that’s what the support is about.
So, it may not apply to you, so don't worry about it if it doesn't apply to you, right? If you prefer something without ads, whether you're a regular listener or you're new, you could only…you can get ad-free stuff on Sleep With Me+, and if you only listen for a few months, you could just cancel if you prefer something without ads. But that’s up to you. Then after the support, totally separate from the support, is the intro, and the intro is a show within a show that’s about fifteen to twenty minutes long where I try to explain what the podcast is, and it follows a familiar, reassuring structure every time but every intro is different so that you get something that’s like something…it’s something borrowed and bugle blue, like Bugle Boy jeans — though they may have been available in other colors — or blue hair gel that was…it didn’t color your hair blue.
Mostly it was green and purple. There was probably blue hair gel, too. This was a thing in the eighties and the nineties. It was probably…I mean, I used it, so I can say it was probably the lowest possible quality. You could never actually…at least for me, it didn’t help my hair. But it was always colored in these bright colors for marketing materials. I guess you'd say, hm, should I get the green or the purple? Do I want it…? Am I more of a wild style or…whatever? I don't know. I can't think of any other…wild style…actually, you say, well, yeah, I’d like to be wild style. I don't want to be fronting. That’s probably the one…they say, yeah, that’s more of yours…that’s the…say, okay, great. Where was I? Oh, structure of the show.
So, the intro goes on and on and on not just to introduce what the podcast is but also to ease you into bedtime, 'cause most people listen to this ad-supported, free version of the podcast or free…'cause it’s supported by people, and they listen to it linearly. So, they listen to the opening, the support, then the intro as they get ready for bed, as they're in bed getting comfortable, as they're winding down. If you're looking for something without an intro, yeah, in every podcast app is Bedtime Stories from Sleep With Me, or on Sleep With Me+ there’s an entire podcast with hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of story-only episodes that come out the same as the full episodes the same day. So, those are just the story portion of the show without the intro.
But most people…the intro is part of their wind down, like a buffer between being awake and asleep, and that’s what works for me personally and what actually I’ve seen studies say; yeah, having a wind-down routine that’s pleasant…so, if this show is not pleasant for you, don’t put it as a part of your wind-down routine, right? But that eases you into bedtime and makes bedtime feel nice. So, that’s why the intro is twenty minutes. Then after the intro will be support, then after that I’ll talk about some New York State and Central…actually…now, I skipped New York City 'cause New York City is its own great region, but…yeah, just looking at…hey, where could I do some on-location episodes in the next twelve to sixteen months in New York State? Kinda fantasizing, looking through some of these travel planners.
I’ll do that, and all told, we’ll be here about an hour. I’m really glad you came by. I work really hard on the show. So do a bunch of other people, and we really just want to help you out and help you fall asleep. So, thank you again for stopping by, and if this podcast changes your life on a regular basis, we really could use your help. We're almost desperate for the help of…but only for the people…it improves your life week after week after week. If that’s you and you're in a place where you say, yeah, I could support the show back, or maybe I’ll check out one of these sponsors, these are the best ways to do it. Thanks.
Alright everybody, this is Scoots here. I guess this is a different kind of episode that we’ve done before. Also, I’m recording…Koa’s in the…our new recording area and she was totally quiet until I started recording, and now she’s saying, I don't know if I want to be here while you record, which is strange, 'cause we were just sitting here for twenty minutes in perfect silence, which she usually loathes. So, maybe Koa does not like listening to me record the podcast. I think probably for my attention getting sent to other people. Okay, so…but we’ll see how it goes. So, this is a style of episode we’ve kind of…no, I don't know if we’ve ever done this before directly. We’ve indirectly done this.
I’m gonna go through…so, when I drove across the country, and even here now that I’ve moved, I’m always on the lookout for material from tourism boards and stuff like that. You know I love schlock, and I do love even tourism material. So, I’m gonna go through and kind of…I’m gonna go through, and I could probably…I could make a thousand episodes about this, of things I’d like to…starting locally of what could we do for on-location episodes. So, yeah, I’m gonna start going through here. Okay, the first thing…there is a mall in Syracuse. Syracuse is kinda down to one mall. I’m seeing advertisements for that. But I did fly out of Rochester to go…I had to fly back to California to see my care person…on my hand, and I saw billboards in Rochester about…they have three malls that sound like they're flourishing or functioning.
So, that might be a good adventure. Also, they have a Museum of Play there. Okay, they have a Z-O-O in Syracuse. Oh, here’s something I haven't heard of; the Winter Fair. Food, entertainment, midway rides, fireworks, ice sculptures. Back by popular demand. Oh, the Winter Fair Reindeers…now, this is after the holidays. I don't know if this is instead of the Winterfest or a complimentary or what. Bringing summer fun into winter. So, I’m gonna rip that out here after I check the back page of it. Okay, this is a review of the summer stuff. Erie Canal…Canalway Trail; that’s definitely on there. Jamesville Beach, Oneida Shores, Green Lakes, Seneca River, Abbott Farms…my daughter went to Abbott Farms. There’s a lot of different waterfall locations. Okay, here we go. I’m recording this in autumn.
You'll be listening to it in the wintertime. We missed the…at Apple Festival. Navarino Orchards; maybe we could check that out. Beak and Skiff I did go to and shoot a little video. I don't know if I have enough for an episode or anything. But yeah, apple-picking is a thing. I’m gonna try to do one or two leaf-peeping episodes. Still waiting for the leaves to quite change. Oh, Koa seems to only make noise when I’m talking. Maybe when I…I have the same…when someone’s talking when I’m doing thinking, not exactly productive thinking, I say, can they stop talking so I can keep thinking? I don't know if that’s Koa’s case. Okay, so, Koa decided she would prefer Bob Ross over me, so she’s now in the Bob Ross viewing area.
