Road Trip! - Page 3

warch · 04-05-2002, 03:56 PM

I'm swerving off road again, but I'm excited about the Frozen Two... My Minnesota Gophers take on the Maine Black Bears for all the marbles this Saturday night in St Paul. There are no tickets left- all 19,000 some spaces are claimed but I'll enjoy it on ESPN. It will be LOUD around here.

elSicomoro · 04-05-2002, 07:18 PM

It was my first trip there. I guess winning enough money and drinking enough alcohol blinds you to the actual city.

One of the stranger scenes: We were at the foot of Atlantic Ave., near the end of the new tunnel and Brigantine. There is this UGLY UGLY UGLY ass apartment complex just down the boardwalk from there. It's like this turquoise green high rise that was probably cool looking in 1972. It's like 10 or 11 stories high...right ON the Boardwalk. Hideous.

Undertoad · 04-05-2002, 10:28 PM

There ya go.

Another aside: AC, indian casinos, riverboats, cruises... all pale in gambling experience compared to the enormous spectacle that is Las Vegas.

Griff · 04-09-2002, 07:46 PM

Thaaaaaaaaa..... Gophers win!

Ran up to Bingo to see the Met organizations latest golden arm Arron Heilman (sp?) out of Notre Dame. Cool thing about AA baseball my daughter and I got to stand about eight feet behind Rodriguez when he was warming up Heilman before his start. He didn't have as much heat as you'd hope for but the ball movement was fantastic and the speed differential between the heater and the change was great. He gave up a three run tater in the first but didn't take the loss as the Mets scored 4 in the eighth sparked by a clutch play by myself, casually calling the first baseman off a pop up he lost in Binghamtons perpetual gray skies. Bing has a Whitey Herzog style team speed top to bottom fun fun FUN!

elSicomoro · 04-09-2002, 10:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Griff
Bing has a Whitey Herzog style team speed top to bottom fun fun FUN!

Ahhh...good memories for me.

Thanks Griff.

Griff · 04-10-2002, 06:31 AM

de nada

My wifes step dad has been slowly pulling me into fly fishing. We road tripped to Wilmington (sp?) NY last year and I had a great deal of unwarranted success. While I was wading across the middle branch of the Wylusing yesterday (work can be pleasure), I got wondering where the trout destinations are. Snake Creek is a Susquehanna County PA treasure and the Wylusing and its branches are supposed to be pretty good any knowlege out there?

Another trip, Perry County PA, better be quick though they are about to get their first traffic light. I'm gonna have to look for it on a map. There is supposed to be one more traffic light free county in PA but the news guy didn't reveal it.

elSicomoro · 05-04-2002, 07:22 PM

Last weekend, Rho and I went to Reading and Harrisburg. Not for shopping or anything like that...they were just places Rho and I had never visited.

We weren't in Reading very long. Just drove through it more or less. The part we drove through looked rather quaint.

Somehow, I got confused...we wound up driving around Harrisburg, then back into the city. It seemed like a nice enough place...reminded me of how Trenton looks on a weekend--quiet--except it looked a lot better than Trenton. Apparently, we were on the street where the clubs are...and they were rather packed at 8pm.

The drive along the PA Turnpike between Valley Forge and Harrisburg is rather scenic. Driving back reminded me of my drive along the western end of the Turnpike when I moved out here 3 years ago--spooky, though not as nerve-racking as that first drive.

I have never smelled so much manure in my life though. LOTS of cow farms along the way.

And I like the dome architecture of the State Capitol, particularly the light portals.

This brings my capital city trips up to 11:

--Jefferson City (MO)
--Springfield (IL)
--Indianapolis (IN)
--Columbus (OH)
--Harrisburg (PA)
--Annapolis (MD)
--Dover (DE)
--Richmond (VA)
--Trenton (NJ)
--Providence (RI)
--Boston (MA)

Someday, I WILL see all 50. Juneau (AK) and Honolulu (HI) should be the hardest. Honolulu just because of the air fare, and Juneau b/c it's only accessible by plane or ship.

Future road trips I hope to take within the next year or two:

--Pittsburgh
--Ocean City, MD
--Albany, NY
--Northern New England (Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire)
--Boston

Griff · 05-13-2002, 08:20 AM

Don't expect much from Albany. It is on the way to your New England destinations so you could stop for lunch.

Good News!

San Antonio, Binghamton awarded AHL franchises
SPRINGFIELD, MA ... American Hockey League President and CEO David Andrews announced today that the league's Board of Governors, meeting in Springfield, Mass., has conditionally approved the sale of the inactive AHL franchise owned by the Detroit Red Wings to San Antonio Hockey LLC, a joint venture of the San Antonio Spurs and the Florida Panthers. The Board also conditionally approved the transfer of the Ottawa Senators' inactive AHL franchise to Binghamton, N.Y., where the franchise will be owned by a local group of investors and will serve as the Senators' primary affiliate.

warch · 05-13-2002, 03:47 PM

Burlington, Vermont is on my destination list.Lake Champlain. Then a hop over to Montreal. But I dont think the rusty 89 Nissan is up for it. Someday we'll get some new wheels...

