Views of New York

Before moving on from our long journey from Idaho to New York and back west to Utah, I wanted to write another post on the beauty of New York and some of the things I noticed and that I'd like to share here. Something I don't have pictures of are the wonderful people we spent time with and whom we miss already. 

A huge old school in Sidney, NY that was for sale. 

 

A silo on Cueball Road

A carnival in Bainbridge. Bainbridge is one of my favorite towns. They have a farm called Frog Pond that sells delicious produce, and a restaurant that sells the most delicious garlic knots. 

The Great American in Greene, NY

Smithville Flats, the town where I used to live.

Skaneateles

A charming new carousel in Saranac Lake, in the Adirondacks. 

Each animal was carved by a different artist and represented native animals and insects of New York 

I'm glad we got the chance to spend so much time in New York, and visit so many different towns. We also went to Pleasant Valley, nearer NYC, where Nick's mother grew up. The road they live on is actually named after their family, which I think is pretty amazing. 

New York is full of endless rolling green hills and thick forests. 

It also has so many small, old-fashioned towns and villages which are beautiful to visit. 

Colonia Theater of Norwich, NY

 Nick and I ended up being in New York for a little over two months. We traveled around quite a lot. We spent a lot of time in the Central New York area (Broome & Chenango counties) but also traveling downstate to Pleasant Valley (near Poughkeepsie) and up to the Adirondacks. We spent this time looking into jobs and houses to see if we might stay, but that didn't work out. It was wonderful to have an opportunity to spend so much time there, though.

Nick was born in the town of Norwich, and we ended up spending quite a bit of time there. They have a wonderful old movie theater that is still running (a bit of a miracle in small towns!). We went to a movie there and I took some pictures of the original elements of the building. 

I couldn't find a lot of information about it, but one source online says the Colonia theater was opened in 1914. It's exciting to think that people have been going to see films there for over a hundred years. 

The Colonia from an old postcard. I wish I knew the date, or could read the posters displayed out front. But it looks pretty early, 1910s or 1920s.

The glorious old marquee, though this replaced the smaller one that used to be on the building (seen in the picture above). 

The old box office, no longer used, but still there!

The sign above the women's bathroom.

The gents bathroom. They were getting ready for the opening night of Jurassic Park, thus the dinosaurs. 

A view of the whole theater. They were putting up the dinosaurs when we left.