SmilingJack
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The Finger Lakes Trail Conference used to publish a great series of maps and trail descriptions for the entire area. They still might.The Finger Lakes region is beautiful .. at least during the summer and probably during the fall (though I’ve never spent time there in the fall). Not every part of it is beautiful. There are some run down towns that were once attractive, quaint towns that hit hard times and lost their industries and much of their populations. But most of the areas round around the lakes are beautiful.
Different locations around the lakes have different vibes, which makes it fun to explore. And it’s such a vast area, there is so much in that region that I have not yet seen. Also a lot of good hiking with scenic waterfalls.
I always have a hard time leaving after spending our time there in the summer. Life just moves at a very different pace there . I very much look forward to the day when I can spend all of July and August up there, though I l don't want to wish time away.
You’re about 300 miles from the closest Finger Lake. That’s way too far for a vacation place from NYC.
I look at a vacation place from NYC as being a weekend place - I’m not driving 4-5 hours one way for a weekend place.Where our place is on Seneca Lake is about a 4.5-hour drive from NYC; about 250 miles. Some of the people in our small community come from NYC. Hell, we drive from Charlotte. The NYC folks come back and forth more than we do.
Ithaca is probably the closest Finger Lakes town to NYC. It’s a little under a 4-hour drive and about 225 miles away.
The south parts of Cayuga and Seneca are probably the closest parts of the Finger Lakes to NYC. They are the two biggest of the lakes and extend pretty far south.
Canandaigua (the town), which is west of Seneca and Cayuga, as well as Keuka, and on the northern tip of Canandaigua Lake is about 300 miles from NYC and about a 5.25-hour drive.
I look at a vacation place from NYC as being a weekend place - I’m not driving 4-5 hours one way for a weekend place.
I was thinking more something I could go for 2 to 3 weeks at a time... work maybe half the time there. At present although I'm supposed to go into the office twice a week, I rarely go in more than once every couple weeks... and over the summer, even less. Nobody I manage is based out of NYC. The only person who gives me grief about coming into the office is my CFO, and she spends her entire summer in France.I look at a vacation place from NYC as being a weekend place - I’m not driving 4-5 hours one way for a weekend place.
Hell, get a place on a Finger Lake!I was thinking more something I could go for 2 to 3 weeks at a time... work maybe half the time there. At present although I'm supposed to go into the office twice a week, I rarely go in more than once every couple weeks... and over the summer, even less. Nobody I manage is based out of NYC. The only person who gives me grief about coming into the office is my CFO, and she spends her entire summer in France.
Though a place I could also do the occasional weekend trip would certainly be preferable. But as long as I can get good internet, I can set up a back-up office from pretty much anywhere... and if it's in NY state, I don't have to worry about tax issues.