Tompkins County

Tompkins County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, and comprises the whole of the Ithaca metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 101,564. The county seat is Ithaca, and the county is home to Cornell University, Ithaca College and Tompkins Cortland Community College.

Tompkins County is in the west central part of New York State, south of Syracuse and northwest of Binghamton. It is usually geographically grouped with the Finger Lakes region, but some locals consider themselves to be part of Central New York or the Southern Tier.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tompkins_County,_New_York

Assholes Of The Road.

I usually avoid driving NY 206 and NY 79 to Ithaca, because the road is full of tailgaters and idiots who don't know how to drive. Notice the speed in the video -- I'm hardly a slow poke on a twisty, steep road with a 55 MPH speed limit. Drivers in the greater Ithaca area always seem to be in a rush to get to the latest traffic jam downtown.

Pony Hollow on NY 13

Pony Hollow along NY 13 outside of Newfield is one of my favorite drives. I enjoy looking at the mountains and hills along the valley.

Tight Squeeze

Driving past an excavator which is taking up a lot of room on a rural road in Schuyler County.