Okay, so…oh, stunning leaf-peeping. Head to Highland Forest Onondaga Lake Parkway or Skaneateles…I can definitely to Onondaga Lake Parkway, and there’s woods around me that I’ll probably do. Highland Forest? Maybe. Okay, winter…so, this is coming. So, what do they say? Fall…there’s a poem, too. Summer waits, fall leaves, winter longs. So, there’s outdoor ice skating. I can't really record doing that. There’s some sort of Dickensian thing in Skaneateles, maybe snow-shoeing or skiing. Snoeshow rentals…looks like these people are doing snow-shoeing at night. Erie Canal Museum, Onondaga Historical Association for the Erie Canal’s 250th anniversary.
It will be interesting, though…maybe I could…or I could record on the chair lift if I’m by myself, 'cause the two ski places here are where I’ve skied as a kid, and I haven't really skied regularly since I was in the high school Ski Club, which was with another high school. Okay, spring comes…there’s other different outdoor activities; a rose garden, other parks…oh, Central New York Regional Market; I’d like to check that out. The New York State…whoa, boy…Warren Haynes…oh, we missed it, though. Warren Haynes headlined the Syracuse…the New York State Blues Festival. I didn’t live here at that point, but…wow, that must have been awesome. Okay, festivals…there’s…oh, so they have…oh, so their New York Winter Fair is in January. Skaneateles has a Winterfest in January.
Syracuse has their Winterfest in February, and we’ll be able to do that St. Patty’s Day. April is International Taste Festival. May they have a Maker Faire food truck thing. June…Taste of Syracuse and different…tons of different festivals in the summer, and then obviously the New York State Fair. Okay, let’s just keep looking here. Anything really interesting…oh, the Museum of Science and Technology; I want to do that, walk around probably downtown Syracuse, Tipperary Hill…Eastwood…I was just in Eastwood recently, and they have a Palace Theater which has community events performances. Of course, there’s so many different Finger Lakes to check out, so that’s definitely something. Then there’s the North Beaver Lake, which I’ve definitely location-scouted.
So, Beaver Lake would be a good place to record a walking, hiking episode. Then the southern part of Alameda County…Onondaga County…definitely am thinking about doing some leaf-peeping there. I just can't…it’s just been…the weather’s been very varied since I’ve been here. Even though it’s the fall, it’s been very hot, and then right now it’s cold, but it’s very clear today. So, I think that’ll probably get the leaves going. These past couple days have been sunny but cold. There’s a lot of stuff with the indigenous people of Onondaga County and this area that we can learn a lot more about, and a lot of different historical things. Then there’s other counties. Okay, so, this is stuff I really haven't done.
Even in my county I haven't done a lot of stuff, 'cause when I was here, I only lived here ‘til I was eighteen, and then a little bit until I was twenty-two on just a couple weeks or months a year. Okay, so, they have Courtland County; there’s a mountain there, another…a water park, the Center of the Arts, a repertoire theatre, then Madison County…oh, the Stone Quarry Art Park; that’s…definitely we want to do that multiple times. More falls…Oswego County; that’s where we hang out with Lake Terry. Cayuga County; that was the home of Harriet Tubman, William Seward, and Emily Howland. So, the Harriet Tubman National Historic Park is there in Cayuga County, and they also have tons of Finger Lakes. So, we’ll check that out. Oh yeah, there’s a lot of car-racing type stuff here. I’ve never been to very many car races.
Oh, check out some diners, for sure. There’s one still open twenty-four hours a day, the B’Ville Diner. I haven't been there. I’ve driven by it twice. There’s a lot of local coffee shops, of course ice cream and different treats, always. Let’s see, they have Jazzfest; okay, that’s in the early summer, June and July…oh, end of June in 2025 it was, then outdoor stuff. The Empire State Trail, Green Lakes State Park, Beaver Lakes, and then a lot of different falls and preserves. So, kinda barely scratched the surface of that my entire life. Sporting events don’t actually make great sleep podcasts, I don't think, but maybe recounting them…I would like to go to some…I mean, I’ve been to the Syracuse Mets. They're about to change their name, I think, but I’ve been to their games. But now there’s even smaller baseball stadiums I’d like to visit.
There’s music and local music. The Everson Museum of Art; I’d like to check out that. Community Folk Art Center, there’s other galleries and art houses, and then there’s Broadway tours and many other stages including colleges, including…my daughter has performed in some shows at her school. Okay, so, that was that one. So, the biggest tear-out is this winter fair, because I never even heard of that, and that’s already on the calendar; January 30th, 31st, and February first. Okay, now I have a ‘I Love New York State’ travel planner guide, Long Island. Look at these. Montague Lighthouse; I haven't been there. I’d like to be there. East Hampton…the Hamptons and those places, they said, Scoots, yeah, we're good without you. But, no, they haven't said that, but I’d like to check that out.
Wow, Old West Berry Gardens; that looks nice. A lot of different…oh, Fire Island; I’d like to check that out. A lot of state parks. I’m gonna have to get a state park pass just to make sure we're supporting the state parks and preserves. There’s a lot of historical museums on Long Island. Family fun…they have Adventure Land, Family Farm, Joan’s Beach, Children’s Museum. New York we’ll leave out because New York’s its own amazing thing. Okay, then we have Hudson Valley, Bannerman Castle, Bear Mountain, Innisfree Garden, Minnesowaka…Minnewaska State Park, Untermyer Park and Gardens, Walkway Over the Hudson…oh, that’s in Poughkeepsie. I should return to Poughkeepsie once, 'cause that was where I had…I learned about not spending my money. We’ll do a episode about that one day.
