Road Trip in a Famous Honda Fit
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Lizzie: Annual traditions are a tricky thing. Year one, it might seem like a great idea to commit the rest of your summer Tuesdays to a recreational bocce-ball league, or pencil in every birthday until you die at a Dave and Buster’s bowling alley. But it’s almost inevitable that, by year five, your annual tradition starts to grate.
There are exceptions, of course. We’re on year seven of our Annual Fall Trip. It’s something we’ve been doing with Ashley (and a rotating cast of other characters) since 2016. Generally, we choose a place somewhere in the tristate area and go there for a period of time ranging from a day to a week. This year, we chose the Finger Lakes, near Kaitlyn’s hometown and where her parents now own a lake house.
Kaitlyn: This was ambitious of us, actually. I’m always explaining that the Finger Lakes are much farther to the west of New York City than they are to the north, though people never listen. When Kathy Hochul became governor, somebody on the internet observed that her house in Buffalo is closer to Cleveland than it is to Manhattan, and many were shocked. It’s also closer to Pittsburgh than it is to Potsdam. Closer to Toronto than it is to Albany. You know, people just do not realize what shape this state is, and they refuse to learn.
All to say we had about a six-hour drive ahead of us to
