My friend Terry wanted to do one more day trip before cold weather, so we chose Friday October 16th. She told me to decide where to go and what to do. She had never been to Sharon Springs, New York, but I had been several times and I still love it there, so I chose Sharon Springs.
We left early in the morning and headed out. Our first stop was at Glimmerglass State Park, just north of Otsego Lake. Terry had never seen the covered bridge there. Our second stop was at TeePee Pete's a souvenier store shaped like a huge TeePee along Route 20 near Cherry Valley.
Our third stop was just before Sharon Springs. I had read about the former Commodore Cabins which closed in the l960's. The small separate units are now used as storage spaces that are rented out. Talk about creativity and practicality! We drove in and around. The cabins have been maintained well and appear to be in top notch condition. The large building in front was originally used as the motel office, restaurant and residence. It is located at 428 Highway Route 20.SInce we were approaching Sharon Springs from a different direction (avoiding I-88) I got a little bit lost, but we only wasted about ten minutes.
We arrived in Sharon Springs. I parked in front of the old Imperial Bathhouse and we set out on foot. We looked around the Imperial and went to the spring next door before heading to the Adler Hotel. On previous visits, there had not been POSTED or NO TRESPASSING SIGNS, but they were there this day, along with orange snow type fencing across the entrances to the huge front porch. So we avoided the building itself, walking around to the back. This was the first time I had seen the Adler's swimming pool. It seemed rather small for a hotel this large. We quickly continued to walk around the hotel, stopping to snap a few pictures, and then got off of the property. If you click on the picture of the Adler Hotel and Spa up above, you can see a few more pictures and a bit more information on my flickr.com page.
We walked and drove around Sharon Springs, generally just looking and reading historical signs. We had lunch at THE BLACK CAT and it was very good. There is another shop in Sharon Springs that is quite interesting: COBBLER and CO. It is in the building that was once used for shoe repair, and the old sign and some of the old equipment is displayed in the front room.
We left early in the morning and headed out. Our first stop was at Glimmerglass State Park, just north of Otsego Lake. Terry had never seen the covered bridge there. Our second stop was at TeePee Pete's a souvenier store shaped like a huge TeePee along Route 20 near Cherry Valley.
Our third stop was just before Sharon Springs. I had read about the former Commodore Cabins which closed in the l960's. The small separate units are now used as storage spaces that are rented out. Talk about creativity and practicality! We drove in and around. The cabins have been maintained well and appear to be in top notch condition. The large building in front was originally used as the motel office, restaurant and residence. It is located at 428 Highway Route 20.SInce we were approaching Sharon Springs from a different direction (avoiding I-88) I got a little bit lost, but we only wasted about ten minutes.
We arrived in Sharon Springs. I parked in front of the old Imperial Bathhouse and we set out on foot. We looked around the Imperial and went to the spring next door before heading to the Adler Hotel. On previous visits, there had not been POSTED or NO TRESPASSING SIGNS, but they were there this day, along with orange snow type fencing across the entrances to the huge front porch. So we avoided the building itself, walking around to the back. This was the first time I had seen the Adler's swimming pool. It seemed rather small for a hotel this large. We quickly continued to walk around the hotel, stopping to snap a few pictures, and then got off of the property. If you click on the picture of the Adler Hotel and Spa up above, you can see a few more pictures and a bit more information on my flickr.com page.
We walked and drove around Sharon Springs, generally just looking and reading historical signs. We had lunch at THE BLACK CAT and it was very good. There is another shop in Sharon Springs that is quite interesting: COBBLER and CO. It is in the building that was once used for shoe repair, and the old sign and some of the old equipment is displayed in the front room.
After lunch we drove around Sharon Springs a bit more. We stopped to take a picture of a house (shown way up at the top) which I was able to go into a couple of years. It had just been purchased and the owners allowed my sister, my Dad and I to go in and look around. That particular building had been used as a rooming or boarding house. The new owners said their plans were to fix it up and turn it into a Bed and Breakfast.
Then we decided to head towards Van Hornesville along Route 20. We stopped a couple of places along the way and found geocaches.
The reason we wanted to go to Van Hornsville was to drive through the Amish area, but we were not successful in finding it. The closest we came to it was seeing a sign with an Amish buggy on it. We did see something very interesting though on a back road in Van Hornesville and that was the limekiln in the picture up above. I cannot find any information about it online.
On the way home, in Springfield Center we went into a gift shop and a very interesting antique shop in Springfield Center. Our last stop of the day was for supper in Oneonta.
Then we decided to head towards Van Hornesville along Route 20. We stopped a couple of places along the way and found geocaches.
The reason we wanted to go to Van Hornsville was to drive through the Amish area, but we were not successful in finding it. The closest we came to it was seeing a sign with an Amish buggy on it. We did see something very interesting though on a back road in Van Hornesville and that was the limekiln in the picture up above. I cannot find any information about it online.
On the way home, in Springfield Center we went into a gift shop and a very interesting antique shop in Springfield Center. Our last stop of the day was for supper in Oneonta.
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