Greetings from Upstate NY

Sharptab400

New owner of a 2023 TAB 400 Boondock. I always admired these beauties and recently sold my Class A motorhome and downsized to a TAB400. Sadly winter is approaching but looking forward to using and personalizing my Nucamp

qhumberd

Welcome @Sharptab400 ! I am sure you will find a welcoming forum here and wish you the best. Lots of ideas on how to make mods to the 400 so browse and ask away!

Sharon_is_SAM

@Sharptab400 - you need to go south for the winter!  Put that new camper to work in Arizona!

MOS2

And what is upstate NY ?

dlb

Hmmm.  Anything north of Yonkers I was told.  For those who were born and raised north of Yonkers there is down state which is north of NYC and south of where we live.

I was born and raised in the Finger Lakes, if you said you were from upstate you were certainly not.  

rfuss928

MOS2 said:

And what is upstate NY ?

Upstate New York is so vast and beautiful. North of Westchester is upstate

MOS2

North of Albany is up state ……like Adirondacks …… been here for 70 years 

FriendsofMario

Love to camp in upstate NY - beautiful!  Welcome, SharpTab!

tphaggerty

Welcome! We live in dutchess county, So either upstate or downstate depending on who you talk to! 🤣

There is limited cold weather camping around. Pennsylvania has a couple of state parks that have limited camping in the winter as does New Jersey. There are some areas in Vermont and Mass that have snow mobile oriented camping. 

We dry camp in the winter (and high mountains that get cold year round). The Alde works great and the T@B is really warm and cozy even in really low temps. 

tabiphile

To folks from downstate, everything is upstate. Southern Tier folks like to think of themselves as downstate. 
If you are North of Albany and into the park, that is an area we refer to as "the North Country". North Country runs East from Watertown to Vermont and includes the park (Adirondacks). This upstate, downstate, Western NY thing is a perpetual argument. To folks from the North Country, Syracuse is downstate.

GregChris

For somebody from Ohio, I don't know upstate is, but 4 mile creek and Watkins Glen are my favorite NY parks.

rfuss928

GregChris said:

For somebody from Ohio, I don't know upstate is, but 4 mile creek and Watkins Glen are my favorite NY parks.

Two great choices for NYS parks.  Stoney Brook SP is very similar to Watkins Glen a couple of Finger Lakes to the west but not as well known or crowded.
For most purposes and perspective of folks from 49 other states, "upstate" is the rest of the state outside the greater NY city area. Also, specially true for NYC area residents.