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with, this trip of mine, came as a ''bolt out of the blue·'. My uncle in Toronto, called by telephone to say he had room for another pass•enger and if I wished to accompany them on their vacation, to be at his place be the next day. Needless to repeat, "I was jolly on the spot" and so about the middle of the month of August we .began our trip by motor. Passing out of Toronto, we rounded Lake Ontario to Hamilton, through the Niagara Peninsula. which I might say was in "Peach" season, thence on to Niagara Falls. Here, we met cars from every state in the Union, which lined the sides of the st11eets·, blocks away from the falls them- selves. That Sunday, at Niagara
Falls, there were people, people. everywhere you turned. After a few hours sojourn here, W1e began ou-r trip again~ this time by the "honey- moon trail" around the other side of Lake Ontario to Rochester. We
places to see! The great .state build- ings where many governors' speech- es have been made, the docks on the Hudson River and myriads of otlier sights. Crossing over to the west side of the Hudson River, we follow- ed it down through the Catskill Mountains, which most certainly de.. serve the title "the greatest scenic route in the United States". One can just imagine motoring along with the Hudson on one side, mountain peaks touching the sky, on the ·oth-
er now into a valley, now climbing around the hills and at the same time passing through many places of importance such as Ossington, where Sing Sing prison is located. Tareytown, the home of Rip Van Winkle and other characters of Haw- thornt'.s tale&, also the seats of many country estates Of the nation's weal- thy peopl•e :for Tareytown is the suburb of New York. Following the Boston Post Road we crossed over to Connecticut, thence ferried across to Long Island. At this point I might mention that I receiv,ed another big surpi.se. To rn:e, Long lsland was a
".THE GLEANER'1
spent our: first night thert.~·, while
during the evening we visited many
different spots in "that garden city
of New York State". The great East-
man Kodak Company factory, with densely populated "city" about its ·experimental laboratories, was
enough of itself, while among other thrills was an "earthquake" which we were told, originated in Mexico. From Rochester, we struck the Cherry Valley Houte and travelled into Syracuse; through Utica and made our second days' stop at Schen- ectady. (This was all new territory to me and I looked and saw so much that I have honestly forgotten haff
of it). However a trip to Schenec- tady would hardly be complete with- out an inspection of the huge Gen- eral Electric plant located there and the adjoining "W.G.Y." radio broad- casting station. The signs "G.E." and "W. G. Y." are illuminated on the top of the building and are almost
a beacon to traveUers. ·They can be seen from any place in the city. The final day of our trip was perhaps the scenic climax. Albany, the capital of New Y ork State was soon reach•e<l and- here we lingered for some time. There were so many interesting
twenty-five miles in area, hut after driving for nearly fifty mHes, pass- ing through farm land, my illusion was quickly shattered; and now, wo have reached our destination. L yn- brook, which although a population of about seven thousand, has no in· dustries as practically all its inhabit- ants work in New York or Brooklyn. To enumerate all our interests here, would be monotonous, but needless to say, we had a salt water dip practic-
ally every morning. While in New Y ork itself, which is reached from Lynbrook first by electrio railway, then under the Holland river finally atriving at Pennsylvania Station we saw the Wall Street exchang·e, cen- tral park, the Bronx Zoo, .several im-
portant stores, Grant's tomb, the third largest cathedral in the world, Roxy Theatre, Broadway and Fifth Avenue at night and dozens of other most interesting things. Om· trip homeward was equally as pleasant as on our journey down. Returning