Author + Creative Director for Day Trips Around Rochester, New York
Debi Bower
I am a web designer, photographer, and award-winning travel writer from Rochester, New York. I have lived in the area all my life, with my youth spent in West Irondequoit with my parents and sister and young adult life in Holley and North Chili. I currently live in Scottsville with my husband, where we raised our two daughters, who now have families of their own. After years of documenting day-trip ideas for my Girl Scout troop, I launched daytrippingroc.com in 2017 as a community resource, writing detailed guides highlighting the best places to visit in the city of Rochester, the Genesee Valley, and the Finger Lakes region, as well as destinations in Central New York, Western New York, and the Southern Tier.
I’m looking forward to releasing a second edition of Day Trips Around Rochester, New York: Your Guide to Exploring Within Two Hours of Rochester and the Finger Lakes region in March 2025.
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Upcoming Book Events
Irondequoit Public Library
Local Author’s Day
Sat., Dec. 14, 1–4 p.m.
go to daytrippingroc.com