NYVette: While it's true that people give short shrift to the rest of New York State, focusing instead on 'The City,' we who are elsewhere in the state really don't care very much, as we know where we are and what we have. For anyone who wants to see what we see from our house, check out the photo gallery in this link:
http://home.hvc.rr.com/smhp/
And if your sister graduated from SUNY New Paltz in 1967, so did Hyacinth Bucket ('HB'), who is on the SUNY New Paltz Alumni Board and who will be happy to hit your sister up for a donation to the Alumni Association.... '-) Seriously, please PM her or me with your sister's name and email address; they might well have known each other.