{"id":605,"date":"2015-09-22T15:33:23","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T20:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abuffalobus.kleinmartin.com\/?p=605"},"modified":"2015-10-25T13:54:55","modified_gmt":"2015-10-25T18:54:55","slug":"a-week-in-the-bus-allegany-state-park-trip-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abuffalobus.kleinmartin.com\/?p=605","title":{"rendered":"A Week in the Bus (Allegany State Park trip &#8211; Part I)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/buffalobus\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abuffalobus.kleinmartin.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/abuffalobus.kleinmartin.com\/?p=605\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"button_count\"  size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>So, after a hectic summer hiatus of making updates, I&#8217;m back.<\/p>\n<p>Not much has happened on working on the bus, but we DID get to make a trip, and I got some night footage on the dash-cam. \u00a0During the last week of August, we spent a whole week in the Red House area of <a href=\"http:\/\/nysparks.com\/parks\/73\/details.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Allegany State Park<\/a>. \u00a0Due to some other scheduling, our Saturday departure (and the less than 24-hour prep time) wasn&#8217;t during the afternoon, like I&#8217;d hoped, but well after dark.<\/p>\n<p>But with the bus relatively packed and the canoe on the car (with my wife following behind) we started off on the ~80 mile trip. \u00a0The trip encompassed well-lit streets, in Buffalo, and smaller villages like Ellicotville and Salamanca, as well as expressways that ranged from well- and sparsely-trafficed, and from well- to poorly-lit, and then there were the more rural two-lane roads as well. \u00a0And then there was some rain &#8211; an interesting test, as there&#8217;s no wipers up on the eyebrow window.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kO8FyZA0iCI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I thought that in the well-lit (lots of streetlights) or well-trafficed (lots of headlights), the camera did well. \u00a0After I had the alternator rebuilt, the headlights are MUCH brighter, but in some places in the recording you&#8217;d never know they were on. \u00a0And the footage of the reflective signs on the 219 where there was hardly any late-night traffic reminded me of an early 80&#8217;s driving game I had for our family&#8217;s Apple IIe.<\/p>\n<p>But once we were there, we did plenty of troubleshooting (another upcoming post), socializing, and I got requests to sound the horns! \u00a0But perhaps the coolest thing was when we were driving the canoe to the launch and saw a warship out on the lake. \u00a0We ran into <a href=\"http:\/\/portalleganyonline.blogspot.com\/2014\/08\/model-of-uss-boston-heavy-cruiser.html\" target=\"_blank\">Gerald and Esther Kirk<\/a> who were our running their nearly 11 foot long working model of the <a href=\"http:\/\/navysite.de\/cg\/cag1.htm\" target=\"_blank\">U.S.S. Boston (CAG-I)<\/a> (A heavy cruiser converted to a Terrier missile cruiser, much like Buffalo&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/buffalonavalpark.org\/exhibits\/ships\/\" target=\"_blank\">USS Little Rock (CLG &#8211; 4)<\/a> which is a light cruiser with a Talos missile system.)<\/p>\n<p>When we get our pictures downloaded, I&#8217;ll add a couple, but I did find this bit of video \u00a0which doesn&#8217;t do the model justice, and Gerald HAS the Terrier launchers in place, and they not only rotate, but can elevate the missiles as well. \u00a0The thing is a work of art and hard work, and Gerald spent the better part of 40 minutes giving us a &#8216;tour&#8217;, explaining life on the ship, and answering kid&#8217;s (and our) questions on both the real ship and the model.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wCOVDjCQT44?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>More on the trip in <a href=\"https:\/\/abuffalobus.kleinmartin.com\/?p=615\" target=\"_blank\">Part II<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/buffalobus\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abuffalobus.kleinmartin.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/abuffalobus.kleinmartin.com\/?p=605\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"button_count\"  size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, after a hectic summer hiatus of making updates, I&#8217;m back. Not much has happened on working on the bus, but we DID get to make a trip, and I got some night footage on the dash-cam. \u00a0During the last week of August, we spent a whole week in the Red House area of Allegany &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/abuffalobus.kleinmartin.com\/?p=605\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Week in the Bus (Allegany State Park trip &#8211; Part I)<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"amazonpipp_noncename":"","amazon-product-isactive":"","amazon-product-single-asin":"","amazon-product-content-location":"1","amazon-product-content-hook-override":"2","amazon-product-excerpt-hook-override":"3","amazon-product-singular-only":"","amazon-product-amazon-desc":"","amazon-product-show-gallery":"","amazon-product-show-features":"","amazon-product-newwindow":"2","amazon-product-show-list-price":"","amazon-product-show-used-price":"","amazon-product-show-saved-amt":"","amazon-product-timestamp":"","amazon-product-new-title":"","amazon-product-use-cartURL":"","amazon_featured_post_meta_key":"","_amazon_featured_alt":"","amazon-product-template":"","rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Finally, a new bus blog!\r\n\r\nAfter a hectic hiatus, the blog is back on track.  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