1 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: Hey, this is Annie and Samantha. 2 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:08,480 Speaker 2: I'm welcome to stuff I never told you Production by 3 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:09,240 Speaker 2: Heart Radio. 4 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:21,159 Speaker 1: And welcome to another happy hour, in which if you 5 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 1: are participating in any happy hour ish things, do so responsibly. Also, 6 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:29,480 Speaker 1: any of the things we're talking about, they're not sponsored, 7 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:31,520 Speaker 1: which makes me sad because the things that I'm about 8 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:33,239 Speaker 1: to talk about, you should sponsor us so that I 9 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:37,720 Speaker 1: can have more trips like this. Yeah, I don't know 10 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:42,280 Speaker 1: why I sounded so angry, is that it really entices 11 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:46,159 Speaker 1: people to want to help us out. Definitely, Annie, are 12 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 1: you doing happy hours? Is things? 13 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:53,479 Speaker 3: I am so for listeners who don't know. Work on 14 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:57,280 Speaker 3: another show called Saver, and we're doing an episode. 15 00:00:56,920 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 2: On wine quirks. Oh yeah, and uh, I learned a. 16 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:06,119 Speaker 3: Lot about cork tank, which is basically why they they 17 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 3: have you smell the wine or like. It's not to 18 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:11,040 Speaker 3: see if you like it. It's just to be like, 19 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 3: see it doesn't smell bad because if the cork went bad. 20 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 4: So anyway, I had an old bottle of wine and 21 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 4: I'm trying to go through it because if you have 22 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:23,960 Speaker 4: cork tank, no, but now that I know what it is, 23 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:25,479 Speaker 4: I have experienced it before. 24 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 2: It smells horrible. It's it smells like molds and not 25 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 2: in a good fun way. 26 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 1: I don't know if I've ever experienced that. 27 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 2: It's bad news. It was enough that I poured it out, 28 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 2: and you know me, I don't get rid of stuff severe. Yeah, no, 29 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:47,199 Speaker 2: it was bad news. 30 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 1: Worry about you put a fire? 31 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:54,279 Speaker 2: Where's that old bottle of wine? 32 00:01:56,080 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 1: Well, I'm glad to hear your mode. I learned. 33 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 2: I learned a lot from that episode, to be honest 34 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 2: with you. 35 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 1: I love it. I love it. I don't know any 36 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 1: about that. So we'll have a conversation later. M Yeah, 37 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 1: so this happy hour is going to be happy. I'm 38 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 1: giving a review of my birthday trip to Upstate New York. 39 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 1: Ray was like, hey, one of our favorite people's friend 40 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 1: of the show listener. I was like, give us, give 41 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:27,800 Speaker 1: us a rundown, let us know what you did. And 42 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: I was like, I got you, And it's fun. It's 43 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: fun to remember and love things. I will say my 44 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 1: anxiety was super high in planning this because it was 45 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 1: pretty last minute. I want to say last minute. Usually 46 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 1: i'm like six months if a trip is coming up, 47 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 1: at least three or four months in advance. This was 48 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 1: like two to three weeks before, so we're kind of 49 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 1: like rearranging things. Initially, we'd planned to come up north 50 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 1: to a different state with my partner's family, but things 51 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:56,520 Speaker 1: kind of failed apart, so we had to cancel that. 52 00:02:56,919 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 1: So I don't do refundable things because I don't to 53 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 1: pay the extra money. And that's just me being cheap, 54 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 1: I guess. But at the same time, I was like, ugh, 55 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 1: but the fact they do give you a year to 56 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:10,519 Speaker 1: try to reuse it, so we did. We decided to 57 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 1: take the birthday drive last minute and trying to figure 58 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:16,080 Speaker 1: out where we wanted to go. You know, I think 59 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 1: if you have listened to the show previously, I am 60 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:22,639 Speaker 1: very anxious, even more so my middle name is anxious now. 61 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:28,640 Speaker 1: But anyway, because traveling also means a lot of like 62 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 1: scares with the world and the country and the place 63 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 1: that our country is at. And I will say I 64 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 1: got a little bit of a fright at the beginning. 65 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 1: I'll explain a bit. And so we've been talking about 66 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 1: going international travels, but I'm kind of too scared to 67 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 1: do so, just because I don't know what people are 68 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 1: looking at. I don't know what is fear mongering versus 69 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 1: what is not fear mongering. And I will say we 70 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 1: also had really great timing in that sounds very privileged 71 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 1: that we did all the traveling before the show down 72 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 1: the government shut down, so I was like, oh, my gosh, 73 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 1: I've heard many travels. Two days after we landed back 74 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 1: the airport that we were left from with the airline 75 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 1: that we used, they got in a crash. I was like, 76 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 1: what is happening? And this has happened the past few 77 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:18,840 Speaker 1: years where every time something has happened, we were like, 78 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 1: how did we miss that? Because I think it was 79 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:23,719 Speaker 1: last year, was it last year or year before last 80 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 1: in which we left the LaGuardia and then a day 81 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:31,480 Speaker 1: later it was flooded. We were like, what is happening? 