What else do we got here? Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Home, John J., The Rock…oh, the Rockefeller Estate. Holy moly. I never knew…Martin Van Buren, there’s man…there’s a lot of stuff in the Hudson Valley. Family fun…they have different mountain resorts, a mountain railroad, museum, village…Old Rhinebeck Aerodome. They also have a play land. Okay, so that’s Hudson Valley. Alright, Catskills…let’s see what we got. A lot of scenic trails, sky walks, falls, mountains, preserves, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts and Museum, Forestburgh Playhouse, then a lot of different museums there. A Hudson Athens lighthouse…so, we could always do a lighthouse…I guess that wouldn't be a walking episode, though. A lot of ski and fun parks and sky rides.
Indoor water parks are another thing in New York State. Okay, capital region and Seratoga; I haven't been there since I think seven…I mean, I flew in there once. Honestly, I haven't…capital of New York State is Albany. Yeah, I don't think I’ve been there other than in sixth grade or fifth grade. That’s just too…that’s why I’m here to right those things. There’s a lot of preserves there. Media and Performing Arts Theatres, music halls, Preservation Hall, historical sites and landmarks, family…Adirondacks…we haven't even got to the actual Adirondacks, I don't think. Okay, here we go, Adirondacks; a wilderness playground. I haven't spent a lot of time in the Adirondacks. Enchanted Forest Water Safari and Old Forge; I’d like to do that. Yeah, there’s different wilderness areas. Ausable Chasm is supposed to be amazing.
Ausable, Cumberland Bay, Gore Mountain, Lake Champlain…I mean, this is like the whole…a huge part of the state. We got Hyde Collection and Art Museum, Strand Theatre, a lot of different…yeah, historic sites. Family fun…yeah, there’s a railroad there. Water Safari, a Natural Stone Bridge in [inaudible], another rail company, Santa’s Workshop…there’s a theme park there. Oh, with a water park. Interesting. Trek on to Roga Star Trek Original Series set tour. I have no…okay, holy moly, I gotta rip that out and put that down. Craft Beverage Trail…okay, boat…oh, A Thousand Islands…so, this was a place I haven't been, either. A Thousand Islands…I mean in a while. The seaway…so, they had…that’s where…we’ve done episodes about it, though. Boat Castle, Alex…A Bay they call it, Alexandria Bay.
Rock Island Lighthouse…Southwick Beach; I’ve been there, but not…I think I just jumped in the water there and then jumped back in the car. Westcott Beach; I’d like to go there. Wellesley Island State Park…yeah, they have other things. Oh, I guess this counts…a little bit of Onondaga County is in here, too. I wonder if you could do a cheese curd tour. Central New York…I don't think this counts Syracuse, 'cause they say, small term…so, this says Binghamton, Cooperstown, Howe…we talked about Howe’s…a Chittenango where the All Things Oz Museum is, and a lot of stuff that we could explore. Rail Explorers USA…oh yeah, 'cause Cooperstown not only has a Baseball Hall of Fame, but it also has a Farm and Agriculture Museum. Let me see what it’s called. Schwartz Stanwix…Iroquois Museum…I don't see it.
Museums, art and culture…Double Day Field, National Baseball Hall of Fame…where is…? I think it’s…I know it…Cooperstown Valley Railroad…well, we’ll find it. Watkins Glen; people were talking about this the other day. So, this is in the Finger Lakes region. That’s supposedly a good place to go leaf-peeping, too. Then Ithaca, which I know there’s listeners in Ithaca that I gotta go visit or do something there. This also includes Syracuse, 'cause it has a Landmark Theatre and Rochester. ‘Cause…let’s see, the Harriet Tubman Home, Mark Twain Study and Exhibit, Susan B. Anthony Museum and House, the Equal Rights Heritage Center, there’s Erie Canal stuff, Women's Rights National Historic Park. Erie Canal Museum; that’s in Syracuse. A lot of beaches and state parks.
Oh, Strong Museum of Play…Seabreeze Amusement Park; I went there. I don't know if I did a episode about that. Roseland has a water park. That was the first ever theme park I went to that’s gone, but I guess they still have a water park there. Cruises on Seneca Lake, different trails, Ithica’s Farm or Ithica Farmers Market, Rochester Public Market, Niagara Falls, which I don't know if…I know I went there, but I probably talked about it on the show. It’d be another great one. The Canada side has a little bit more of the schlocky stuff we love, but also Buffalo is in that area. So, there’s a lot to do there, too. Yeah, I gotta look at all these museums in Buffalo, and jazz history. Performing Art Center’s there. ‘Cause Buffalo’s…I believe it’s the second-biggest city in New York State. Six Flags there…there’s a Beach Carousel Park.
I don't know what that is. That’s interesting to me…and railroads there. Then New York Southwest Region…is this the Southern Tear? Is that what they call that? Allegany, Autobahn Community Nature Center, state parks, scenic parks, Rock City Park, the National Comedy Center; what is that? Lucy Ball Desi Arnaz Museum…wow, this is amazing. Midway State Park…you got lighthouses, history museums, history centers, the Seneca Iroquois National Museum, the 1891 Fredonia Opera House, Amish Trail. That’s another sculpture park. Okay, so, we're on to…this is…this one, it just catches me 'cause it has interesting names for parks. Lucille Ball, Comedy Museum, or Comedy Center. I don't know what that is, but that sounds interesting, right?
Opera house from 1891, a lighthouse…Holiday Valley Resort; I went there for a family reunion about the same time I went to Niagara Falls. There’s cheese and wine and beer…Midway State Park; it shows people having fun outdoors. Okay, now it lists different getaways, so I don't know if this is sponsor…oh, Farmer…oh, here it is, Farmer’s Museum in Cooperstown. So, that would be a good one, and for the spring or the summer, because I believe it’s interactive. I mean, I couldn't do that live, you know? Oh, Letchworth State Park is supposed to be amazing, another thing. There’s…oh, there’s Erie Canal tours there, in Fairport. Okay, Rye’s Playland…I have a friend that lives in Rye. I’d like to do that. Then I’d like to take my dad to Darien Lake, and we're gonna stay there like we did when we were kids.
