Evening star., 1932-09-18
TEN Days TOUR|NG|
|NNEW YORK STATE|
Delightful Motor Journey
Outlined by A. A. A.
ao Executive.
BY ERNEST N. SMITH,
Executive Vice President. American Auto
mobile Association.

Executive Vice President. American AUTO
mobile Association.
A tour Of New York State in 1900
words-as we'll live lifetime in week.
It can't be done. but in this motorists
paradise start anywhere and stop any
where and you should be satisfied. Here
Is motor journey of changing delight.
There is a charm about motor travel
In New York State that is sensed by
many a traveller, but not wholly under
stood. It is the fact that there is prac-
tically no mountain road travel which
Is distasteful to many. There are
mountains a-plenty. but for the most
part you travel in them, not over them.
Thus the motorist Is looking ahead or
above to enjoy the view and that is
somewhat more satisfying if one Is
nervous about mountain trails.
Shades Of Irving and Cooper.
To those who love the tales of WASH
ington irving there is no spot quite like
the Catskilk. And no guide book OF
New York State has ever been written
that excek the tales of James Fenimore
Cooper, for with him at your side you
travel in thrill and beauty and sus-
town and perchance are not enthralled
by its adjacent beauty, get a modern
kick out Of the fact that the first base
ball diamond in the world was laid out
in this town.
The most beautiful street in our
country. in my travelled opinion. is old
South street in Auburn, with its ageless
elms, whose branches stretch upward
and outward until they screen the sky
overhead, and great, great-grandfather
houses snuggle underneath for ever
lasting protection. And this avenue of
beauty is just off the main street, and
will always be missed by the straight
ahead traveller.
If you would enjoy the peace of an
all-country trip in which large cities
are scarce and quiet old-fashioned vii
lagos are tucked away among the trees,
and you would 1inger among ne1ghborly
bpeople, than I beg Of you to take the
sCherry Valley pike out Of Albany to
Richheld Springs. thence to Sanger
9eld, then south via Sherburne and OK
ford to Binghamton; thence along the
Susquehanna River to Owego; then
north to Ithaca, the home OF Cornell.
From there go leisurely through the
Finger Lake district to Geneva or Sc
neca Falls or Auburn and continue
north to Oswego or Lake Ontario.
Thus far in your journey you will
have driven through highways bordered
with elm and maple and hawthorne and
smelled sweet clover in the field and
Rlimpsed white clapboard houses among
the trees and ivy-covered churches. You
will have spent your nights at quiet
country inns and breathed the peace
and contentment Of village streets at
night. -..-
Historic Places.
If during so much of the journey you
have a flair Of history. be aware that
at Seneca Falls the first woman's rights
convention in history was held In 1848;
that Albany Is the oldest city of the 13
original colonies: that at Elmira is the
grave of Mark Twain. and that Oswego
was as far back as 1855 trading post
in the North American fur trade and
its forts were once captured by Mont
calm.
Continuing the trip from Oswego. the
view broadens to q wide perspective as
one follows the edge of Lake Ontario.
urge that you 60 around to Cape Vim
cent, at the very point where the lake
becomes the St. Lawrence River, and
you gaze not only upon liquid beauty
but become aware that you are gazing
upon a river which is as wide at its
source as it is at its mouth.
Thence you go along the st. Lawrence
some 80 miles to Alexandria Bay, CEN
ter of what Is perhaps the most beau
tiful group Of Islands in the world, over
$500 Of them within distance Of q
few miles and ranging in size from
bird rooSts to islands which are in
reality magnificent private estates.
Here the automobile must be aban-
doned for an excursion steamer or,
better still, for motor boat which in
q two-hour trip will give you a water
Continue If you wish along the St.
Lawrence and cross into Canada on any
one of numerous ferries. But this par
ticular trip continues along the river
only to Morristown, where 1t turns
sharply south en- route to the Adiron.
dacks, for here indeed will be the high
point Of this journey no matter whether
you seek quiet roads or restful valleys,
zestful fishing or splendid hunting,
swimming, mountain trails, cool nights,
log cabins, magnificent hotels, beauti-
Iul lodges, picnic grounds or lonesome
trails, society or solitude, deep waters or
tall trees, golf or tennis-al are yours
for the seeking.
Western Adirondacks.
Our motor journey takes us into the
western side Of the Adirondacks.
through Saranac Inn, Lake Placid and
I'D to Plattsburg on Lake Champlain,
thence back to Elizabethtown and IN
land again over the excellent highway
through Schroon Lake and down to
Lake George. Between Elizabethtown
and Lake George there Is an excellent
alternate lakeside highway via Ticon-
deroga, but I suggested combination
trip Of lake, river, mountain and valley.
I should point out to you that when
you reach Plattsburg you can vary the
trip back south by taking steamer
down the lake or across to Vermont
and return again to New York State
further down the shore.
Outside Of the fact that Plattsburg
is modernly known for its military
camp, it is historically perfect for pa
triotic Americans, for here In 1914 some
$4,000 British troops were defeated by
j, 500 Americans, and q double victory
was achieved when 1o British vessels
were defeated by "A American.rnanned
boats.
On the journey south a short stop
must be made at Ticonderoga, the site
of one Of Americas first battlefields. Its
strategic location gave 1t command In
the early days Of the only method OF
easy communication by water between
the American colonies and the settle
ments along the st. Lawrence. Here
the French set up their forts and long
resisted the desperate efforts OF the
British to break through from the
south and enter Canada. Eventually
they succeeded, only to lose possession
some twenty years later In our own
war for independence.
Rut Journey along southwark and
stop q bit at beautiful Schroon Lake.
I use this word beautiful here with au-
thority, for artists selected 1t years ago
as their favorite summer colony, and
it was once called "Scarron" Lake, after
the famous French dramatist. What
the artists select as their favorite spot
we lesser mortals can we'll enjoy.
From Schroon Lake or nearby Ches-
tertown one may with advantage turn
westward again into the mountains to-
ward Long Lake and Big Moose Lake