Friday, October 14, 2016

20161014: Buffalo to Syracuse

The day started so clear and bright - 48 degrees. We left our motel at 9:38 for a 153 mile trip which would have taken 2 hours 20 minutes according to Google Maps. It took us 5 glorious hours. We purposely went back roads. The fall colors were stunning.

The little towns seemed "decorated" with the trees ablaze with color and the ground covered with fallen leaves.

There were quite a number of houses all decked out for Halloween. One had a large graveyard with tombstones and skeletons walking around. Never seen such an interest in Halloween.

Pumpkin "stands" every few miles. Below is a picture of how passers-by are enticed to come buy pumpkins, corn stalks and other things. Very creative.

The landscape was gentle rolling hills with corn fields-some with corn stalks still standing, others that had been chopped down and only stubble remains. The fields, unlike the Klamath Falls area where you see fields, and then you see even more fields, here you look at fields and your eyes are drawn past the fields to colorful forests that boarder the fields. There doesn't appear to be many conifers - mainly deciduous.

These country roads in the hills are a little scary. Often you come to a rise and don't know where the road is going because of lack of visibility.

Thoughout this trip we have been surprised to find ourselves in or near cities from other parts of the world.  We've been near Atlanta, Macedonia, Lima, and Hamburg. Nearly made it to Wyoming, Jordan, Rome, and Belgium. Have seen Milan, Gladstone, Portland, and Gilchrist listed on road signs.  Even Algoma! And one that seems quite Hawaiian: Kaukauna.

Almost forgot - We're in Liverpool as this is being written.


Display enticing passers-by to visit a nearby roadside pumpkin stand. Made with hay bales.