Then Canandaigua Lakes has a Roseland Water Park. Midway State Park, the carousel lovers…there’s six antique carousels in the Greater Binghamton Area. Then Silvan Beach, which I’ve talked about…Santa’s Workshop, North Pole theme park…I wonder if that’s year round. Travel…splish, splash on Long Island, one of the nation’s best water parks. Trip Advisor rates Enchanted Forest Water Safari as a top water park. Then there’s a lot of adventure parks at the different mountains, like…okay, Rail Trails; this is what I’m interested in. We didn’t have this — that I knew of — where I lived. Rail Explorers allows visitors to ramble along former train tracks on easy-to-peddle rail bikes.
You glide past farms, woodlands, along the Esquinita River and Cooperstown or the Catskills or Esopus Creek in the Catskills, or the Adirondacks thing on Tupper Lake or Thendara. Then you could go on the lake George steamboat. There’s a lot of beaches, of course. The Strong Museum, the National Toy Hall of Fame…I’m sorry, National Toy Hall of Fame, is that at the Strong Museum of Play? I don't know. Then the Farmers Museum, New York State Museum, then there’s a lot of resorts and there’s a lot of…a lot of the attractions are adaptive and accessible, that New York likes to say. Goat Island in Niagara Falls, John Dillon Park and Campground, there’s kayak launches…okay, then they're talking about food. Let’s see, I’m trying to see…Utica Greens; that was a popular thing here.
Thousand Island dressing…oh yeah, I didn’t think about that. There’s wineries, farm-fresh things…okay, craft beverages…okay, histories…yeah, there’s different…you got both Roosevelts, Martin Van Buren, George Washington…you can visit the home of Elizabeth Katie Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, as well as the Harriet Tubman Home, a lot of underground railroad sites. The North Star Underground Railroad Museum is in the Adirondacks. The New York City…there’s the Stonewall National Monument and Stonewall Inn, there’s natural history, sports history, innovation, immigration, canals and transportation…oh, Corning Museum of Glass. There’s another…that would be another good one. See the Erie Canal’s Flight of the Five Locks in Lockport. Oh, I’ll check that out.
Then the Old Rhinebeck Aerodome…I just like how that sounds. You could see different history, forts, Smithsonian…oh, that’s in Manhattan, so, we’ll save that. Seratoga Historical Park…there’s a lot of these historical parks. Okay, Empire State Trail; this is one of New York’s recreational wonders. 750-mile Empire State Trail. Perfect route for bicycling, hiking, running, walking. Three main sections; Hudson Valley Greenway Trail, which goes from Lower Manhattan to Albany, the Champlain Valley Trail, which heads north for Rouses Point, and the Erie Canalway Trail, which winds through the Finger Lakes to Buffalo. There’s easy access all along the trail, designated parking areas, and…get you outside. They have a lot of pictures of people enjoying the trails in different ways.
Okay, so, here’s…oh yeah, you could go all the way north. What do the different things mean? Okay, some’s asphalt on-road, and some’s asphalt or stone dust off-road. Trail end points, interstates…okay. Okay, Lockport’s towards the end. Pittsford, Lockport…that’s all part of the Erie Canal Trail, which you can go…yeah, from Buffalo Harbor State Park on Lake Erie and then go all the way through Rochester. There’s a little bit of a paved section between…just outside of Clyde to Port Byron, and there’s a paved area through Syracuse, and then in-between Utica and Herkimer. Then, yeah, that goes all the way…where’s Albany? Oh, down there? I didn’t realize Albany was…I really don’t know much about this state. I would have thought Albany was more centralized, but yeah, Albany’s much further east than I knew.
Honestly, I have…I’m really flabbergasted at my ignorance. So, Albany’s all the way east. It’s not far from the border, with Massachusetts. It’s due north of New York City. Interesting. Makes sense, though. Then, yeah, and it’s kinda in the midway point of the state, 'cause if you keep north, that’s Adirondacks, and you can go quite a ways north. So, yeah, make a couple days of it, obviously. Walkway Over the Hudson is in Poughkeepsie, and, yeah, there’s other trails. The Hudson River Greenway, New York State Canalway, Lake Champlain, New York City, Southshore, Blue Way, Champlain Valley Route…that’s from Waterford to Whitehall. You get the Hudson Valley Greenway Trail…that’s the other one from Manhattan. Alright, here we go with Albany…or, I mean…Albany…autumn.
Fall in love with New York in autumn. There’s a great jack-o-lantern thing at the Van Cortlandt Manor at Croton-on-the-Hudson, some sort of — wow, it looks cool — light show. A lot of different farms and cider mills. This one they're showing is in Fly Creek…or Farm and Gas Port. Leaf-peeping…oh wow, there’s…you can go leaf-peeping at Gore Mountain on a sky ride. I wish I would have known about that. Then there’s the Seneca Harbor Pier at the southern end of Seneca Lake in the village of Watkins Glen. Yeah, from Long Island to Lake Erie, Catskill to the Adirondacks, a kaleidoscope of colors. You could always check on many places to check the reports. Lake Placid; that’s another place I could check out. Thousand Islands International Bridge; that’s got some good leaf-peeping.
Eternal Flame Falls; that’s outside of Buffalo, Orchard Park. Okay, then there’s Sea Sides Scenery…obviously autumn in New York is gorgeous. There’s a beautiful picture of Central Park. But yeah, on Long Island, Fire Island National Seashore…there’s a gorgeous lighthouse there. Okay, legendary landscapes, colorful country roads…there’s a Woodstock Overlook that people are in. That’s gorgeous, too. The Upper Delaware Scenic Byway…we got farms and rustic charm, slice of Americana. So, me and my brother went apple-picking. You don’t have to eat…you don’t have to pick…we only picked eight apples. We had eight, two apples each, and then we purchased four apples, just 'cause we were like, we’re not gonna eat all…we're only gonna buy what we're gonna eat, you know?
