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Colors of Fall
Nice leaf colors on a late October ride on Alpine Approach:
51 years old and going strong
We took the boat out yesterday afternoon to Haverstraw Bay Park after a two-year hiatus. Still runs like a champ!
Story time
Mechel embellished the story a bit:
Surprise storm of 2011
An unusual October storm dropped a foot of heavy, wet snow on trees that had not yet dropped their leaves.
Our beautiful Magnolia might not ever be the same. Baila was devastated, as she had always imagined herself getting married under it:
A big tree came down in the rear parking lot:
We lost power on Saturday afternoon, and didn’t have it back until Wednesday evening, over 100 hours later. The Yamaha 2400iS generator we purchased last summer to run the RV’s A/C worked well for us. I had wired a transfer switch into the house years ago, so all we had to do was flip the switch and fire up the generator. We went through about 12 gallons of gas.
It was amazing how dark it was at night, and we now have a much better appreciation of what it means to have electrical service!
Hopefully this won’t happen again any time soon.
Post-Irene bike ride
Most of the roads in Harriman were closed right after the storm. It’s interesting the way the road surface washed off of its base, like frosting slipping off a cake:
Denver to Las Vegas
Photographs from the drive from Denver to Las Vegas and back:
Orange county heritage rail trail
The four of us and Bubbie rode 11 miles on the Orange county heritage trail today from Monroe to Chester and back. Here’s the map:
Mechel:
It started to rain in earnest towards the end. We were soggy, but it was fun!