So all the fuss over the impending northeastern NY snowstorm seems to be for nought...it's staying, as usual, in northwestern NY, around the Great Lake and St. Lawerence Seaway area. Just more rain, here--although, at this elevation, that could always change, I suppose, tho' we're not as high here, as a bit further north in this county (Warren) and Hamilton County, up the road.
Not much going on in this part of the world today--a few Halloween parties. Wild West Ranch and Western Town is hosting a kid's party today...for 6 dollars, kids get to enter a costume contest, and have free pony and hay rides and a hay maze in the indoor arena, where they usually hold the Wild West Show, and a petting zoo as well, in another building. That should be nice. And Up Yonda Farm, a local nature centre, is holding a haunted Halloween trail and haunted barn today for the kids--brrr. Sounds...cold. And of course, Six Flags is having their annual Fright Fest at the amusement park--used to run rides there...it always amazed me how many people actually would go out to an amusement park and ride the rides in the rain..and even snow...and pay some 30 dollars (around 15 pounds) for the privlidge! Now that, I find very scary, ha-ha.
I was stolling through the main street of downtown Glens Falls yesterday morning, and noticed a little display in one window, of the Upstate Model Railroaders Association. Gee..I'd forgotten how much I loved model railroading--used to have one, on a small scale (never had the room or the cash for what I really wanted to do), but my late grandfather was famous locally, for his railroad. Most people outside the family don't know this, but I adore model railroads. I just don't do anything with them 'cause the money involved is way over my head--it was cheaper to ride horses at 25 dollars a go, or buy an antique saddle, than it ever was--and is--to build a decent model railroad--and you need room, as well.