Yeah, there’s Adirondack’s Balloon Festival; that’s…or there’s Saranac Lake. I don't know when the Balloon Festival is, but it sounds great. Sagamore Resort at Lake George; that looks very fancy. Mountain climbing, leafy wine drinking, they're showing. Thousand Islands Seaway…Niagara…wow, there’s some great leaf-peeping at Niagara Falls State Park. Holy moly. You got a covered wooden bridge in Allegany. That’s near the Hudson Valley Resort. Griffith Sculpture Park, Rock City Park…okay, so, those are things on our list now. Okay, now I have one about conservationalist in New York State. This is from April, May of…oh, 2022. I picked it up this summer, though. But this has stuff about canals that I wanted to look up, and hiking.
So, we’ll just look through this next, 'cause I’d really like to go…oh yeah, it talks about paddling adventures on the canals. ‘Cause I’d really like to get out in my stand-up paddle board in the late spring, early summer. Okay, so, yeah, there’s a lot of places to do it. Officially designated as the New York State Canalway Water Trail…you can explore this historic waterway…kayak, canoe, stand-up paddle board…for a afternoon outing or a multi-day adventure. 450 miles of canals and lakes. 140 public access points for paddlers. Yeah, it covers a large swath of Upstate New York. What makes things different and distinct from other water trails is the nature of the canal itself.
You'll navigate century-old locks, stunning stone aqueducts that used to carry boats across rivers and streams in the 1800s…paddle alongside tugboats and cruisers. Flat-water stretches, wilder river segments, and there’s plenty of places to launch. They offer opportunities for beginners to advanced paddlers. A few hours to multi-day, end-to-end journeys. This is a state national treasure. Between 1817 and 1825, the original Erie Canal traversed 363 miles from Albany to Buffalo. It was the longest artificial waterway and greatest public works project in North America. That’s what made New York the Empire State, and transformed New York City, the nation’s principle sea port, and opened the rest of the country, 'cause it could go through the Great Lakes. There’s tons of resources.
Oh, here’s something we need to know; paddling through a lock is one of the special experiences. Locks are 310 feet long and 45 feet wide, with gates. Lifts range from six feet to forty feet, and from the vantage point of a canoe or a kayak, floating into one of these can be a bit daunting at first, but exciting. Floating up or down as the lock waters rise or empty is surprisingly gentle. It takes about fifteen to twenty minutes. Lock operators are on-hand for the safest places to position yourself and answer any questions you might have. Make sure you're wearing a PFD. Don’t forget about bird-watching while you're paddling, and there’s lots of paddling events. Oh, they have a little kid section here, where they talk about the Hudson River. 315 miles from the Adirondacks to New York Harbor and out to the ocean.
Headwaters are in the Adirondack mountains of Lake Tear, Lake Tear of the Clouds, on Mount Marcy. Then there’s a dam in Troy. That’s Lower Hudson. The Lower Hudson from Troy to the Battery in New York City is an estuary. The largest tributary is the Mohawk River. A tributary is a stream or river that flows into a lake or river. Albany is the capital of New York. Okay, here’s some…this is the Five Rivers Environmental Education Center. It talks about some friends to keep a eye out for. The yellow-rumped warbler is one of twenty-three warbler species regularly admired among forests and wetlands. I’d like to meet that. The American toad announces spring loud and clear. There’s a gray tree frog, and there’s F-L… a Eastern blue bird, a hoverfly…oh, hoverfly, how do you hover?
Small wildlife can be just as intriguing as large. Look at the ripples of their wings, a ever-changing rainbow. A green heron versus a great blue heron…yeah, so there’s a green heron, great blue heron, Monarch caterpillar, Eastern blue bird. The Five Rivers…let’s see, where…it’s twenty minutes from downtown Albany. Ten miles of trails. So, this is a good place to check out. River otter, Eastern cottontail…that’s a bunny. Well, I assume, just as a Eastern cottontail looks like a bunny to me. Northern cardinal, there’s a barn, a house wren, red-tailed hawk, wood dug…Wood Duck Marsh…Eastern screech owl, there’s a honey friend, a hummingbird moth. ‘Sparkling jewels’ has been used to describe how this…describe these hummingbird mimics. Canada goose, beaver…so, those are some other things we could see.
So, this place looks like a definite check out, too. Okay, this is a little bit more about the canals. Let’s see if it’s repetitive or not here. So, the New York State Canal is where…so, this is another thing from the New York State Canals. So, this was Governor DeWitt Clinton’s dream. Let’s see here. These are…these…market and agriculture…it could be a organ of communication between the Hudson, Mississippi, St. Lawrence, and the Great Lakes, and all the tributaries, 'cause there’s a surplus. Yeah. Oh, let’s…commerce, trade, navigation, and the arts will receive a correspondent engagement. New York City will be the granary of the world, the emporium of commerce, the seed of manufacturers.
So, big fan of New York City, which is…such was Clinton’s dream, according to this canal…the story of the New York State canals. It seems small to us, but not to those before it. When Clinton wrote these words, it seemed vain imaginings of a visionary dreamer. So, let’s see if we get some facts out here. First came…let’s see. The history of transportation reads much the same; first highways, then waterways, then railways. But already, when we were working on the United States, the waterways of Europe had been in use for years. The opening of waterways closely followed roads, and in turn, the railroads. Then the canals became less important. These circumstances gave America’s peculiar history of rapid development. Early highways were not…were few and poor, and travel was not easy.
