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Headed southwest to our Richmondville store this afternoon. It was for a store visit and I was overseeing a product reset. Route: NY 7 West, I-88 West, NY 7 East/NY 10 North. Notes: To most this is an uneventful trip, a 30 minute drive down I-88 to a rural store. And it is just that, an uneventful 30 minute drive from my office down I-88 to a rural store. But I figured this would be a great time to just comment on one of my favorite Interstate drives, I-88. I've never traveled in the Mountain West (with the exception of a weekend in Alberta in 1996) but for some reason, Interstate 88 is what I would think how the Interstates in the Rockies would look. I-88 is rural...desolate..and (not as high as the Rockies of course) mountain scenery. One of the more spectacular views is heading west on I-88 approaching Exit 23 (NY 7/30/30A) The interchange is at the bottom of a valley so both the east bound and west bound approaches to the exit is down hill. However, heading westbound the road

The Saturday after Thanksgiving took a trip in Southern Albany County to check out the recent snowfall and possible photo opportunities. Route: NY 85 West, NY 140 West, NY 443 West, NY 85 West, NY 143 East, NY 32 North, US 9W North, I-787 North, I-90 West Notes: Although I wasn't able to find anything that sparked my interest photography wise, I was looking for a winter scene for the Christmas cards I send out every year, I did enjoy the rural highlands of Southern Albany County. NY 85 after it climbs the Helderburg Escarpment is rather flat. And after a fresh snow fall of about 3", the isolated rural crossroads make you feel miles from downtown Albany, when you are only about 10-12 miles at most. Southern Albany County is very different from the rest of the county, it's a counterweight to the urban and suburban scenes to the North. NY 85 leads you through a cross-section of the county. An urban freeway from its start at I-90, it is lined by many first neighborhoods, which

Welcome to "Sure, Why Not?" which besides my answer to "Hey you up to going here or doing this?" is the name of my 'blog'. I hope you enjoy the stories from my travels. In this web journal, I'll let you know details of roadtrips and other events big or small. No angst or any of that self-hate stuff, but places I have been, stopped at and explored, people i have met, and random comments or observations along the way. And a few photos as well. Every now and then I'll include some ongoing research for my websites , and also include what I can remember from past trips over the years. I hope that you will enjoy the insight to my travels and that it will encourage you to go out and explore many of the same places I have and find new places of your own and share.