Backyard Gathering - 2016 - Chordie Friends - August 6th! (Page 2 of 6)

Hooking up with DD for one night sound like an indecent proposal

Roger

Yeah Amy, I plan to be there.  I'm about 90% sure that I'll be accompanied by Jen and our dogs.  It'll be another chance to use our new camper.  I just received a 2016 brochure from Oneida Pines campground yesterday and plan to stay there again.  If something comes up and Jen can't tag along I'll just come by myself and tent camp.  I'm looking forward to seeing everyone again and enjoying your family's hospitality and meeting JJJ and his crew.  I'll miss seeing Roger again and hearing his repertoire of ballads.

DE

I can sympathize  with ya JJJ as most folks don't like working long hours.  My last 15 working years before I retired was working a rotating 12.5 hour shift (0630 to 1900 or 1830 to 0700) with a 45 minute drive each way, which made for a 14 hour day (or night). We worked 4 nights, got 4 days off, worked 3 days and 3 nights (back to back) three days off, worked 4 days and then 7 days off. (basically worked 14 days and were off 14 days during every 28 day period) Most of the people I worked with didn't like it and wanted to work a a normal 40 hour day shift work week. Although I sympathized with them because most employees could never adjust to the schedule I thrived on it.  For some reason, only 4-5 hours sleep a day never bothered me.  When new management took over and decided that an engineer was no longer needed on each shift I retired the first day I was scheduled for "banker's hours"  8 hour per day / 40 hour per week.

DE

Whooo Hooooo!    This is FANTASTIC NEWS to get first thing when logging in this morning!  I do hope that Jen and the pups can make it.  You'll have to let me know what types of things Jen is into seeing or doing.  Off the top of my head, I think if I were in her shoes I'd want to take a short shopping excursion. If you decide to come in or head out a more Westernly route, she may enjoy checking out the Waterloo Outlet Mall. 

Ha ha ha!  DD = designated driver    I was thinking maybe I could get Alex's help with that! 

Now, Scott... aren't you going to be doing a little cross country traveling right around this time frame?  You SURE you can't just pop up this way along the route?   

JJJ - Check your FB messages! 

Dang Amy,You dont know how much I would love to show up there! I missed ya at CS  and the last gathering,   I fly home on May 28th to drive up here with Carla and the dogs.  it would be one heck of a "wrong turn at Albuquerque"  if we ended up there with 5 dogs in tow lolol  Ill be looking for the skype sessions and maybe I will be able to log in with zurf.  (FB pm me your phone again cause I lost it) that way I can text or call ahead to see if the link is up.   I want to play some new stuff and TGILK (Jims) song Girlfriends.  (did you check that out yet?)

Are you talking about Big Jim from Ashville, Ohio (aka Bass Viking)?  Jim and I used to play at some of the same open mics and have fished/camped together.  I haven't talked to him for a while.  Hope he can make it.

DE

It`s definite. We will be there. We rented a house down the road.Also going on 2 brewery tours Monday or Tuesday. Now to decide which guitar to bring

Brewery tours huh?  You going to head into Downtown Syracuse?  As I understand, there's a bunch of micro breweries there.  I'm not a beer gal, but I've heard good things about Empire and Eastwood breweries.  Syracuse is a college town after all, so gotta have good beer!  My brother recently went to Local 315 brewery and enjoyed it.  A friend of his highly suggested Prison City Brewery in Auburn (though that's a bit further south yet). 

Look, a map spotting out a bunch of the breweries in Syracuse.... approximately where my house is, where you'll be, and where to find the BEER!

IF you're going on your own and want to check out some Popular places downtown (not breweries):
Coleman's Irish Pub is a Syracuse Landmark - there's an upside down streetlight, leprechaun phone booth and special leprechaun entrance:  http://colemansirishpub.com/ (but really, it's just an "authentic Irish Pub")
Another Syracuse Landmark is the (original) Dinosaur BBQ:  http://www.dinosaurbarbque.com/bbq-syracuse - Alton Brown just did a show in Syracuse and made a point to visit the Dinosaur.

I've never been to either place to eat... only to party. 

The Blue Tusk is the place to go if you want to just make ONE stop and taste it all.  69 different beers on tap (from what I looked up, this could be more or less since the article I read was written).  I worked in an office across the road years ago and used to take my morning coffee break here to get an English Muffin or Bagel.  I loved that they catered to the working crowd during the day, and thought the massive amount of taps was "pretty".  I never saw anyone getting beer before noon.  When lunch time came (as well as when the work day was over and we'd meet for drinks) we'd just take the elevator downstairs though to Mully's:  http://mullys.com/ 

Most other places I've been downtown are not open during the daytime ... or weekdays.  I haven't been to most of those places in quite a few years either.  I much prefer my little country bars to the clubs now.

Also, if you're going downtown, you may want to either take the ladies to Destiny USA or try to steer clear of it, though there is an indoor go-kart track that can be fun when the waits aren't too long.    https://www.destinyusa.com/directory/

OHHHHH!  I understand that the Genesee Brewery is HUGE.  There's a Bud plant nearby too but they don't give tours.  Just mostly Bud and Bud Light produced there. Nothing special anyway. Yup, than Saranac in Utica.

I also found this for you, should you decide to stop anywhere else along the way to Rochester:  http://fingerlakesbeertrail.com/content/
There's a ton of wineries in that direction as well.

We used to have a Nestle plant nearby, but they closed a few years ago. THAT's a tour I would have enjoyed. 

Yes and No respectively.

So far. I am a definite yes. The Trout may not be coming. She is now working.