82 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 1: And then we had another incident similar to that before 83 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 1: we were like, either we were bad luck for this airport 84 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:39,039 Speaker 1: or we just have really good luck in missing out. 85 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:44,680 Speaker 1: I don't know anyway, but yeah, So that was we 86 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 1: have planned to do this and we got everything aligned. 87 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 1: I will say like timing in New York and I 88 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 1: figured this part out was like expensive because if we 89 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:01,040 Speaker 1: had stayed the night before, it would have been three 90 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 1: hundred dollars cheaper, but because of the night that we 91 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 1: needed to stay, it was significantly increasing, and the more 92 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:11,360 Speaker 1: we waited, and I have feeling people are gonna come 93 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 1: out and be like, you know, Google tracks you and 94 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:15,279 Speaker 1: increases prices, blah blahlahlah blah. Yes we know that, but 95 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 1: there was things that were happening in which things were 96 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:22,240 Speaker 1: getting booked out and or prices increased by thousands, not hundreds, 97 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,040 Speaker 1: thousands of dollars for per night, and I was like, 98 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:28,720 Speaker 1: what is happening. So a lot of things went down. 99 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 1: But we got there and we landed on day one 100 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:38,159 Speaker 1: and it was gorgeous weather. We went and got into 101 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:43,000 Speaker 1: our hotel, very old hotel, wonderful location. So it was 102 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 1: one of those two things that were like, oh okay, 103 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 1: so the switch up is but the location was on 104 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:55,279 Speaker 1: Washington Square, so it was gorgeous location. We walked everywhere. 105 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 1: I picked the wrong shoes, I will say that, but 106 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:02,360 Speaker 1: we got our bagels from our traditional bagel place when 107 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:04,799 Speaker 1: we got there. We explored the area, We walked forever. 108 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 1: That day, we went to see a really cool arts 109 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 1: exhibit called Unseen at the Loom or for some reason, 110 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:14,840 Speaker 1: we gonna call it loom Ma, but I'm pretty sure 111 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 1: it's Loom Studios in New York City, and y'all. It 112 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:26,520 Speaker 1: was about the North Korean women who are struggling and 113 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 1: there's a lot of like human rights crimes happening, humanitarian grabs, 114 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:33,760 Speaker 1: especially with the women, and the amount of enslaved people 115 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:38,359 Speaker 1: that are still happening, the amount of deaths and persecution. 116 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 1: So it was an incredible exhibit. It was very small. 117 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:43,479 Speaker 1: I think we may have missed the floor, but it 118 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:46,480 Speaker 1: was so awkward going in. So my partner and I 119 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:49,840 Speaker 1: walked in. There was one person at the front and 120 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 1: they were nice, except they didn't explain anything. Usually they'll 121 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:58,360 Speaker 1: tell you take this, do this, look at this. Nope, 122 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 1: it just said go for it. And we were like, 123 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 1: oh okay. So we walked in and there were QR 124 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:09,880 Speaker 1: codes so that you can like get the information. So 125 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 1: that was nice to see. There was things like you 126 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 1: can touch this, don't touch this, you can do this. 127 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:18,280 Speaker 1: Very cool. But then it was also like intertwined with 128 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:22,280 Speaker 1: some European white women stuff that I was like, where 129 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 1: did that come from? I don't understand. Okay, I don't 130 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 1: know if that just ran out of people. But then 131 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 1: we were walking it was very cool and we walked out. 132 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 1: Another person kind of came in and sat in the middle, 133 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 1: so I didn't know if they were an artist. They 134 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 1: were just chilling on their phone. I was like, I 135 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:41,560 Speaker 1: don't know what. I don't know, I don't know what's happening. 136 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 1: So and it was just my partner and I. So 137 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:47,120 Speaker 1: it was super awkward. But the showing was fantastic. The 138 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:52,320 Speaker 1: art was beautiful. At one point my partner was looking 139 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 1: at something thinking it was an art exhibit, and then 140 00:07:55,360 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 1: it turned that I was just like lighting. So we 141 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 1: did have that moment. But finally we're like, okay, I 142 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 1: guess there. We'll leave. And as we were leaving, the 143 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 1: hand us a whole like tote and a couple of 144 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:12,080 Speaker 1: the items. I was like, oh, that's so nice, thank you. 145 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 1: And then as my partner walks and I'm like, I 146 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 1: don't know if we're supposed to donate anything, I'm very confused. 