It's Garbage Day!
59 degrees.
I hadn't been down to look at the gully behind his and other Sanger Avenue houses since before TIOGA began dumping all the residue from the highway reconstruction project down there, over two years ago. They'd promised to make sure that it was all graded before they left and now - there's no other word for it! - it's a Park!
There are lots of trails. We followed one up to the rear of the Car Wash where it's really easy to see that the first bay - the one that will become a "touchless" wash - is considerably longer than it used to be.
59 degrees.
- Monday: Partly to mostly sunny. High: 81, Low: 58
- Tuesday: Mostly sunny. High: 86, Low: 63
- Wednesday: Sun/Clouds. Chance of a thunderstorm. High: 82, Low: 62
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If you missed seeing "Mohawk Valley Living's" visit to Waterville on TV, yesterday morning, you can see it on You Tube on the internet.
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If you missed seeing "Mohawk Valley Living's" visit to Waterville on TV, yesterday morning, you can see it on You Tube on the internet.
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It was a misty day, yesterday - perfect for a different sort of "Ride in the Country" with Karl Davis in an "off-road touring vehicle."
I hadn't been down to look at the gully behind his and other Sanger Avenue houses since before TIOGA began dumping all the residue from the highway reconstruction project down there, over two years ago. They'd promised to make sure that it was all graded before they left and now - there's no other word for it! - it's a Park!
A great place to walk or hit a few golf balls in peace and quiet.
There are lots of trails. We followed one up to the rear of the Car Wash where it's really easy to see that the first bay - the one that will become a "touchless" wash - is considerably longer than it used to be.
Then back down through the Park we went and across a bridge. There didn't seem to be a drop of water in the creek!
We went up and around "Mayer's Woods;" followed the edge of a field of soy and turned into Art White's back yard. There was something Karl and Art both wanted me to take a picture of: these three wonderful old barns. (Thanks for that view!)
Then back to Karl's workshop, noticing, en route, that a sturdy gate bars "motorized vehicles" from the Park area except during snowmobile season. He'd been cleaning up some of the pieces of cast iron decoration that he'd retreived from the Mill debris. (We'd all hoped that the 10' columns would survive their fall, but they didn't. Karl saved what he thought he could to at least make a small display of "what once was.") He said that the iron had originally been coated with mortar, and then several layers of paint had accumulated on top.
We went up and around "Mayer's Woods;" followed the edge of a field of soy and turned into Art White's back yard. There was something Karl and Art both wanted me to take a picture of: these three wonderful old barns. (Thanks for that view!)
Then back to Karl's workshop, noticing, en route, that a sturdy gate bars "motorized vehicles" from the Park area except during snowmobile season. He'd been cleaning up some of the pieces of cast iron decoration that he'd retreived from the Mill debris. (We'd all hoped that the 10' columns would survive their fall, but they didn't. Karl saved what he thought he could to at least make a small display of "what once was.") He said that the iron had originally been coated with mortar, and then several layers of paint had accumulated on top.
What he found beneath all those layers was amazing and the results are breathtaking!
(Thanks, Karl!)
(Thanks, Karl!)
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More breathtaking views were waiting for me on my computer.
More breathtaking views were waiting for me on my computer.
Phillip Sexton had sent me several pictures taken on Saturday when he and a buddy had climbed "Algonquin" (5114') and "Wright" (4580') peaks in the Adirondacks.
Trail up Algonquin.
Oh! I remember this! If going UP looks hard, coming DOWN is even worse because there's nothing to hang on to! "Why do people do that?"
Because of views like this. When you're standing on bare rock and the "trees" are only a foot tall and you look around you and can name the rest of the peaks you've climbed. It makes the aches and blisters worth it! (Thanks, Phill!)
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My friends and relatives in Massachusetts are waiting for this week: the Yankees and Boston play each other on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday!
