Sunday, July 11, 2010

Ellicottville, New York

Tonight’s blog come to you from Ellicottville, in the State of New York.  It is a beautiful night here with temps in the 80’s.  We are a group of 10 that made our way down today, some by motorcycle, and some with RV’s and trailers.

I am booked in with my old neighbour Jim Crook from Fairview Drive in Gravenhurst.   We are staying at the Holiday Valley Inn, which is a ski resort, and a golf resort in the summer.  Very nice accommodation.

This is a parking lot view out back…

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Here is Jim lining up that perfect shot!

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It is a big complex, this is shot outside.

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Judy would love this, one of those inside/outside pools…

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Kawasaki has a big sign up in the front lobby…

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Jim and I had dinner at the hotel restaurant and this was the view we had sitting outside by the pool area…

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Our bikes in the parking lot…

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OK, so here is a close up…

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This big tower is right outside our window, and it is part of the ski chair lift system to get you to the top of the mountain.

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This is the front of the hotel where you pull in…

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And you all thought that I was the only one with a “fire in a can”…Ha, check this one out in the pool!

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They have a large pool area…

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Tomorrow is registration day, and we will probably get out and do a bit of biking!  Weather looks good for most of the week I think!

Till tomorrow…

3 comments:

  1. I remember Ellicottville & the lodge....but from a winter perspective. As novice ski people, Kelly & I once took a bus/day/ski trip there from Kitchener Ontario. We rode up that long lift & then fell all the way back down the mountain several times. As I said, we were novice skiers & at that point Ellicottville was just a little on the big side for us yet.

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  2. Very swank accommodations Dad! The only picture I recognize out of the bunch is the chair lift - been there! done that! :) Have fun this week!

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  3. You are absolutely right. Judy would love that pool. Starting to wonder why I'm working and you are holidaying! Judy aka Eagle

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