147 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 1: They really don't tell us again much. And as we 148 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 1: were leaving and my partner was like, I think there 149 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 1: was a downstairs portion. There's a little side that says 150 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 1: there's a downstairs portion. I was like, uhh, we're done. 151 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:28,120 Speaker 1: We already walked out, we already got grabbed that gritty bags. 152 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:34,440 Speaker 1: We're done. I can't do this anymore. So that was 153 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:36,480 Speaker 1: an experience, but it was really like, it has a 154 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:38,679 Speaker 1: great exhibit. I don't know if it's there there, still there, 155 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 1: it's been a few weeks, but you know, whatever, whatnot. 156 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 1: That night we immediately had on a casse because if 157 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:45,360 Speaker 1: I'm in New York, I'm gonna get a ma casse 158 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:48,839 Speaker 1: at any This one was much cheaper than the others 159 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:52,719 Speaker 1: that we've done, and so good may have been our 160 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:53,520 Speaker 1: top favorite. 161 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 2: Oh jealous, So I feel. 162 00:08:57,200 --> 00:08:59,320 Speaker 1: Like this may be a spot that if you and 163 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 1: I go back, I'm gonna take you two because you 164 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:05,199 Speaker 1: could upgrade it. And my partner usually he's like, no, 165 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 1: it's just because you eat. Your eyes are bigger than 166 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 1: your stomach, and it's true. I like, I want everything, 167 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:11,560 Speaker 1: and by halfway through, I'm like, I'm done, I don't 168 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 1: want this no more. But he was like, no, I 169 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:15,720 Speaker 1: think we should do a whole upgrade, and we didn't. 170 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 1: It was so so good, so good, Like I was like, 171 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:24,719 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, everything is delicious, and then they came 172 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:28,560 Speaker 1: and singing happy birthday to me. Oh I didn't want 173 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:30,360 Speaker 1: that for you, No, I don't. I don't, I don't 174 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 1: like it. There was another dude, so we were both 175 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 1: beings saying too, So that felt less. But when I 176 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 1: say that, they didn't sing it. They turned the lights out, 177 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 1: had some music playing and people dancing. Yeah that's too much, 178 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:57,199 Speaker 1: but yeah, so it was still fun. And then we 179 00:09:57,640 --> 00:09:59,679 Speaker 1: got ready for the next day and we had a 180 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:02,679 Speaker 1: train right andy, so we took the Amtrak from all 181 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:06,360 Speaker 1: the way from New York City and Penn Station to Albany, 182 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 1: rind Cellar. I believe that's how I say it. And 183 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:12,640 Speaker 1: it was a gorgeous ride. I will say we didn't 184 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 1: get there early enough, so we were kind of back 185 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:17,080 Speaker 1: in the line. So if you're doing the you know, coach, 186 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 1: which is big enough for me. It's much bigger than 187 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:23,120 Speaker 1: an airplane and easy to store things like we got 188 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:26,160 Speaker 1: a smaller window, but we got it on the right side, 189 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:28,320 Speaker 1: the correct side, that is, so we got to see 190 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 1: all the like water and then the leaves. As we 191 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 1: were going further and further north, it was prettier and prettier, 192 00:10:34,679 --> 00:10:36,960 Speaker 1: and so it was gorgeous to see and I was 193 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:39,960 Speaker 1: just excited. At one point we were talking about like 194 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:43,800 Speaker 1: trying to find the snack car and my cute partner 195 00:10:43,880 --> 00:10:45,320 Speaker 1: was trying to get in the back to get like 196 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:47,720 Speaker 1: as a coffee or something. He got yelled at at 197 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 1: the conductor because he opened the wrong door. Oh no, 198 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:54,439 Speaker 1: he came back quickly. I was like, well, that wasn't 199 00:10:54,559 --> 00:10:56,640 Speaker 1: that wasn't right, not getting up again, and I was like, 200 00:10:56,960 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 1: fair enough. But it was a wonderful train ride. I 201 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:02,640 Speaker 1: would I highly recommend if you need to. I think 202 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:07,160 Speaker 1: you have to be on the left side, just if 203 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 1: you're on that specific train, because you can see all 204 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:12,200 Speaker 1: the lakes. And then when we arrived, we got our 205 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:15,840 Speaker 1: car and started driving up and it was a gorgeous 206 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 1: ride all the way up. It was cloudy and rainy 207 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:21,440 Speaker 1: or so like. At that point I was like whatever, 208 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 1: But by the time I made it, it was wonderful. 209 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:30,400 Speaker 1: We found a small spot and eight in Albany. Great food, 210 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:35,840 Speaker 1: probably the best lovester role I've had, I know, and 211 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:38,439 Speaker 1: y'all it was just a buttery, gooey goodness with no 212 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:45,800 Speaker 1: Mayo top tier, top tier. And from there we just 213 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:49,680 Speaker 1: made a whole adventure of the days. We arrived in 214 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:52,560 Speaker 1: the lake View, so we were right on Saraanac Lake. 215 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 1: The hotel was gorgeous view. We finally woke up the 216 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 1: next day, got some coffee coffee machine in there we 217 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:08,000 Speaker 1: went I'm gonna say quote unquote hiking, but not really. 