virtual trip to Rochester NY, let's go !

I have realized that many of you have never had the pleasure of driving from Saugerties NY to Rochester NY.   I can't let this continue, no one should be left out of the fun and adventure, that would be just, well, un-American.  So here we go,  I am taking you on a virtual road trip !  Go grab a snack, use the restroom if you must and let's get going !

This is a long trip, so first we must pack up the car.

   That looks pretty good, we have plenty of clothes, lots of snacks and even a spare mattress pad,  you just never know when one will come in handy.  Like I said, this is a long trip and we just might end up staying overnight.

 So now we are on the road. We are taking the Thruway.  This is pretty much the only road we will be on, for oh, about 4 hours, no worries... 

We will take turns driving.  While you are driving this is what you will see :

                                 

                                                                                          

  

When you are not driving, you can see this-

 If you are feeling a bit more creative you can even see this -

I will warn you, I will do everything in my power to make sure that YOU are driving when the road looks like this -

The white walls of death and I do not get along well, so I will leave that part of the trip for you.   It will make you a better person, really.

Okay, repeat the last 3 pictures or so in an endless loop for about 4 hours and we will be very close to our final destination, Rochester.

We will be very happy to see this -

and even happier to finally see this !

Yay, let's drive around town and check out some cool buildings, we have been in the car for so long that I am not sure that our legs are working anymore....

Pretty awesome, wouldn't you say?

I kind of like this big glass one -

Maybe we will even drive over this nifty bridge.

Hey, there is the National Museum of Play !  Bet you didn't even know that we had one...

Too bad that we don't have time to explore it because, darn it, we have a 4 hour ride home .

Good thing we packed all those snacks and a change of clothes, because we are back on the road again !

Maybe we should check out some cool cloud formations on the ride home. 

    

Whoa, not when you are driving, though, we almost ran into that lock on the Erie Canal !!

Whew, that was a close one.  We have been driving for a few hours now, we must be getting close to home.   Here comes a road sign, let's check it out -

uh oh