Water…people were looking for improvements. George Washington was a surveyor. Let’s see, the first waterway improvements in New York were made by a private company to try to improve traffic. The population west of the Genesee Valley and further east, there were small populations. Yeah, people want…Clinton said he was called the ditch, Clinton’s ditch, which was not meant to be…the waterway called the Erie Canal was opened in October 26, 1825. So, Erie Canal Day is coming up. It was four feet deep, forty feet wide. So, we did walk along a path of it maybe a month ago that was four feet deep. Still, it wasn’t very deep at all. Let’s see here. Yeah, this just has a lot of pictures, so that’s not as good for us as far as tourist stuff. Okay, I think that’s it for right now.
I think we got…I just want to review…let me see if I could find these things where I was like, okay, we gotta go there right away. Okay, so, we wanted this Allegany area, the…so, I’m gonna rip that out, 'cause that’s definitely stuff I never even heard of before. We know the Rochester, Buffalo, and the Finger Lakes stuff we want to kinda do, and we know we should start off locally with some of these local hikes and then some of the local sculpture museums and stuff. But yeah, that’s just a little bit of me trying to check out and brainstorm what’s next. I don't know, I love these kind of touristy magazines and going to them and getting ideas from them, so I figured it’d be worth doing it. I have a stack of them from other states, so we could even start to look forward into the next few years of the future of the podcast, too. Alright, thanks, and goodnight, everybody.
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On Location
Docks
https://www.ez-dock.com/blog/history-of-docks-the-evolution-of-dock-design-and-construction/
https://americastrongconstruction.com/blog/f/history-of-docks-and-piers
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/birth-and-death-dock
Schlock
https://worldwidekitsch.com/kitsch/history/
Fodor’s Travel Guides
https://www.fodors.com/about-us/timeline
https://www.ricksteves.com/travel-tips/trip-planning/comparing-guidebook-series
https://www.ricksteves.com/travel-tips/trip-planning/comparing-guidebook-series
Indoor Water Parks
https://www.kalahariresorts.com/media-center/about-us/the-kalahari-journey/
https://jurasikparkinn.com/blogs/the-history-of-water-parks-from-ancient-times-to-today/
https://www.wisdells.com/blog-stories/What-Makes-Wisconsin-Dells-The-Waterpark-Capital-of-the-World
DOWN TO BUSINESS
I’m taking a journey through the pages of some travel planners
PLUGS
Sleep With Me Plus; Story Only Feed; Emily Tat Artwork; Crisis Textline; Referral Program
SPONSORS
Helix Sleep; Zocdoc; Progressive; Coyuchi
INTRO
Oh boy, there they are again
I’ve been trying to be more welcoming to my thoughts
The Behind the Scenes Spirit of the Show
Someone out there really does understand what you’re going through
We’re hopeful that you flourish
If you’re skeptical or doubtful or irritated, that’s okay
sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou
I’m just like an audiobook that you’re not paying attention to
A friend with zero expectations
Theories on sticky notes
Your Chairman of the Bored
I’ll be here, whether you need me or not
Is that a paradox?
I’m out of paradox jokes
It’s a pair of docks
I put my paradox on one dock at a time
I don’t know what that means, but that feels like a Sleep With Me statement
The Rambling, Barely Coherent Cast
The jetty vs dock discourse
The International Jean Syndicate (IJS)
Shoutout to Bugle Boy Jeans
Who would’ve thought that a brand named Bugle Boy would project toughness?
I swore that tough jeans would fix everything
Did IJS ever open for Public Image, Ltd.
They must’ve been a new wave band
Bugle boys jeans are something borrowed AND something blue
Shoutout to my childhood green and purple hair gel
I definitely wasn’t Wild Style, that’s for sure
Have a wind down routine that’s pleasant (including this show or not)
I skipped NYC for travel guides this time around
Fantasizing some future travel and On Location episodes
STORY
Koa is in our new recording area
She was totally quiet until I started recording
Maybe she doesn’t like listening to me record the podcast
I don’t know we’ve ever done this style of episode before
I’m always on the hunt for tourism materials
I love schlock
Syracuse is down to one mall
I had to fly out of Rochester recently
I saw billboards for three flourishing malls in Rochester
They also have a Museum of Play
A Z-O-O in Syracuse
A winter fair? Is this instead of WinterFest?
Bringing summer fun into winter
A survey of summer stuff
My daughter went to Abbott Farms
Beacon Skiff – I just shot a little video there
Koa seems to only want to make noise when I talk
Koa is now in the Bob Ross Viewing Area
Onondaga Lake Parkway
Spring comes. Summer waits. Fall leaves. Winter longs.
Outdoor ice skating – I couldn’t really record that
A Dickensian thing in Skaneateles
Is that nighttime snow shoeing?
The Erie Canal’s 250th Anniversary
I could record on the chairlift by myself
I haven’t skied regular since I was in high school ski club
Rose gardens
I’d like to check out the Central New York Regional Market
Man, Warren Haynes headlined the New York State Blues Festival. That must’ve been awesome!
A series of winter festivals across New York
International Taste Festival
June – Taste of Syracuse
Museum of Science and Technology
I was just in Eastwood. Shout out to the Palace Theatre
There’s so many finger lakes to check out
I’ve location scouted Beaver Lake
I still haven’t done a lot of stuff at Syracuse
Cortlandt County has a waterpark!
A repertory theater
Stone Quarry Art Park
Oswego County, the home of Lake Teri
Cayuca County, home of Harriet Tubman
I haven’t been to many car races
I’ve never been to the Beeville Diner
Jazz Fest in the early summer
Empire State Trail
Sporting events aren’t great for sleep
I’ve been to a Syracuse Mets game
Community Folk Art Center
Broadway tours and college stages
I can’t believe I never heard of the Winter Fair
Long Island State Travel Planning Guide
The Hamptons may be good without me
Old Westbury Gardens
I’d like to check out Fire Island
I’m gonna get a State Park pass
Jones Beach
New York is its own amazing thing
Hudson Valley
Bannerman Castle
Innisfree Garden
Huntermayer Park and Gardens
I should return to Poughkeepsie
Some Roosevelt national sites
Oh, the Rockefeller estate
Wow, there’s a lot of stuff in the Hudson Valley
Old Rhinebeck Aerodome…?