218 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 1: So we ended up going to the High Falls Gorge, 219 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 1: which you have to pay like twenty dollars just to 220 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,520 Speaker 1: walk in per person. I was kind of shocked by 221 00:12:18,559 --> 00:12:23,000 Speaker 1: this because yes, I expect to pay part fees. I'm 222 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 1: all about paying part fees. I think this is handled 223 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:29,319 Speaker 1: by the state. There was another falls near this area, 224 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:34,280 Speaker 1: and it's privately owned, so you like and you have 225 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 1: to be sixty dollars to walk around the areas that 226 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:41,240 Speaker 1: I'm like, you know, I feel a certain oddness when 227 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:45,360 Speaker 1: it's a privately owned natural park that you do a 228 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 1: lot of activities with it too, so they do like 229 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:51,319 Speaker 1: you can raft and all these things. It just felt odd. 230 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:54,600 Speaker 1: So we were able to like look around without paying, 231 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:57,040 Speaker 1: like they could go on bridge and to crictures and 232 00:12:57,080 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 1: that's what we did. But like, I get it main 233 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:03,680 Speaker 1: but it was very touristy, like more so than I 234 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:07,560 Speaker 1: had expected. I will say. So White Face Mountain was there, 235 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:09,560 Speaker 1: and a lot of people went to go and hike 236 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:11,560 Speaker 1: that we were thinking about going to hike that. I 237 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:15,720 Speaker 1: was kind of the plan, but it turns out they 238 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:21,160 Speaker 1: were haavy Octoberfest and it was gonna be chaos, and 239 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:23,959 Speaker 1: it was already pretty crowded because of the beginning of Foliage, 240 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:26,560 Speaker 1: like it's not super super but like pretty crowded. And 241 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:31,000 Speaker 1: I was like, Eh, not good, we good, We're not 242 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:33,880 Speaker 1: doing all that. My partner was like, you know, Octoberfist 243 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:37,200 Speaker 1: and a place called White Face Sus And I'm not 244 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:39,560 Speaker 1: saying that that's the case, not at all, y'all. Although 245 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:44,440 Speaker 1: I did see a lot of conservative gear being sold 246 00:13:44,559 --> 00:13:48,400 Speaker 1: at souvenir shops, really concerning to the point that when 247 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:49,880 Speaker 1: we saw it and the fact that it was so 248 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,839 Speaker 1: big that it was a souvenir shop for the Adirondacks, 249 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:56,960 Speaker 1: yet they had political things, very conservative things, and I 250 00:13:57,000 --> 00:14:00,120 Speaker 1: was like, we gotta go. We can't be here. I 251 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:04,480 Speaker 1: can't be There was some of that that was in 252 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:08,320 Speaker 1: Lake George. It was interesting because there's so many places 253 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:11,360 Speaker 1: that you can go, like the Catskills are below Albany, 254 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 1: and we went above all these different places. So we 255 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 1: stayed at Sara Nac, which is probably about two and 256 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 1: a half hours above Albany. There's Lake Placid, and then 257 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:24,360 Speaker 1: there is Lake George, and I kind of qualified each 258 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 1: one as like in what I know of the South, 259 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:30,680 Speaker 1: which is not necessarily fair, but trying to describe it 260 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 1: to my friends, and I'm sorry if this defends people. 261 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 1: I don't mean to, but the way that we had 262 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:43,840 Speaker 1: seen it, it felt like Lake George was the pigeon 263 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 1: Forge of the North, or Gatlinburg rather or as where 264 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:57,080 Speaker 1: Saranac Lake was a little more like Ashville. If you 265 00:14:57,160 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 1: get my drift, I must say Lake Placid maybe more 266 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:08,000 Speaker 1: of Charleston. Okay, if you get my fields, do you 267 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:09,720 Speaker 1: get my fields? So people in the South, I think 268 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:13,720 Speaker 1: I understood that. Like Caroline friend of the previous host 269 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:16,920 Speaker 1: slash friend, I was texting with them and told them 270 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:19,600 Speaker 1: all of that because I was kind of shocked by 271 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:25,120 Speaker 1: the differences of the touristiness of these areas. So that's 272 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:27,040 Speaker 1: kind of how I describe it. I will say I 273 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 1: had my birthday lunch was at a place called the 274 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 1: Shepherds at our Low West, which is noted as being 275 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:36,480 Speaker 1: a castle. I'm not sure if it's actually a castle. 276 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:38,360 Speaker 1: Someone can tell me the history of this. If they 277 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 1: know the history of this, anybody from New York. I know, 278 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 1: I've had a couple of people let us know what 279 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:46,080 Speaker 1: to do. It goes down. It was noted to be 280 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 1: a castle. Interestingly small castle odd when there's a wedding 281 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 1: there because we showed up when the wedding was happening, 282 00:15:53,280 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 1: and because it's such a smaller blaze everywhere, like, even 283 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:00,160 Speaker 1: though we had reservations for dinner, everywhere we went, it 284 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:03,840 Speaker 1: felt like we were in the middle of their wedding party. 285 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:05,800 Speaker 1: So we were like, oh God, we're in the wrong place. 286 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 1: That was a whole interesting thing. But the dinner was beautiful, 287 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:12,200 Speaker 1: the time was great. They gave us a little cute 288 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:15,280 Speaker 1: little dessert even though we weren't going to order any 289 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:17,920 Speaker 1: ended up going to ice cream later. It was so sweet. 290 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:20,760 Speaker 1: They were so kind. The next day we decided we 291 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:23,960 Speaker 1: were going to try for a different spot and we 292 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 1: drove even further up and it was gorgeous. An It 293 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:31,600 Speaker 1: was a beautiful day. The scenery is gorgeous. I need 294 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:33,720 Speaker 1: to post this up. I just can't do the album. 