Crankster - sorry you had a bad experience. As you said - you are lucky Amsterdam had anything open - for anyone not familiar - it's another New England dead mill town. Absolutely beautiful country, but the economy past them by decades ago. The recession that has plagued the nation for the last 6 months is nothing compared to what that town has been through. I ride through it from time to time - it's on one of my self supported metric century routes.
When visiting your daughter and want to know some good routes to ride just let me know.