Today's drive starts off
The Schoharie Valley
stretches out before
us.
Workers are patching
Construction of the section of Interstate 88 that connects the Capital District to Oneonta began in the early 1980s. I remember reading about the project in Daily Gazette during that time.
These flowering trees are a
bright spot on a cloudy day.
There goes the neighborhood....
Knee high grass is being
mowed in the median.
I always get a picture of
the "Frankentree."
Eric leaves I 88 at Exit 8
to turn onto New York
State Route 206.
As we enter the roundabout,
I see "a Frankentree" in
the distance.
I wonder.... A quick internet search produced an article on what is described as "Monopinne Trees." Four were built in the Southern Tier Region of New York.
I spot Jerry's Inn as
we drive through
Route 206 is a lovely drive,
with valleys opening up
before us.
We are in farm country.
We are driving on lightly
traveled roads.
Eric points out parking in the
middle of the Town of Greene.
His years of work at New York State Department of Transportation show as Eric explains that this parking configuration is less safe for pedestrians than having parking on each side of the street.
Construction work near
the bridge in Whitney
I am happy to wait for the flagman so I watch the work zone.
We watch this Excavator
climb out of the depression
its been working in.
We turn on to US Route 11
West for a few miles...
....before turning onto
Interstate 81 North.
Rest Stops on this stretch
of I 81 are not directly
opposite each other.
Exit 9 takes us to
New York State
Route 221 West
& Marathon.
Binghamton is just
25 miles away.
We turn onto a
gravel road...
... & arrive at Country Hills
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