SYR EUG - Snow & Silent Movies

Here is the recap of Syracuse to Ithaca (Cayuga Lake of the Finger Lakes) continuing on to Eugene, OR via Portland, OR. (Luckily I got out of Pittsburgh, PA to write this part :) In Syracuse, I met up with Laura, where we ventured over to Ithaca, NY (Home of Cornell University and lots of the braintrustafarians). As we drove down the highway, Laura yells "SNOW". My immediate reaction is "are we going to hit a snow bank or something, why yell?" Laura lives in Gainesville, FL - hence the reaction. I pulled over on the side of the highway so she could snap a fabulous picture of the "ski hill with snow" :) It's called "Labrador Mountain" (aka Lab Hill). I'm going to hold my Colorado ski based commentary at this point :)
After the demo, Diane, Laura and I were able to go to a viewing platform in town (that would be the Hilton Garden Inn with a window view at the end of a hallway) to see Cayuga Lake, and a view of Cornell on the ridge - very pretty, very old and quite a revitalized college town I have to mention. We reviewed our day's work at Kilpatrick's Publick House. The founder, Brendan Kilpatrick, heard Ithaca, NY was the center of the industry for silent movies so moved here to find his fame! Historic and blogworthy link: http://www.kilpatrickspub.com/

After arriving in Syracuse, I got on the earlier delayed plane to Chicago, where in Chicago on way to Denver, I got on a later plane as my 777 (mine!) was being fixed - lucky me :)

On Thursday, I turned my trip from DEN to PDX to EUG into a day trip to Eugene, OR. At the end of the day, I drove EUG to PDX to catch the last plane to DEN - whew! In the morning, barely awake, I met Mike from Boulder, on his way to Portland. Anyone who slaps down a package of Emergen-C to match my pack is immediately ranked in the "worthy, he gets it" category :) Mike is an empathetic and extensive business traveler, who is soon to earn fame and fortune with one of his ideas to ease the pain for business travelers. Stay tuned for an update on Mike's progress!!! It will be bloggable!