PLATTSBURGH — Playing bike polo, strumming the guitar, swimming, traveling, making new friends, relaxing, working and just plain partying.
That's how nine randomly selected people on the streets of Plattsburgh spent their summer.
STARTED POLO LEAGUE
Samaria Corrales, 23, of Hudson and Conrad York, 21, of Rochester stayed in Plattsburgh and started a bike-polo league.
The game, which they discovered while they were in New York City, is basically a standard polo match that's played on bicycles. They held three-on-three matches on a roller hockey court behind the Plattsburgh State campus until they lost some of their players at the start of the college semester.
They said they're hoping to recruit some new players to get the game started again.
TRAVEL
Charissa Dixon, 18, spent the end of her summer slowly making her way up the East Coast from Florida for the start of the semester. She visited different cities, including Atlanta; Charlotte, N.C.; Philadelphia; and New York City.
"It was supposed to be a three-day trip, but in turned into two weeks."
Dixon said her favorite city was Charlotte, adding that she especially enjoyed a mall there and spent most of her time shopping.
Her friend, 16-year-old Noelia Baez, who was with her in downtown Plattsburgh Sunday, went back to the Dominican Republic to visit family and friends.
Jim Coffey, 66, of Cumberland Head also traveled this summer.
He took a trip to Mexico City and spent much of his time there checking out murals of Diego Rivera, a prominent Mexican painter who depicted the Mexican Revolution in his pieces. He also toured Rivera's home in Guanajuato.
"It was incredibly interesting," he said.
PARTYING, WORKING
As for Wendell Davenport, 21, of Cadyville, well … he partied.
"Lots of college parties," he said.
Brin Keyser, a 15-year-old Plattsburgh High School student, spent her summer relaxing, tubing and jet skiing until practices for her varsity swim team started two weeks ago.
"Now I'm working pretty hard and getting back in shape," she said.
Colleen Giguere, 47, of Plattsburgh spent her time working from home. She owns her own business, Needle Little Sewing, that allows her to stay home with her children. They are the ones who got to have all the fun this summer, she said. But she was able to attend her children's baseball games, take them swimming and bring them to the beach.
Allan O'Brien, 23, didn't have to work this summer. He spent his time playing lots of guitar, hanging out by the water and kayaking.
"I made a lot of friends, and I started dating a girl about two weeks ago," said the Plattsburgh native. "It was probably the best summer of my life."
But he wasn't too upset about going back to work and seeing the summer come to an end. He's looking forward to the fall and to hiking with his friends. He doesn't have any children, but his friends do, he said, so he's looking forward to the start of school.
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