We LOVE New York!!! John & I may be "transplants" but we live in New York because we think it's the best. Admittedly, it DID rain on us the whole drive through New York (out came the "indoor" rain jackets again) but at least it wasn't snow which is about gone (in the photo you can see there's still a bit in front of the house, mostly from the road crew). There are crocuses blooming in the garden. We saw flocks of robins so assume the bluebirds and red wing blackbirds are back as well and the geese are heading north. Two ground hogs were sighted and yards and hayfields are beginning to green. And, the best part, it's not FLAT!!!!
While we were zipping across that little bit of Pennsylvania that everyone forgets is there, John & I discussed taking Tillie out this summer for short "tours" to get to know our own state better. Decided we'd take time to stop at the NY Welcome Center on the way in and pick up tourism information. Can you believe NYS does NOT have a Welcome Center as you enter from the west - just a toll booth, the first tolls we'd paid our entire trip?! I was shocked (about the lack of a Welcome, not the tolls). Our Niagara Falls area often complains because most tourists go to the Canadian side (bet THEY make you feel welcome). When we go away on a trip and come home, we always see our home through "fresh" eyes and the list of things that needs to get done suddenly grows. Zikes! We can't take on all of NYS too but at least a letter or two definitely needs to be written. Any ideas who to send them to? Let me know. And feel free to send a letter on your own, too. We have a beautiful state and we should welcome our visitors.Even though we're home, I'll be posting a couple more items in the coming days. So if you're still interested...
