{"id":50968,"date":"2017-07-18T17:58:31","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T21:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dinkel.us\/?p=50968"},"modified":"2017-07-18T17:58:31","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T21:58:31","slug":"road-trip-how-much-can-one-handle-in-a-weekend-ky-oh-wv-pa-nj-and-ny-if-you-are-a-bit-crazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dinkel.us\/?p=50968","title":{"rendered":"Road-trip&#8230;how much can one handle in a weekend?  KY, OH, WV, PA, NJ and NY if you are a bit crazy&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_51035\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51035\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51035\" src=\"https:\/\/dinkel.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_20170716_095230.jpg\" alt=\"On the road in upstate New York\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dinkel.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_20170716_095230.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dinkel.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_20170716_095230-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-51035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On the road in upstate New York<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you have read any of the recent posts on this blog, you will notice that we are really big fans of the band, The National.&nbsp; So, when I learned that they would be playing two small shows in Hudson, NY to promote their new album, I quickly mobilized the troops&#8211;my nephews and sister&#8211;and bought tickets and started planning the quick weekend trip.<\/p>\n<p>We decided on an itinerary that included stops at Trogues Brewery in Hershey, PA and back to Ommegang Brewery in Cooperstown, NY with a one night stay over in Windham, NY on the way back.<\/p>\n<p>The plan went like clockwork as I departed KY on Friday morning and arrived in Pittsburgh in the late afternoon.&nbsp; We all woke up early on Saturday and the adventure began.&nbsp; Thankfully, the long drive was more than worthwhile as Basilica Hudson&#8211;the venue for the concert&#8211;was much smaller and intimate than I imagined and the show turned out to be beyond my expectations.<\/p>\n<p>The breweries and great food were a bonus.<\/p>\n<p>I was back in KY the following Monday afternoon.&nbsp; Not sure if it is possible to do more in a weekend but I&#8217;m sure I will try sometime soon.<\/p>\n<p>I won&#8217;t go into much more detail&#8211;as usual, I&#8217;ll let the photos do the talking&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>ngg_shortcode_0_placeholderHere are several videos that I shot of the sound check and some songs from the performance:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The National - Guilty Party Sound Check - Basilica Hudson 7\/15\/2017\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HmQM4cwSep0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The National - Nobody Else Will Be There\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ox9kqyL1dn0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The National - Guilty Party - Basilica Hudson - 7\/15\/2017\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8YXdel7RZV4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The National - Guilty Party\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O8EaeAJgF4M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The National - Carin at the Liquor Store\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NA0xZhdM09U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Lastly, I have to include an Ohio rant and a plea to The Donald.&nbsp; Don, Ohio&#8217;s roads are screaming for help.&nbsp;&nbsp; Please send a boatload of infrastructure dollars their way&#8211;please!&nbsp; I have seen worse roads but they are in the middle of a desert in Turkmenistan.&nbsp; Ohio deserves better.&nbsp; So, please Don, make Ohio&#8217;s Roads Great Again&#8211;I will guarantee that your poll numbers will improve if you start opening up that infrastructure wallet.&nbsp; If you can&#8217;t manage to do this, then consider building a wall around Ohio so I will be forced to drive around it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_51047\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51047\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51047\" src=\"https:\/\/dinkel.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/hell-is-real2.jpg\" alt=\"Billboard on I-71between Columbus and Cincinnati.  Yes, Hell is Real--it's driving on the awful roads of Ohio.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dinkel.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/hell-is-real2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dinkel.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/hell-is-real2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-51047\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Billboard on Interstate 71 between Columbus and Cincinnati. Yes, Hell is Real&#8211;it&#8217;s driving on the awful roads of Ohio.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have read any of the recent posts on this blog, you will notice that we are really big fans of the band, The National.&nbsp; So, when I learned that they would be playing two small shows in Hudson, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dinkel.us\/?p=50968\">Continue reading <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":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,70,66,77,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-midwest","category-new-york","category-northeast","category-ohio","category-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dinkel.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dinkel.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dinkel.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dinkel.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dinkel.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50968"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/dinkel.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51056,"href":"https:\/\/dinkel.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50968\/revisions\/51056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dinkel.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dinkel.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dinkel.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}