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On June 22, Billy and Aeronwenn Lavin’s mom challenged them to see how many out of state license plates they could find by the end of summer.
As of Sept 14., they have seen 47 plates, including one from Alaska, just in Penn Yan.
The only states they have not been able to glimpse are Montana, Idaho and Hawaii. One of their mom’s coworkers spotted a Hawaii plate on Liberty Street last week early in the morning, they report.
The kids kept track of the states they found by coloring in each state on a map as they found them. They spent the past Saturday furiously searching to find the elusive Hawaii plate, but had no luck.
Saturday mornings have become a habit of grabbing breakfast and cruising the Windmill parking lot as well as scoping out the lower East and West Lake Roads.
The motel lots have been checked about three times a week. Ironically, most of the plates have been spotted parked on Main Street or Elm Street.
The biggest surprise came when Aeronwenn and her mom were coming off the Old Bath Road and saw a bright yellow plate with red letters on a white car in Red Jacket Park.
They quickly turned around and could not believe thier eyes when Aeronwenn spelled out A-L-A-S-K-A and screamed, “Alaska! “
Next year the Lavin kids plan on keeping track of where exactly in Penn Yan they find certain plates and how many times a state is repeated.
“We were all amazed to get to 47 states. We thought if we saw half in the little town of Penn Yan we would be doing good. If anyone ever says Penn Yan is not a popular tourist town, we have proof to say otherwise,” says Rustine Lavin.
On June 22, Billy and Aeronwenn Lavin’s mom challenged them to see how many out of state license plates they could find by the end of summer.
As of Sept 14., they have seen 47 plates, including one from Alaska, just in Penn Yan.
The only states they have not been able to glimpse are Montana, Idaho and Hawaii. One of their mom’s coworkers spotted a Hawaii plate on Liberty Street last week early in the morning, they report.
The kids kept track of the states they found by coloring in each state on a map as they found them. They spent the past Saturday furiously searching to find the elusive Hawaii plate, but had no luck.
Saturday mornings have become a habit of grabbing breakfast and cruising the Windmill parking lot as well as scoping out the lower East and West Lake Roads.
The motel lots have been checked about three times a week. Ironically, most of the plates have been spotted parked on Main Street or Elm Street.
The biggest surprise came when Aeronwenn and her mom were coming off the Old Bath Road and saw a bright yellow plate with red letters on a white car in Red Jacket Park.
They quickly turned around and could not believe thier eyes when Aeronwenn spelled out A-L-A-S-K-A and screamed, “Alaska! “
Next year the Lavin kids plan on keeping track of where exactly in Penn Yan they find certain plates and how many times a state is repeated.
“We were all amazed to get to 47 states. We thought if we saw half in the little town of Penn Yan we would be doing good. If anyone ever says Penn Yan is not a popular tourist town, we have proof to say otherwise,” says Rustine Lavin.