The Catskills
Lot of scenic trails and walks
Hudson Athens Lighthouse
I could do a lighthouse episode
Indoor Water Parks
I haven’t spent much time in the capital area
I’m here to right these wrongs
Enchanted Forest Water Safari and Old Forge
Lake Champlain is a huge part of the state
Trek-onderoga Star Trek Tour???
The Thousand Islands and the Seaway
Bolt Castle
Alexandria Bay and the Rock Island Lighthouse
Is there a cheese curd tour?
All Things Oz Museum
Cooperstown Valley Railroad
Watkins Glen is supposed to be good for leaf-peeping
Strong Museum of Play
Roseland Water Park
I’ve definitely been to Niagara Falls before
But it would be nice to go to Buffalo
Beach carousel park
The National Comedy Center?? What??
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Museum
1891 Fredonia Opera House
Interesting Names for Parks
Farmers Museum in Cooperstown – that would be great for spring and summer
I’d like to take my dad to Darian Lake
Six antique carousels in the greater Binghamtown area
A lot of adventure parks on different mountains
Rail Trails were not a thing where I lived
Easy to peddle rail bikes
National Toy Hall of Fame
Utica Greens
Stonewall Inn
Corning Museum of Glass would be cool
Flight of the Five Locks
A lot of historical parks
The Empire State Trail
A lot of pictures of people enjoying the trails
A combination of paved and off-road paths
Oh wow, I didn’t realize Albany was so south
I don’t know much about this state, it turns out
Flabbergasted by my ignorance
Autumn Time
Great Jackolantern Thing in Croton
Lots of cider stuff
You could go leaf peeping at Gore Mountain on a Sky Ride!!
Kaleidoscope of Colors
Lake Placid
Eternal Flame Falls, outside of Buffalo
You don’t have to apple pick a lot of apples
Me and my brother went and only picked like 8
Wow, there’s great leaf peeping at Niagara Falls State Park
Griffith Sculpture Park and Rock City Park are on the list now
A conservationist list
A list about canals
I’d like to break out my standup paddle board in the late spring / early summer
Many options and entry points for paddlers
Paddling through a lock is a special experience
Don’t forget to birdwatch while you paddle
There’s a dam in Troy
Five Rivers Environmental Education Center
Creatures to keep an eye out for
Yellow Rumped Warbler
American Toad
Gray Tree Frog
Eastern Bluebird
The Hoverfly
Green Heron
Great Blue Heron
Monarch Caterpillar
River Otter
Eastern Cottontail
Northern Cardinal
House Wren
Red Tailed Hawk
Wood Duck Marsh
Eastern Screechowl
Hummingbird Moth
Canada Goose
Beaver
This place is a definite check out
Some more canal information
The Erie Canal was governor DeWitt Clinton’s dream
New York City: The Grainary of the World
Water was easier to travel on than dirt roads
History of New York Waterways
Erie Canal Day is coming up
Thanks for brainstorming with me
I have more magazines from other states, too…
SUMMARY:
Episode: 1427
Title: Leafing Through Guides | New York State
Plugs: Sleep With Me Plus; Story Only Feed; Emily Tat Artwork; Crisis Textline; Referral Program
Sponsors: Helix Sleep; Zocdoc; Progressive; Coyuchi
Notable Language:
- The Behind the Scenes Spirit of the Show
- Chairman of the Bored
- Paradox / Pair of Docks
- I put my paradox on one dock at a time
- Jetty
- The International Jean Syndicate (IJS)
- Wild Style
- Schlock
- Z-O-O
- Bob Ross Viewing Area
- Spring comes. Summer waits. Fall leaves. Winter longs.
- Stone Quarry Art Park
- Cheese Curd Tour
- Flabbergasted by my ignorance
- Kaleidoscope of Colors
Notable Culture:
- sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou
- Bugle Boy Jeans
- Devo
- Public Image, Ltd.
- International Jean Syndicate, a new wave band
- Strong Museum of Play
- Bob Ross
- Charles Dickens
- Skaneateles
- Warren Haynes
- Harriet Tubman
- All Things Oz Museum
- Susan B. Anthony
- Mark Twain
- Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Museum
Notable Talking Points:
- Oh boy, there they are again
- I’ve been trying to be more welcoming to my thoughts
- The Behind the Scenes Spirit of the Show
- Someone out there really does understand what you’re going through
- We’re hopeful that you flourish
- If you’re skeptical or doubtful or irritated, that’s okay
- sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou
- I’m just like an audiobook that you’re not paying attention to
- A friend with zero expectations
- Theories on sticky notes
- Your Chairman of the Bored
- I’ll be here, whether you need me or not
- Is that a paradox?
- I’m out of paradox jokes
- It’s a pair of docks
- I put my paradox on one dock at a time
- I don’t know what that means, but that feels like a Sleep With Me statement
- The Rambling, Barely Coherent Cast
- The jetty vs dock discourse
- The International Jean Syndicate (IJS)
- Shoutout to Bugle Boy Jeans
- Who would’ve thought that a brand named Bugle Boy would project toughness?
- I swore that tough jeans would fix everything
- Did IJS ever open for Public Image, Ltd.
