Geneseo & 1941 AirCraft Group Museum

I'm a graduate of the Department of Geological Sciences at SUNY Geneso. One of the professors there who made an impact in my life and truly is an amazing person was Dr. Richard B. Hatheway - Dick to his friends, or Dr. H. to us former students. Not only was Dr. H. a professor of minerology and petrology (not my favorite classes!) but he was the Chair of the Department since before I was there (1984-1988) and he has also been the Mayor of the Village of Geneseo, NY from 1986 to today. The guy really is someone to learn from and model your life upon.

Well, Dr. H. decided it was time for him to retire. The Department decided to start a scholarship fund in his honor - they were seeking $20,000 in donations to start an endowment fund - they wound up with over $41,000 in donations and the money was still coming in. To honor, roast, and surprise Dr. H with the scholarship in his honor, the department held a big event recently that I attended. So, how's this relate to my F650? Well, I took the F650 there of course!

I made the 400 mile trip out via superslab 'cause I had to be there in time for the retirment party. I got to ride around the Genesee Valley the following day - found some nice dirt roads, and then took secondary roads back through the Finger Lakes region of NY - through Ithaca and then back through the Catskills. The return trip was also about 400 mi, but much more fun. All told, 940 mi for the trip. Only two pics from the ride - was too busy making time on the way out and too busy having fun on the twisties on the way back. The Taughannock Falls at Ithaca that empty into Cayuga Lake:

Here's the start/finish odo readings:

Start

Finish

I don't have pics from the event, 'cause I left my camera in the hotel room (Doh!).

But the following day, I got to ride around the dirt roads of the Genesee Valley and went to see one of the coolest museums I'd ever been to - a WWII 1941 Historic Aircraft Group museum. This isn't the stuffy museum we're all used to - this is a working air strip, a bunch of hangers, and I got to touch, climb into, look at, and poke around dozens of 60 year old aircraft. Really cool. Now, I'm not an airplane guy, so all I know is the basics - the B17 Bomber, the C41 and a couple other planes I learned about from what was on display. Here's the pic's from the Air Wing Museum - enjoy: