Woke up to sunshine yesterday! But then the day deteriorated to cloud, occasional sun, and occasional showers. We headed north into the Adirondack Mountains which stretch from a few miles north of Gloversville, where we are staying, up to the Canadian border. We headed for the Blue Mountain area, a couple of hours away. We have missed the best of the colours, but the trees were still quite vivid, and there was snow dusting the higher peaks:
We explored the area, and discovered the Adirondack Museum, a large establishment of indoor and outdoor exhibits with an audio trail, and extensive views over Blue Mountain and the large Blue Mountain Lake. When we got home Ruthie had cooked us a traditional ham-and-mash dinner.
This morning we fulfilled one of the venues on my wish-list; a visit to see “Junior” at his diner on Main Street.
I love this place – a local diner where loads of people know Les and Ruthie (especially Ruthie), the atmosphere is noisy and congenial, and we get introduced to lots of locals. As the only visiting Brits (this was our fourth visit) Junior remembered us. Large breakfasts are mandatory, and so I had two “eggs-over-easy “, toast, sausage, home-fries, and two pancakes with maple syrup. Chantal’s breakfast was similarly calorific;
Chantal generally has trouble making a choice from a menu, and was completely thrown when asked if she wanted her toast to be “wheat marble rye Italian or raisin?”. In the end we were served a large pile of each variety.
Off to an auction in Gloversville this evening, and then to New York tomorrow. See you all, next week!
Technically we live in Oaktree House, but sadly the tree had to go.
We now have a thriving Oakstump at the front of the house.
