If you are in Eastern Canada or United States driving on the roadways you see those beware of deer roadside signs but shuffle their significance to the far reaches of the brain. I have never seen a deer on the road in my Canadian travels. In fact the first time I saw any deer nearContinue reading “RKS 2024 Travel: Beware of Deer Signage on the Roads: No Joke: Bambi Slaughter!”
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RKS Travel: That Unplanned Moment May Be the Best: A Glass of Hosmer Riesling on the Shores of Lake Cayuga, Finger Lakes New York
There are certain travellers that plan each moment of a trip. Itineraries are created and checked off like a shopping list. Good planning? Mechanical and unthinking? Perhaps a bit of both. You might say I recently had one very special unplanned moment on Cayuga Lake in the Finger Lakes District of New York. Some context.Continue reading “RKS Travel: That Unplanned Moment May Be the Best: A Glass of Hosmer Riesling on the Shores of Lake Cayuga, Finger Lakes New York”
RKS 2024 Wine Tourism: The Finger Lakes Cayuga Lake Wine Trail
There are 11 Finger Lakes in New York all narrow enough to be reminiscent of fingers. Cayuga Lake is one of the lakes. For many wine drinkers in the United States and Canada accessibility to Finger Lake wine is minimal. The Finger Lakes are easily accessible by road. The trip would be 5 hours fromContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine Tourism: The Finger Lakes Cayuga Lake Wine Trail”
RKS 2024 Wine: Lemberger from Hosmer in New York’s Finger Lakes: Not the Stinky Limberger!: A Wine That Compels Thought
I was in Aurora, New York last week staying at the Inns of Aurora on Cayuga Lake. Up north then travelling southwest I arrived at Hosmer Winery in Ovid, New York. Yes I said Ovid and not COVID! And I tried a 2021 Lemberger wine not to be confused with Limberger cheese! And to furtherContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: Lemberger from Hosmer in New York’s Finger Lakes: Not the Stinky Limberger!: A Wine That Compels Thought”
RKS Travel: Ithaca, New York: Would You Travel 23 Miles for Ice Cream?
On the way to Flemington, New Jersey for a birthday party I stopped off in Ithaca, New York to break up the trip from Toronto. My waitress one night was effusive with her praise about 32 Below Ice Cream Shop located in Van Etten New York. So effusive in fact it necessitated a visit fromContinue reading “RKS Travel: Ithaca, New York: Would You Travel 23 Miles for Ice Cream?”
RKS Travel: Visiting Cornell University in Ithaca, New York: Where to Stay: La Tourelle Hotel Bistro & Spa
Visiting your son and daughter or checking out Cornell University in Ithaca, New York then you might need to book a few nights in lodgings. It is not as if Ithaca is a booming urban area. It has a population of approximately 33,000. You have your “downtown hotels” or you can stay just outside theContinue reading “RKS Travel: Visiting Cornell University in Ithaca, New York: Where to Stay: La Tourelle Hotel Bistro & Spa”
AMI’s “Postcards From…”: Season Five Episode 8: Whistler, British Columbia
In the eighth episode of season 5 of “Postcards From…” showing on the Accessible Media Incorporated television network and streaming service host takes us to Whistler, British Columbia a two-hour car ride from Vancouver. The “village” is somewhat cookie cutter as are “ski villages” in Collingwood, Ontario and Mont Tremblant in Quebec. Neither do weContinue reading “AMI’s “Postcards From…”: Season Five Episode 8: Whistler, British Columbia”
RKS 2024 Television: AMI’s “Postcards From…”: Season Five Episode 3: Dawson City, Yukon
In the third episode of season 5 of “Postcards From…” showing on the Accessible Media Incorporated television network and streaming service host Christa Couture takes us to Dawson City, Yukon a remote Northern town of some 1600 inhabitants. It is quaint and relaxing and the drone photography and commentary of Couture makes it a temptingContinue reading “RKS 2024 Television: AMI’s “Postcards From…”: Season Five Episode 3: Dawson City, Yukon”
RKS 2024 Television: AMI’s “Postcards From…”: Season Five Episode 2: Fredericton New Brunswick
In the second episode of season 5 of “Postcards From…” showing on the Accessible Media Incorporated television network and streaming service host Christa Couture takes us to Fredericton, New Brunswick a smaller city of 66,000 nestled by forest and on the Wolastoq River. It is quaint and relaxing and the drone photography and commentary ofContinue reading “RKS 2024 Television: AMI’s “Postcards From…”: Season Five Episode 2: Fredericton New Brunswick”
RKS 2024 Television: AMI’s “Postcards From…”: Season Five Episode 1: Drumheller, Alberta
In the first episode of season 5 of “Postcards From…” showing on the Accessible Media Incorporated television network and streaming service host Christa Couture takes us to Drumheller, Alberta known as the dinosaur capital of Canada. Witness some incredible topographies but Christa notes it is the people which are the real treasures of Drumheller. TheContinue reading “RKS 2024 Television: AMI’s “Postcards From…”: Season Five Episode 1: Drumheller, Alberta”
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