295 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:36,920 Speaker 1: I had one little like video in the fog, but 296 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:41,840 Speaker 1: it's on my TikTok age if y'all tho. My four followers, 297 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:45,440 Speaker 1: including my partner but like, we went up and we 298 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:48,840 Speaker 1: went to an apple orchard, picked our own apples, watched 299 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:50,920 Speaker 1: them do the donuts. It wasn't the place that the 300 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:54,040 Speaker 1: listener had recommended because I think that was far far 301 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:56,200 Speaker 1: away from where we were, like three hours and I'm like, 302 00:16:56,440 --> 00:16:58,080 Speaker 1: we can do an hour. We can do an hour. 303 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:03,359 Speaker 1: But we also got apples, We got cute little trinkets. 304 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:05,840 Speaker 1: We brought some of those apples home. I ate the 305 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:07,920 Speaker 1: last one. It was delicious. I gave us a lot 306 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:11,400 Speaker 1: of them away, including to contributor to show Joey because 307 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:14,440 Speaker 1: I ended up seeing Joey. They got some apples. But yeah, 308 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:17,480 Speaker 1: it was wonderful experience. It was so funny because I 309 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:20,280 Speaker 1: come from a town that is known for apples in Georgia. 310 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:24,160 Speaker 1: Never have I ever went picking for apples. I wasn't 311 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 1: going through. My partner was like, we need to. We 312 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:29,400 Speaker 1: drove an hour and I was like, fine, we'll go 313 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:31,560 Speaker 1: and take some apples. We did explore some of the 314 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:34,679 Speaker 1: cute little towns, which we were also kind of scared of, because, 315 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 1: as Ejene Carroll had said, when you go beyond New 316 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:43,840 Speaker 1: York City, it's a lot more conservative, and I did. Again, 317 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:45,680 Speaker 1: I found some of those spots that I was like, yeah, 318 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:49,640 Speaker 1: this is very conservative that I was like a little nervous, 319 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:52,840 Speaker 1: a little nervous, but it was wonderful. It was still 320 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 1: a great trip. It was so much fun. And then 321 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:57,879 Speaker 1: we came back down. We spent another day and a 322 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:01,240 Speaker 1: half in New York City again, got to see Joey, 323 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:03,359 Speaker 1: took them to the Golden Diner, probably one of the 324 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:09,240 Speaker 1: best restaurants, which in New York City, best pancake, chicken, everything, 325 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:13,880 Speaker 1: Sojo bloody Mary, like, it's phenomenal. It was so good. 326 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:17,679 Speaker 1: The train read back was gorgeous. We found another I 327 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:20,199 Speaker 1: will say the only problem I had is because in 328 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:24,080 Speaker 1: the trains some of them faced the opposite directions. Yeah, 329 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 1: and I get really emotions sick. Yeah, my back was 330 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:30,560 Speaker 1: to the wrong area. Like there was no other way 331 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:34,800 Speaker 1: for us to see outside besides that way. So because 332 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:37,840 Speaker 1: we again we're a little too late lining up. Oh 333 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:40,040 Speaker 1: and getting the car back was a whole thing, Like 334 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:43,119 Speaker 1: y'all Sundays are hard days because they are closed. We 335 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:46,000 Speaker 1: got to see cousins of my partner who are wonderful 336 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:48,639 Speaker 1: and they are engaged, and they were talking about wedding plans. 337 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:51,639 Speaker 1: It was just such a lovely, lovely time. Got to 338 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 1: spend time in Brooklyn, which we haven't done much of. 339 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:56,760 Speaker 1: I love Brooklyn, great area. We stayed in a fun 340 00:18:56,800 --> 00:19:00,440 Speaker 1: little hotel and fun little area. Went shopping, tons of 341 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 1: coffee shops, lots of hipsters. Yeah, lot. But it was 342 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:10,440 Speaker 1: such a great trip, and I think my itinerary did 343 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:13,600 Speaker 1: really well. I kept saying that I picked the perfect places, 344 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 1: and I picked the perfect timing, and I did such 345 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:17,639 Speaker 1: a good job on the restaurants. I just want to 346 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:19,800 Speaker 1: give myself a pat on the back because, yeah, I 347 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:20,159 Speaker 1: did that. 348 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:23,359 Speaker 2: You should. That's very rewarding when it works out. 349 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:26,440 Speaker 1: It is it is, and I don't gloat about much. 350 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:29,439 Speaker 1: But this trip was like high key. I did that. 351 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:32,960 Speaker 2: Mm hmm. It's a lot of work too. People. 352 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:35,720 Speaker 1: I'm looking at my itinerary now so I can give 353 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:37,800 Speaker 1: you kind of a rundown because I have a whole 354 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:38,600 Speaker 1: itinerary here. 355 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:42,679 Speaker 2: Mm hm oh, I believe it. It sounds like it 356 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:44,640 Speaker 2: was great though you got what you wanted. 357 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 1: It was so good. It was so good, and we 358 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 1: got to be in nature. I got to see beautiful leaves. 359 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:54,439 Speaker 1: Our locations were great. The train ride was fantastic, and 360 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:56,000 Speaker 1: to the fact that I want to do it again, 361 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:57,919 Speaker 1: but I want to do more expensive ones. So I 362 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:00,400 Speaker 1: was looking at around BEF in Canada. It's like four 363 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:03,960 Speaker 1: thousand dollars. There's a lot of money. Yeah, I don't 364 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:07,160 Speaker 1: know if I could do that. Sponsor US Canada please. 365 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:23,640 Speaker 3: My dad loved train rides and he got asked to 366 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:25,040 Speaker 3: speak at Washington, d C. 367 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 2: When I was nine years old, and we went to Washington, 368 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:29,879 Speaker 2: d C. On a train and it was like the 369 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:32,800 Speaker 2: coolest thing as a kid. I was like, oh my god. 370 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:33,880 Speaker 5: Right. 371 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:38,560 Speaker 1: So the train that I was on, specifically Empire Express, 372 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:40,800 Speaker 1: I can't I can't remember, but like it is known, 373 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:43,200 Speaker 1: like it's one of the top five trains in the US. No, 374 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:45,360 Speaker 1: there's not many. I will give you that. A few 375 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:48,879 Speaker 1: over California, Colorado that's really gorgeous. But this one is 376 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:51,720 Speaker 1: over here in the eastern part of the country and 377 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:54,720 Speaker 1: it goes all the way into Canada. So it goes 378 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:55,640 Speaker 1: all the way to Montreal. 379 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:57,359 Speaker 5: And I had a small fear that we were gonna 380 00:20:58,119 --> 00:21:04,600 Speaker 5: yeah those things, but like apparently going all the way 381 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:08,199 Speaker 5: into Canada is gorgeous, like it continuing on is actually 382 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:09,560 Speaker 5: worth the trip. 383 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:12,439 Speaker 1: Yeah, I would love to. I looked already as like Amtrak, 384 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:15,640 Speaker 1: because there was in Atlanta. It starts in Atlanta, yeah, yep, 385 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:18,200 Speaker 1: and it goes all the way up to New York. 386 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:20,760 Speaker 1: I can you can you know, get onto different you 387 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:23,120 Speaker 1: have to get onto different cars and stuff. But like 388 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:25,560 Speaker 1: at one point I was looking, it's like fourteen hours 389 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 1: from here to New York. But it's not the prettiest views. 390 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:31,280 Speaker 2: Yeah. 391 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 3: Well, And the thing is like when I went to DC, 392 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:35,159 Speaker 3: it wasn't the prettiest views, but I just thought it 393 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:38,320 Speaker 3: was super cool, like it's fun because we had a 394 00:21:38,359 --> 00:21:39,000 Speaker 3: sleeper car. 395 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:41,960 Speaker 2: It was like so I had like a bed to 396 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 2: the window. 397 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:44,800 Speaker 1: This is the Sex in the City episode, by the way, 398 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:48,720 Speaker 1: where they take a train from New York to California. 399 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:50,680 Speaker 1: I want to say, damn. 400 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:51,160 Speaker 5: Oh no. 401 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:54,680 Speaker 3: But well, my dad he wanted that was like his dream. 402 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:58,000 Speaker 3: He wanted to take a train from I think it 403 00:21:58,040 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 3: started in New York. He just wanted to go from 404 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:03,040 Speaker 3: east to west. He wanted to go across the whole country. 405 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 3: But he was a big train guy. And I went 406 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 3: on trains in Europe and they were really cool as well. 407 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:10,399 Speaker 3: But that was like my first experience, and I just 408 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:14,399 Speaker 3: remember thinking it. 409 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:14,840 Speaker 1: Was so like my first experience was when I was 410 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:19,240 Speaker 1: in Europe. Of course, you know, like that was that 411 00:22:19,359 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 1: was fun. But again, like I was glad that this 412 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:25,400 Speaker 1: youthfully because it was anxious because people yell at you. Yeah. 413 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:28,399 Speaker 3: This lady yelled at me in French and I was like, 414 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:31,359 Speaker 3: I can speak French, but now I'm so intimidated by 415 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:32,560 Speaker 3: the fact that you're yelling at me. 416 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:34,160 Speaker 2: I can't remember single word. 417 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:37,760 Speaker 1: Okay, the conductors would yell at you. Of course, there 418 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:40,200 Speaker 1: was also conductors and like people who were just kind 419 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:41,960 Speaker 1: when they were like laughing at me. I had some 420 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:44,239 Speaker 1: people laughing at me, helping me out, but also had 421 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:46,919 Speaker 1: like push me out the way because I was in 422 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:49,360 Speaker 1: their way. And I was like, I have a giant backpack. 423 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:50,840 Speaker 1: Don't yell at me. 424 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:54,639 Speaker 2: I promised I wasn't. The woman who was yelling at me. 425 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:56,440 Speaker 3: She thought I was trying to because you're supposed to 426 00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:59,439 Speaker 3: get like your ticket stamped at every step. Yeah, and 427 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:01,119 Speaker 3: I guess I miss stop And she said I was 428 00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:02,560 Speaker 3: like trying to trickerr and I was like, no, I'm 429 00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:03,320 Speaker 3: just an idiot. 430 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:07,239 Speaker 1: I just don't know how this works. I remember when 431 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:10,320 Speaker 1: I first got on. Oh no, I missed several trainings 432 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:12,280 Speaker 1: like I've had, so I had so many incidents. I 433 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:13,800 Speaker 1: was like, oh my god, Oh my god, what am 434 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 1: I doing? But I wanted to do this by myself 435 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:20,719 Speaker 1: at the age of nineteen twenty. But I remember, like 436 00:23:21,119 --> 00:23:22,920 Speaker 1: I missed a few, but I got the first one 437 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:25,119 Speaker 1: and it was so tight that everybody was just standing 438 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:26,960 Speaker 1: and I barely got on that. I was like this, 439 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:29,600 Speaker 1: and I started getting first class, and that was when 440 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:31,240 Speaker 1: it was cheaper. It was only like ten dollars. I 441 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:33,600 Speaker 1: was like yeah, and then you would have a seat, 442 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:35,919 Speaker 1: a guaranteed seat, and no one bothered or yelled at you. 443 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:38,320 Speaker 1: I was like, all right, from now on, I'm getting 444 00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:40,920 Speaker 1: first class tickets. I think it's changed because I was 445 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:43,639 Speaker 1: looking at upgrading with the Amtrag and I was like, 446 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:45,480 Speaker 1: fifty dollars more. I was like per person. I was 447 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:50,159 Speaker 1: like that significant anymore what I thought, But like, I 448 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 1: remember that. And then when I did the euro Rail, 449 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:55,520 Speaker 1: which was really fun, although like you just sit in 450 00:23:55,560 --> 00:24:00,480 Speaker 1: darkness for hours because it goes under everything. I just 451 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:03,280 Speaker 1: a giant. It's like you're sitting at a dining room, 452 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:05,760 Speaker 1: a small dining room place, and I was like, yeah, 453 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:10,920 Speaker 1: what is this. I was so disillusioned, like I was tricked. 454 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:13,359 Speaker 1: I was gas lit by that train, thinking that the 455 00:24:13,359 --> 00:24:14,640 Speaker 1: rest of the trains were like that. 456 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:21,360 Speaker 2: You know, well, my final I have to tell this 457 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:25,040 Speaker 2: quick story. Give me When I was in Europe. The 458 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:28,639 Speaker 2: only flight I've ever missed was when I was in 459 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:31,560 Speaker 2: France and I was flying to Italy and it was 460 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:32,240 Speaker 2: Ryan Aires. 461 00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:34,679 Speaker 3: It was the cheap flight, you know, and it was 462 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:39,480 Speaker 3: the faraway airports. And I told the taxi driver that 463 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:42,960 Speaker 3: several times he took me to the wrong airport. Oh sorry, 464 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:44,879 Speaker 3: I was like, listen, this flight goes up, Well we're 465 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:46,800 Speaker 3: gonna do. And so he took me the train station 466 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:49,639 Speaker 3: and so early I had to wait for it to start. 467 00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:53,800 Speaker 3: I get on it and they went on strike and 468 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:55,480 Speaker 3: the train stopped. 469 00:24:57,359 --> 00:24:58,120 Speaker 2: Walk out. 470 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:02,800 Speaker 1: Red incidents. Before we left that they were striking. I 471 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:04,000 Speaker 1: was like, we might be in trouble. 472 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:09,920 Speaker 3: Good for them, But man, was that bad timing? 473 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,040 Speaker 1: Yes? I mean I did the same thing with like 474 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:16,119 Speaker 1: trying to figure out for the rental car, and I 475 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:18,080 Speaker 1: was like, we're going to be so late and if 476 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:20,119 Speaker 1: they cancel our thing, we're going to be stuck in 477 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:23,800 Speaker 1: Albanie and we're not gonna like I had get I 478 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:27,000 Speaker 1: do too much. But because of like an hour to reading, 479 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:29,200 Speaker 1: how many trains are delayed, how often are they delayed 480 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:31,840 Speaker 1: like that delayed quite often for two or three hours. 481 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:38,480 Speaker 1: I'm like, actually, it was fine. And our apparently our 482 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:41,040 Speaker 1: car rental was at the training station, so they knew 483 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:43,600 Speaker 1: and they're like, what time is, what number is your train? 484 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:45,600 Speaker 1: What's your train number? Okay, we'll get ready for you. 485 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:48,840 Speaker 1: So they were ready. So it was perfect, but like, yeah, 486 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:52,359 Speaker 1: it's a whole lot because you never know what's gonna happen. 487 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:55,159 Speaker 1: Tragedies happen, accidents happened. We did sit for a good 488 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:57,920 Speaker 1: ten minutes in the darkness while they were trying to 489 00:25:57,920 --> 00:25:59,520 Speaker 1: figure out what's happening in the back car. 490 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:03,720 Speaker 3: We were like what, yeah, what it's not come reading? 491 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:06,280 Speaker 1: They have no But it was fine. Everything was And 492 00:26:06,359 --> 00:26:09,920 Speaker 1: then like listening to people listening to each stop they 493 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:12,320 Speaker 1: barely stopped at some of them, They're like, you got 494 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:14,280 Speaker 1: get off now, get on this car, get off now, 495 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:16,159 Speaker 1: And I'm like, what did they do that to us? 496 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:18,800 Speaker 1: We have so much stuff, And like as we were 497 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:24,040 Speaker 1: coming to uh Albany, the actual station, the people next 498 00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:26,480 Speaker 1: to us gone up like fifteen minutes early and stood 499 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:28,639 Speaker 1: in the middle of the way, like they were ready 500 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:30,560 Speaker 1: to hop off, as if they were the you know, 501 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:31,479 Speaker 1: trade hopping. 502 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:35,280 Speaker 3: Are the people who like get up when they announce 503 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:37,000 Speaker 3: zone two in their zone seven? 