Part Four, The Trip To Syracuse

And then it was time to leave New Paltz. We had a beautiful early spring day for it. Cool and windy, but not too cold. We chose to drive up Rte 28 through the mountains and into Oneonta the same way that I used to drive a bus over the river and through the woods. We found a picnic spot just outside of Big Indian after having stopped at our default stop at the Boiceville IGA for some picnic goods. The picnic spot was beneath a tree on a blanket at a pull off.

















This was at a pull off at the apex heading up the mountainside in between Maragaretville and the appropriately named town of Andes. Its a beautiful lookout after having driven up a curving road for miles. To think that I used to drive a bus up this in the winter as well!









I've always wondered about this road sign as well: FINLKLE, how do you pronounce that? Looks like it was a typo when the order for the sign was sent to the manufacturer.
Aha! Google Maps: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=enU&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=Finkel%20road%2C%20NY&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl
Yes, it IS FINKLE Road.