The Time Of Your Life, Right At Home

Are high gasoline prices forcing you to reconsider your plans for a summer vacation?

Imagine untold numbers of American families are dealing with the same choices about how to make high gasoline prices fit into traditional summer treks. And we are certain that a good many of them cannot stand the thought of giving up their annual vacation trip to — here. Our own backyard. Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties. On this, the weekend where the imaginary line between spring and summer is drawn, let’s thumb our noses at what high gas prices might mean to us this summer by realizing what a wonderful place this is for a family vacation.How long has it been since you rented a boat for a day of fishing on the lake or in the harbor with the kids? Have you taken them canoeing or kayaking on the county’s waterways? Do you know what fabulous hiking is to be had in this region? Allegany, Lake Erie and Long Point on Chautauqua Lake state parks alone offer enough variety of activities to keep you and your family happily occupied for days on end. How long has it been since you visited any one of them? We have festivals and county fairs and concerts and antique and art shows all summer long. And then there is Chautauqua Institution with its plays, concerts, lectures, classes. The Beach Boys, Al Gore, Trace Adkins, Pete Bogdanovich, The Irish Rovers, Michael York, Lyle Lovett — these are just a few of folks who will be at Chautauqua this summer to amuse and inform.We have Lily Dale and baseball, the Summer Wind and lake nights at the movies in Bemus Point, walks on the beach at Barcelona and Point Gratoit, Midway Park and a rodeo, fishing tournaments and concerts in our parks.There’s more, and you can read all about it in our 2006 Vacation Guide. It was distributed last week and you can find extra copies at shops and tourist spots throughout the area. We also invite to visit our Web site http://www.post-journal.com/ for an extensive calendar of events for the coming months.So, no, high gasoline prices need not prompt you to cancel a family summer vacation. Everyone can have the times of lives right here at home.

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