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Monday, August 26, 2013

I Made it!

I had talked to my son yesterday and told him I'd probably be there tomorrow (Tues.) and that I would try to camp overnight.  He phoned me when I was on the road this morning and said unless I was hell-bent on camping I should just come on to their house today.  He had figured the mileage was doable for me, and it was.  Once I arrived at the quick decision to make this my final day on the road, my spirits soared, my heart sang, and the car performed flawlessly!

I didn't leave the Sleepy Hollow Motel until 9 am as I talked with the owner for at least a half hour.  This motel is on U.S. 20 just east of Auburn, NY, and I mentioned it in my blog yesterday.  What a beautiful place - the absolute nicest motel room I have stayed in, probably in my life!  The relaxed atmosphere, the friendly owners, the rural scenery, the most comfortable mattress I've ever experienced in a motel - it was just so nice and so needed at the time I found it.  I will definitely try to stay there again - possibly on my way home from NY the NEXT time!  The motel is open from approximately May to October, depending on the weather and traffic.

I loved the bedspread in the room and took a photo - not your standard motel-type bed linens.
 

I got a business card from the Sleepy Hollow, and it gives their web site:
sleepyhollow.itgo.com

Auburn to the west and Skaneateles to the east are two great little towns that seem to have a lot to do - lots of little shops, museums, etc.  I don't like to shop much and museums and other attractions are more fun when you share them.

I stopped to take a couple of pictures in Skaneateles, but didn't stay long because I was in metered street parking and I didn't pay!




The skies were overcast all day, really dark part of the time, and it rained for about my last 50 miles. 

I had a wonderful trip here and experienced some new (to me) places along the way.  I did it exactly as I wished - as Frank Sinatra sings, "I did it my way!"

12 comments:

  1. Glad to hear you arrived safely. Enjoy your stay!

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  2. Cool beans that you're at your destination.
    Might want to be a bit careful with that website, they don't know it but they have a Trojan embedded in their URL. My Kaspersky went all nutso. Glad to have it though.

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  3. So happy to hear you have arrived. Now relax and enjoy yourself.

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  4. Good for you doing it your way. Glad you made it there safely and in high spirits.

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  5. Well old gal, we made it. Although you didn't give me much time to sit out on "da porch' sip'n up a cup. My bones ache, I got a headache, an' I ain't go'n no further. You drive too fast dad nab it.

    So glad all went well....consider'n. A nice rest an' you'll be back up to snuff in nuttin flat. Aches an' pains go away!!!

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  6. Glad you made it safely and now can relax and enjoy your babies ;)

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  7. "my spirits soared, my heart sang".....now that's a good day! Have a wonderful time with your family.

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  8. Yippee! you made it. Now have a good time with the family.

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  9. Good for you Gypsy & I'm glad you did it 'your way'. That's a long way to travel but what a nice personal goal to accomplish. Pretty darn nice feeling I'll bet when you arrived at your Son's house. Bravo:))

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  10. Happy to hear! Have fun!

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  11. You did have a great journey now you can relax and enjoy the your NY family.

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