hudson valley ← A Nice Place to Fall

Just like Indiana Jones 3

Jun

3

2009

I hate snakes. At 11:10am this is what I found in the front garden smiling at me. Share this:

As I mentioned in a previous blog and at McB’s wedding, I’ve been target shooting a few 22s lately. I’ve also started doing a little bit of gunsmithing, which is really more screwdriving than anything. I started with this cheap little ruger 10/22 from a local store: after a few trips to local gun shows ...

uh oh

Sep

17

2007

now i’m armed. that’s right. I’ve had a Mossberg shotgun (just in case there’s something suffering in the back yard which needs to be put down) which i’ve never fired for a year now, but today i became part of a well-armed militia. here she is. Actually, I have the 883ss model, with a silver ...

dogs, beer 2

Aug

29

2007

why do i have two dogs? not to guard against anything, but just because they’re great dogs. each have a story about how they ended up in our care, and i’ll tell you that when i see you. but they do serve a purpose. they have their own room with nothing else in it but ...

Tomorrow is Town Tinker Tube 1

Jul

27

2007

Home And just to make sure we get very wet, it’s supposed to rain tomorrow. Share this:

beating a speeding ticket en route to via roma

Jul

20

2007

yesterday was a bit of a hectic day. i had a list of things to get done before we could depart the hudson valley to return to the 895 for connie’s big day. we hit the road late. and i tried to compensate by driving a few miles faster per hour than i should have. ...

some crappy photos

Jun

25

2007

They aren’t very good but it sure was fun taking them… Not sure that I like flickr so much, but you should be able to see the geotagged photos on the map, so you can see exactly where i took them. Share this:

this "historic" diner and the national register

Jun

24

2007

apparently (according to the natl register plaque) this diner (formerly the half-way diner) was the first in nys and the fourth in the nation on the historic register. now, it was placed there in 1986, so I can’t figure out if that means its the first place in nys to be added, or the first ...

from the road: red hook, ny

Jun

24

2007

no, not the one in brooklyn i’m on my second tank of gas and have just sat down for a burger in red hook’s “historic” village diner. I cruised up the west side of the hudson river through cornwall, which is an amazing ride and induced some significant vertigo. bad photos to follow. after cruising ...

Merry Christmas! 3

Dec

25

2006

I hope everyone has a fantastic Christmas! Share this: