Dick Anthony's house, somewhere near Lawrenceville, PA.

September 23, 2002. After a great weekend in State College we headed north on PA Rte. 287 and just as we got into New York State, we doubled back, skirted the picturesque Cowanesque Reservoir for a few miles and found the Anthony mansion perched atop a grassy knoll (well Dick says it will have grass next year, anyway) with magnificent views of said reservoir, as shown below.

Dick is a Penn State Alum and fellow Sigma Chi and we have kept in touch and remained good friends through thick and thin for more years than either of us can remember. In fact there are probably some years in there that both of us have completely forgotten. Dick is known to his close friends as "The Sage" because of the many words of indisputable wisdom that he has spoken over the years. As soon as I think of some of them, I'll add them to this page.

Here is Dick, Dianna, me and Lorri. Note Lorri is holding a pool cue. Our first night there, Dick and I stayed up until four in the morning breaking in his brand new pool table and maybe we drank a couple beers..

The next day we got up in time to play nine holes of golf before the sun set (almost).

The next evening, we were joined by Robert "Tree" Wood, another PSU grad and Sigma Chi friend who allegedly lives in the neighborhood somewhere. He said he was late arriving this Tuesday night because he had to pick up the Bishop at the local airport and drive him to church. Tree comes up with some very creative excuses. Needless to say, we did a little catching up and celebrating until the wee hours.

New York

Feeling the need to dry out and give our livers a rest after leaving the Anthony's house, we headed north toward Watkins Glen, Ithaca and the Finger Lakes region of New York. Of course the first thing we did was to stop at one of the many local wineries and proceed to sample about 12 examples of their fine product. That's Lorri outside Chateau Lafayette with Seneca Lake in the background.

That night we camped at Toughannock (don't ask me how to pronounce it) State Park on Lake Cayuga about 20 miles north of Ithaca. The falls on the right are supposed to be taller than Niagara Falls. It may be, but it is somewhat smaller in volume in my estimation.

We stopped in Ithaca and strolled "The Commons", a shopping/restaurant area in the center of town where the streets have been closed to vehicular traffic.