Undertoad · 05-13-2002, 06:42 PM

--Pittsburgh

Don't miss the Duqesne Incline and -- no kidding -- the Aviary.

--Ocean City, MD

For a modest fee you can rent a jet boat to take out on the waters of the bay. But the water levels are probably so low now that it won't be any fun.

For a modest fee you can go on a whale-watching tour for an hour, in which if you don't see any whales you will be somewhat bored.

You can go to Assateague and see the wild horses, and more pointedly, the wild horse crap.

Left with little else you must adhere to the boardwalk culture. Bring walkin' shoes and walk the entire boardwalk -- miles and miles of it. Rent bikes and bike up and down it. And then, having worked off all those calories, put them all back on in all-you-can-eat places (there are many) and the awesome Bayside Skillet and its strawberry crepes. Not to mention the drink specials; if you enjoy drinking places with tacky semi-obscene names serving exotic and trendy drinks, OCMD is the place for you.

--Northern New England (Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire)

I'm biased in favor of NH. Do start at Portsmouth (with a cool artsy downtown) and drive north, at least to a trip up the cog railway up Mt. Washington.

elSicomoro · 05-13-2002, 07:18 PM

Ocean City, MD is the first place I saw the ocean (in 1999). Someday, I will own a home or condo there.

Captain Bob's is an excellent seafood restaurant. And yes, you have places like Seacrets and Scandals, which I try to avoid. When we were down there, we bought some beer, chilled it up, and sat on our motel's patio, right along the boardwalk at 23rd St. Nice.

My parents have friends that live right across from Portsmouth in York, ME. Really nice place from what I hear...right along the beach.

05-13-2002, 07:38 PM

The thing I hate about Maine is their uppityness. This isn't true of ALL Mainers, but a lot of them. As if being a Mainer made you superior in every way to us "flatlanders". Aye. My ancestors are from Maine, but I'm damn glad I'm not.

warch · 05-14-2002, 12:55 PM

Pepperidge Farm Remembers...

Griff · 05-14-2002, 02:04 PM

takin the unit down to see the wild ponies this summer... girls and horses, what gives? Mrs.Gs got relatives in Portsmouth but I've never seen the downtown there, we'll meet them at Lake Sunapee this summer. The Coast of Maine is superior to much of the rest of the states but I don't know if that translates into superior people. I've done Burlington in the off season... a buddy works in about the only nasty inner city school in Vermont, wierd. stream off

warch · 05-14-2002, 02:42 PM

Horses are pretty.

04-05-2002, 03:56 PM	#31
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	Hang on! I'm swerving off road again, but I'm excited about the Frozen Two... My Minnesota Gophers take on the Maine Black Bears for all the marbles this Saturday night in St Paul. There are no tickets left- all 19,000 some spaces are claimed but I'll enjoy it on ESPN. It will be LOUD around here. Last edited by warch; 08-31-2007 at 11:56 AM.

05-13-2002, 08:20 AM	#38
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Don't expect much from Albany. It is on the way to your New England destinations so you could stop for lunch. Good News! San Antonio, Binghamton awarded AHL franchises SPRINGFIELD, MA ... American Hockey League President and CEO David Andrews announced today that the league's Board of Governors, meeting in Springfield, Mass., has conditionally approved the sale of the inactive AHL franchise owned by the Detroit Red Wings to San Antonio Hockey LLC, a joint venture of the San Antonio Spurs and the Florida Panthers. The Board also conditionally approved the transfer of the Ottawa Senators' inactive AHL franchise to Binghamton, N.Y., where the franchise will be owned by a local group of investors and will serve as the Senators' primary affiliate. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-13-2002, 07:38 PM	#42
dave Guest Posts: n/a	The thing I hate about Maine is their uppityness. This isn't true of ALL Mainers, but a lot of them. As if being a Mainer made you superior in every way to us "flatlanders". Aye. My ancestors are from Maine, but I'm damn glad I'm not. Last edited by dave; 05-13-2002 at 07:41 PM.

05-14-2002, 02:04 PM	#44
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	takin the unit down to see the wild ponies this summer... girls and horses, what gives? Mrs.Gs got relatives in Portsmouth but I've never seen the downtown there, we'll meet them at Lake Sunapee this summer. The Coast of Maine is superior to much of the rest of the states but I don't know if that translates into superior people. I've done Burlington in the off season... a buddy works in about the only nasty inner city school in Vermont, wierd. stream off __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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04-05-2002, 07:18 PM	#32
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	It was my first trip there. I guess winning enough money and drinking enough alcohol blinds you to the actual city. One of the stranger scenes: We were at the foot of Atlantic Ave., near the end of the new tunnel and Brigantine. There is this UGLY UGLY UGLY ass apartment complex just down the boardwalk from there. It's like this turquoise green high rise that was probably cool looking in 1972. It's like 10 or 11 stories high...right ON the Boardwalk. Hideous.