- They must’ve been a new wave band
- Bugle boys jeans are something borrowed AND something blue
- Shoutout to my childhood green and purple hair gel
- I definitely wasn’t Wild Style, that’s for sure
- Have a wind down routine that’s pleasant (including this show or not)
- I skipped NYC for travel guides this time around
- Fantasizing some future travel and On Location episodes
- Koa is in our new recording area
- She was totally quiet until I started recording
- Maybe she doesn’t like listening to me record the podcast
- I don’t know we’ve ever done this style of episode before
- I’m always on the hunt for tourism materials
- I love schlock
- Syracuse is down to one mall
- I had to fly out of Rochester recently
- I saw billboards for three flourishing malls in Rochester
- They also have a Museum of Play
- A Z-O-O in Syracuse
- A winter fair? Is this instead of WinterFest?
- Bringing summer fun into winter
- A survey of summer stuff
- My daughter went to Abbott Farms
- Beacon Skiff – I just shot a little video there
- Koa seems to only want to make noise when I talk
- Koa is now in the Bob Ross Viewing Area
- Onondaga Lake Parkway
- Spring comes. Summer waits. Fall leaves. Winter longs.
- Outdoor ice skating – I couldn’t really record that
- A Dickensian thing in Skaneateles
- Is that nighttime snow shoeing?
- The Erie Canal’s 250th Anniversary
- I could record on the chairlift by myself
- I haven’t skied regular since I was in high school ski club
- Rose gardens
- I’d like to check out the Central New York Regional Market
- Man, Warren Haynes headlined the New York State Blues Festival. That must’ve been awesome!
- A series of winter festivals across New York
- International Taste Festival
- June – Taste of Syracuse
- Museum of Science and Technology
- I was just in Eastwood. Shout out to the Palace Theatre
- There’s so many finger lakes to check out
- I’ve location scouted Beaver Lake
- I still haven’t done a lot of stuff at Syracuse
- Cortlandt County has a waterpark!
- A repertory theater
- Stone Quarry Art Park
- Oswego County, the home of Lake Teri
- Cayuca County, home of Harriet Tubman
- I haven’t been to many car races
- I’ve never been to the Beeville Diner
- Jazz Fest in the early summer
- Empire State Trail
- Sporting events aren’t great for sleep
- I’ve been to a Syracuse Mets game
- Community Folk Art Center
- Broadway tours and college stages
- I can’t believe I never heard of the Winter Fair
- Long Island State Travel Planning Guide
- The Hamptons may be good without me
- Old Westbury Gardens
- I’d like to check out Fire Island
- I’m gonna get a State Park pass
- Jones Beach
- New York is its own amazing thing
- Hudson Valley
- Bannerman Castle
- Innisfree Garden
- Huntermayer Park and Gardens
- I should return to Poughkeepsie
- Some Roosevelt national sites
- Oh, the Rockefeller estate
- Wow, there’s a lot of stuff in the Hudson Valley
- Old Rhinebeck Aerodome…?
- The Catskills
- Lot of scenic trails and walks
- Hudson Athens Lighthouse
- I could do a lighthouse episode
- Indoor Water Parks
- I haven’t spent much time in the capital area
- I’m here to right these wrongs
- Enchanted Forest Water Safari and Old Forge
- Lake Champlain is a huge part of the state
- Trek-onderoga Star Trek Tour???
- The Thousand Islands and the Seaway
- Bolt Castle
- Alexandria Bay and the Rock Island Lighthouse
- Is there a cheese curd tour?
- All Things Oz Museum
- Cooperstown Valley Railroad
- Watkins Glen is supposed to be good for leaf-peeping
- Strong Museum of Play
- Roseland Water Park
- I’ve definitely been to Niagara Falls before
- But it would be nice to go to Buffalo
- Beach carousel park
- The National Comedy Center?? What??
- Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Museum
- 1891 Fredonia Opera House
- Interesting Names for Parks
- Farmers Museum in Cooperstown – that would be great for spring and summer
- I’d like to take my dad to Darian Lake
- Six antique carousels in the greater Binghamtown area
- A lot of adventure parks on different mountains
- Rail Trails were not a thing where I lived
- Easy to peddle rail bikes
- National Toy Hall of Fame
- Utica Greens
- Stonewall Inn
- Corning Museum of Glass would be cool
- Flight of the Five Locks
- A lot of historical parks
- The Empire State Trail
- A lot of pictures of people enjoying the trails
- A combination of paved and off-road paths
- Oh wow, I didn’t realize Albany was so south
- I don’t know much about this state, it turns out
- Flabbergasted by my ignorance
- Autumn Time
- Great Jackolantern Thing in Croton
- Lots of cider stuff
- You could go leaf peeping at Gore Mountain on a Sky Ride!!
- Kaleidoscope of Colors
- Lake Placid
- Eternal Flame Falls, outside of Buffalo
- You don’t have to apple pick a lot of apples
- Me and my brother went and only picked like 8
- Wow, there’s great leaf peeping at Niagara Falls State Park
- Griffith Sculpture Park and Rock City Park are on the list now
- A conservationist list
- A list about canals
- I’d like to break out my standup paddle board in the late spring / early summer
- Many options and entry points for paddlers
- Paddling through a lock is a special experience
- Don’t forget to birdwatch while you paddle
- There’s a dam in Troy
- Five Rivers Environmental Education Center
- Creatures to keep an eye out for
- Yellow Rumped Warbler
- American Toad
- Gray Tree Frog
- Eastern Bluebird
- The Hoverfly
- Green Heron
- Great Blue Heron
- Monarch Caterpillar
- River Otter
- Eastern Cottontail
- Northern Cardinal
- House Wren
- Red Tailed Hawk
- Wood Duck Marsh
- Eastern Screechowl
- Hummingbird Moth
- Canada Goose
- Beaver
- This place is a definite check out
- Some more canal information
- The Erie Canal was governor DeWitt Clinton’s dream
- New York City: The Grainary of the World
- Water was easier to travel on than dirt roads
- History of New York Waterways
- Erie Canal Day is coming up
- Thanks for brainstorming with me
- I have more magazines from other states, too…
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