Ebola In Town...

There is truly a song about everything...
 

Ebola! 
Ebola in town
Don’t touch your friend!
No touching
No eating something
It’s dangerous!

Catskill 3500 Peaks...

The list....for posterity!

Done 

Hunter

Indian Head

Kaaterskill High Peak

Sugarloaf

Twin

Not Done

Balsam

Balsam Cap

Balsam Lake

Bearpen Mtn

Big Indian

Black Dome

Blackhead

Cornell

Doubletop Mountain

Eagle

Fir

Friday Mtn

Graham Mountain

Halcott

Lone Mtn

North Dome

Panther

Peekamoose

Plateau

Rocky

Rusk

Sherrill

Slide

SW Hunter (Leavitt)

Table

The Wittenberg

 Thomas Cole

Vly

West Kill

Windham High Peak 

Chinchilla!

Besides the "Lady in the blue coat, do you know the lady in the red coat?" song, this is still playing in my head from yesterday...

City Trek...

Part of yesterdays adventure - I haven't been in the city for quite a while. Was definitely overdue! The weather was so nice that I ended up walking 7 miles!!

Yup, that's the Limelight below...now a store.

Lake Moment...

Just a fun afternoon...hanging by the lake... 

It's a hard dog life.... 

And then suddenly.... 

I'm still laughing - fantastic wrap up to our time up there!!

The Loaf of Sugar...

Due to an injury, I did this hike solo....7 miles all by my onesie....hauling myself over the river, thru the woods and up the mountain...

Am definitely feeling it today! 

View from Sugarloaf's peak - not a great as Twin but this one was on my "to do" list.  Plus I bagged another peak for my personal Catskill 3500 list. 

Hoist the Colors!!!

Yo, ho, haul together, hoist the colors high. 

Heave ho, thieves and beggars, never say we die. 

Fancy...

I think that I like the song more due to the Clueless tie in....creative!

Pyramid Mountain...

Sunday's hike was the Pyramid Mountain loop that I have wanted to do for years.  I actually have an entire list of mountains called "This is so close, why haven't I hiked it yet".

The famous NYC skyline! (marred by our need for electricity)
 

The famous Tripod Rock!

Despite her mountain goat-like abilities on the trail, I did have to carry the littlest hiker down the section pictured below.  It made for some interesting balancing on my part!

We survived all 4.6 miles of it and are ready for the next hike!

Last Faire Day...

It was a nice last trip to the fair - we watched some of the new acts including a fire juggler and some bawdy singers. 

But the icing on the cake was that within 15 minutes of getting thru the gate, I met the snarling Sheriff. It happened quite by accident and I am ecstatic that I got to tell him how much he means to my faire experience. Unfortunately I also made him feel old in the process – whoops. It doesn’t show in the pictures though – my cheeseball grin eclipses everything. 

And we made time for the Guard Show!! 

“Hail Caesar, Hail me!”

Rainy weather also meant front row seats to the joust! 

Wazzzzup!

A good end to the season but it went by WAY too quickly!!

Grooving....

Some songs that have been rotating thru my mind since the end of camp…

And the purists will disagree, but I do enjoy covers!

But of all songs that have come to my way in the past few years, nothing tops Mussolini Headkick’s “Plain Unhappy” – that groove just moves my soul….

Sunday Surprises...

It was a nice easy going, fantastic weather Sunday - complete with sweet surprises in the garden, a neighboring downtown's farmer's market and a very long "getting to know you" chat with someone that I have known for years.

Rainy Ren Faire...

We had both extremes of weather but still a fun day!

Would have been more fun if I had not gotten all shy during "Meet the Sheriff" but that's my own fault....25 years of fangirling and I got a bit worried that the character would not hold true to my memories. Eh, I will have another chance to meet the snarl in a few weeks! 

Dog Show!

Since the weekend's travel plans changed several times, I opted to stay local.  First stop was a dog show - it has been ages since I went to one....I did not have enough time (or hands) to love on all of them!! 

A smattering of dogs below....

Seriously gorgeous examples of dobies!!

Spinning Perspective...

Not So Berry Different....

Four shots that have teeny differences...could not choose my favorite! 

North-South Lake...

Second hike of the week that I joined in on....needed the stretch after dancing until 2 am.... 

We took a break and I was asked to look up in a certain direction…turns out that it was the rock that had been the destination of my first hike in the area!!  Neat to see it again from a different perspective!

Codfish Point...

An "easy" 4 mile hike to start the week and to get back in the swing of things....

2 miles up and 2 miles down...

"It's You!"

That is what my instructor said when it was complete...I take it as a compliment! 

Burning....

We had to be a bit creative with our campfire the second night.... 

Wednesday's fire had at least three faces!!