04-05-2002, 10:28 PM	#33
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	There ya go. Another aside: AC, indian casinos, riverboats, cruises... all pale in gambling experience compared to the enormous spectacle that is Las Vegas.

04-09-2002, 07:46 PM	#34
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Thaaaaaaaaa..... Gophers win! Ran up to Bingo to see the Met organizations latest golden arm Arron Heilman (sp?) out of Notre Dame. Cool thing about AA baseball my daughter and I got to stand about eight feet behind Rodriguez when he was warming up Heilman before his start. He didn't have as much heat as you'd hope for but the ball movement was fantastic and the speed differential between the heater and the change was great. He gave up a three run tater in the first but didn't take the loss as the Mets scored 4 in the eighth sparked by a clutch play by myself, casually calling the first baseman off a pop up he lost in Binghamtons perpetual gray skies. Bing has a Whitey Herzog style team speed top to bottom fun fun FUN!

04-10-2002, 06:31 AM	#36
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	de nada My wifes step dad has been slowly pulling me into fly fishing. We road tripped to Wilmington (sp?) NY last year and I had a great deal of unwarranted success. While I was wading across the middle branch of the Wylusing yesterday (work can be pleasure), I got wondering where the trout destinations are. Snake Creek is a Susquehanna County PA treasure and the Wylusing and its branches are supposed to be pretty good any knowlege out there? Another trip, Perry County PA, better be quick though they are about to get their first traffic light. I'm gonna have to look for it on a map. There is supposed to be one more traffic light free county in PA but the news guy didn't reveal it.

05-04-2002, 07:22 PM	#37
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Last weekend, Rho and I went to Reading and Harrisburg. Not for shopping or anything like that...they were just places Rho and I had never visited. We weren't in Reading very long. Just drove through it more or less. The part we drove through looked rather quaint. Somehow, I got confused...we wound up driving around Harrisburg, then back into the city. It seemed like a nice enough place...reminded me of how Trenton looks on a weekend--quiet--except it looked a lot better than Trenton. Apparently, we were on the street where the clubs are...and they were rather packed at 8pm. The drive along the PA Turnpike between Valley Forge and Harrisburg is rather scenic. Driving back reminded me of my drive along the western end of the Turnpike when I moved out here 3 years ago--spooky, though not as nerve-racking as that first drive. I have never smelled so much manure in my life though. LOTS of cow farms along the way. And I like the dome architecture of the State Capitol, particularly the light portals. This brings my capital city trips up to 11: --Jefferson City (MO) --Springfield (IL) --Indianapolis (IN) --Columbus (OH) --Harrisburg (PA) --Annapolis (MD) --Dover (DE) --Richmond (VA) --Trenton (NJ) --Providence (RI) --Boston (MA) Someday, I WILL see all 50. Juneau (AK) and Honolulu (HI) should be the hardest. Honolulu just because of the air fare, and Juneau b/c it's only accessible by plane or ship. Future road trips I hope to take within the next year or two: --Pittsburgh --Ocean City, MD --Albany, NY --Northern New England (Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire) --Boston

05-13-2002, 03:47 PM	#39
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	Burlington, Vermont is on my destination list.Lake Champlain. Then a hop over to Montreal. But I dont think the rusty 89 Nissan is up for it. Someday we'll get some new wheels...

05-13-2002, 06:42 PM	#40
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	--Pittsburgh Don't miss the Duqesne Incline and -- no kidding -- the Aviary. --Ocean City, MD For a modest fee you can rent a jet boat to take out on the waters of the bay. But the water levels are probably so low now that it won't be any fun. For a modest fee you can go on a whale-watching tour for an hour, in which if you don't see any whales you will be somewhat bored. You can go to Assateague and see the wild horses, and more pointedly, the wild horse crap. Left with little else you must adhere to the boardwalk culture. Bring walkin' shoes and walk the entire boardwalk -- miles and miles of it. Rent bikes and bike up and down it. And then, having worked off all those calories, put them all back on in all-you-can-eat places (there are many) and the awesome Bayside Skillet and its strawberry crepes. Not to mention the drink specials; if you enjoy drinking places with tacky semi-obscene names serving exotic and trendy drinks, OCMD is the place for you. --Northern New England (Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire) I'm biased in favor of NH. Do start at Portsmouth (with a cool artsy downtown) and drive north, at least to a trip up the cog railway up Mt. Washington.

05-13-2002, 07:18 PM	#41
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Ocean City, MD is the first place I saw the ocean (in 1999). Someday, I will own a home or condo there. Captain Bob's is an excellent seafood restaurant. And yes, you have places like Seacrets and Scandals, which I try to avoid. When we were down there, we bought some beer, chilled it up, and sat on our motel's patio, right along the boardwalk at 23rd St. Nice. My parents have friends that live right across from Portsmouth in York, ME. Really nice place from what I hear...right along the beach.

05-14-2002, 12:55 PM	#43
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	Pepperidge Farm Remembers...

05-14-2002, 02:42 PM	#45
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	Horses are pretty.

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