504 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:39,520 Speaker 1: Yes, so, but like, hey, we're in the middle of 505 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:41,200 Speaker 1: the way standing so we couldn't even get up and 506 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:44,000 Speaker 1: get our backs. In my head, I'm like, do we 507 00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:46,080 Speaker 1: need to get do we need to get ready? Are 508 00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:48,520 Speaker 1: we gonna miss stop? And when we finally stopped, there like, oh, 509 00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:52,760 Speaker 1: we're stopping for an hour? Look, wait, why did everybody 510 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:57,320 Speaker 1: do this? Like I get you need to get off, 511 00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:01,280 Speaker 1: but standing fifteen minutes before we even arrive, like before 512 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:03,960 Speaker 1: the announcement even happened, that we were approaching, which takes 513 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:07,159 Speaker 1: another ten minutes to get into stop position. That I 514 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:10,880 Speaker 1: was like, is there something we don't know? Like, are 515 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:13,680 Speaker 1: we are? And they only had a backpack. It wasn't 516 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:16,399 Speaker 1: like they had huge amounts of you know, luggage, And 517 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:19,080 Speaker 1: I was just so confused by this point. 518 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:20,959 Speaker 2: Yeah. 519 00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:23,640 Speaker 3: I mean that's the thing. I love traveling, but there's 520 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:26,600 Speaker 3: always that layer of uncertainty of no, I've never been 521 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:29,000 Speaker 3: here before, so I don't know, yeah. 522 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:30,679 Speaker 1: Exactly that those are the moments that have the hardest 523 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:33,760 Speaker 1: time with but like I really really enjoyed it. My 524 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:36,800 Speaker 1: partner sister was asking pre before we started, like is 525 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:38,520 Speaker 1: it gonna be a good ride, and we were like, 526 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:40,359 Speaker 1: we don't know, what'll let you know, and then we 527 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:42,840 Speaker 1: sent her decks were like yes, worth the right, like 528 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:46,720 Speaker 1: specifically this train ride is worth it, and like the 529 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:48,880 Speaker 1: amount of space there was, like I get motion sickness 530 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:51,880 Speaker 1: again in the air as well, so I don't have 531 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:55,040 Speaker 1: the deal with like air pressure problems or like the bouncing, 532 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:58,520 Speaker 1: although like didn't the train was rough, but like there 533 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:00,920 Speaker 1: was a lot more like that. I could see obviously 534 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:04,000 Speaker 1: out the window and all of these things, so it 535 00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:07,240 Speaker 1: was much much better. Eight out of ten, eight out 536 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:09,800 Speaker 1: of ten, Like the two is because the two taking 537 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:14,000 Speaker 1: office because of the whole snack car incident really confusing, 538 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:16,560 Speaker 1: but it was such a great trip. I feel like 539 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:21,520 Speaker 1: I love being in nature anyway, but also love exploring 540 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:24,439 Speaker 1: new areas. So this kind of is that similar to 541 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:27,399 Speaker 1: being in Seattle Mountain and are in Portland where we 542 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:31,359 Speaker 1: can both have the nature portion but also enjoy a 543 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:35,200 Speaker 1: new city portion, which New York City we've been many times, 544 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:37,040 Speaker 1: but as many times we go, there's so many more 545 00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:40,240 Speaker 1: things to do. Obviously, New York is never ending. Brooklyn 546 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:43,760 Speaker 1: is always so much fun anyway, and so being able 547 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:46,560 Speaker 1: to go and see all of that. We actually walked 548 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:51,600 Speaker 1: the entire Brooklyn Bridge. Annie. Oh yeah, it's painful and 549 00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:54,000 Speaker 1: a little nauseating because it bounced. Why did it bounce? 550 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:57,360 Speaker 2: That's my That's on my lists things I like to 551 00:28:57,440 --> 00:28:58,320 Speaker 2: do when I'm in New York. 552 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:01,680 Speaker 1: Well, we did it. Yeah, I'm very proud of ourselves 553 00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:04,120 Speaker 1: that we did it. And then met up with Joey 554 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:07,720 Speaker 1: and them. So we were gross and sweaty, but yeah, 555 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:10,800 Speaker 1: it was fun. It was nice to do. But yeah, 556 00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:13,760 Speaker 1: so a ten out of ten trip. Glad we got 557 00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:15,840 Speaker 1: to do it. Had a moment to kind of relax 558 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:20,520 Speaker 1: and not think of anything outside of good food and travels. 559 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:24,880 Speaker 1: Thank you for taking care of Peaches. I always know 560 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:25,800 Speaker 1: she's in good hands. 561 00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:30,200 Speaker 2: We had a great time. She had a blast when 562 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:31,240 Speaker 2: I had my friends over. 563 00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:36,960 Speaker 1: She she that she loves having parties and we don't bant. 564 00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:38,320 Speaker 1: That made it even better. 565 00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:41,640 Speaker 2: She had a good time. I'm so glad it was 566 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:42,400 Speaker 2: such a good trip. 567 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:45,080 Speaker 3: I would love to see pictures and hear about this 568 00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:46,680 Speaker 3: macasse that was so good. 569 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:48,400 Speaker 1: Oh got you some maple syrup. 570 00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:55,200 Speaker 3: Oh okay, okay, well well we'll talk about that later. 571 00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:59,800 Speaker 2: And thanks to all the listeners he sent in suggestions. 572 00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:03,280 Speaker 1: Yes, thank you, I very very very much appreciated that. 573 00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:06,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, we love when we hear from people who are 574 00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:09,560 Speaker 3: from the area because again we don't know, so thank 575 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:13,600 Speaker 3: you and yes, listeners, if you would like to write 576 00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:16,600 Speaker 3: into us, you can our emails Hello at stuffanever told 577 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:18,680 Speaker 3: you dot com. 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