Day: February 24, 2026💾

🖼️ Photos 📽️ Videos

Raising Charolais Cattle

Dennis Martin tells us what it is like raising Charolais Cattle in the western part of North Carolina and about public perceptions on where their food comes from.

Map: Lester Flow
Terrain Map: Indian Fields Before the Alcove Reservior
SVGZ Graphic: Change in Plant Hardiness Zones, 2012 to 2023 in New York State

The end of the Syosset – Oyster Bay Expressway

Right of way purchased and cleared a mile further north but canceled after Robert Moses and later Nelson Rockeller could never accomplish the elusive Long Island Sound Bridge due to environmental concerns and community opposition. If built as Robert Moses proposed, would have connected with the Cross Westchester Expressway. Some of those ramps are kind of unless unless you want to make a U turn.

Map: Coyle Hill State Forest

East Ithaca is Pricey 🎓

Ithaca might be ten square miles surrounded by reality but certainly buying a house in East Ithaca will set you back some big cash compared to some of the rundown farmsteads not that far away from the city with the Ivy League college. 

Thematic Map: The Great Lakes