This area of the country is economically poor and geopraphically very rich.  Wayne County is reportedly #2 in the country in apple production, and if you are fortunate enough to be here in the fall you'll probably agree with a recent resident from Finland who after eating 2 or 3 retorted, "...these are the best apples in the world!"    Great Lake Ontario impacts on the climate, mood and spirit of this region providing us with playgrounds in Sodus Bay (3 miles away), Chimney Bluffs (5 miles away), Fairhaven State Park (9 miles) and of course there are her open waters or the shoreline to the St Lawrence River and 1000 Islands Region with Canada along the seaway trail.  Whether sailing, paddling in your own craft or chartering someone elses, you'll find a lot of ways to reestablish your connection with "natural flows."                                                                                                      Head South 20 miles and you can try to balance your wine tours with biking through grand vistas overlooking Canandaigua, Cayuga and Seneca lakes.  A warning though-if you go into the litttle village of Naples, do NOT eat their Grape Pie.  If you do, your mouth will forever water at the mere mention of it (as mine is now).

New York City is an hour by plane out of Syracuse or Rochester or six and a half hours by car.   Personally, I enjoy Amtrac through the Mohawk Valley to Albany and then along the Hudson River and into those incredibly sculpted railway tunnels with their stratified walls so filled with evidence of humanity's great struggle.

So there are alot more places (Buffalo, Toronto, etc.) and things to do and see, but - Hey, get some work done.

Photo by David Greenwood
2007

Photo by David Greenwood
2007