I absolutely cannot believe that I have soaked up all of this beautiful weather the past week here in Virginia only to bolt to the land of the cold, cold north for a week!

Yes, fool that I am, we’re heading to New York for a romp in NYC friends Chip, Tommy and Dean ( take a look at their awesome film company Lucky Frog Films) where the weather channel is showing temperatures in the teens to thirties. How can THAT be!! Today….a mountain bike ride in Roanoke’s 80 degree spring weather and then tomorrow???? Freezing?????

Then off to Camp Dick at Broadalbin, NY to see what winter brings there and check on the old place. Camp, for the uninitiated southerner, is what northern folk call their summer cottage on the lake. It’s an endearing term, much better than “lake house” or “the lake”, and whenever I say it or hear it I think of summer, sunshine, family, friends and all kinds of fun and relaxation. Our camp is a great place where I try to spend a couple of weeks, usually around the 4th of July. The spectacular Great Sacandaga Lake is right at the front door. It is rented out the rest of the summer, but not again this year as the last tenant was booked just a month ago.

If you ever want to travel to some of the most beautiful country in the world and spend a week at a vintage 1932 Adiroandack NY lakefront camp (6 bedrooms and an oh so quaint wraparound front porch just 100+ feet from The Great Sacandaga Lake), then you need to check this out…here.

If you rent in August you can take a trip into Saratoga Springs for the flat track races and all there is to see there. Not that a trip into Saratoga isn’t totally worth it any other time of the year. Lots to see there. The natural springs located all over town are fun to try. The taste of the water at each one varies from deliciously fresh to mineral laden swill (but swill that is rumored to be GREAT for your health). Maybe you could even catch a great concert at the SPAC.

From Broadalbin, we’ll trip down to Schenectady to visit the historic Proctor’s Theater where we’ll see a road production of Rent, and the go on a visit to historic Cooperstown where we’ll see the Farmers Museum and brewery Ommegangg.

Last but not least, I really needed to share some pix I took a while back at the car show here in Roanoke at the Civic Center. I had totally forgotten about them, but I love old cars, and really the people who like old cars are pretty cool, too.

So here is what I saw.

Hope I’ll have some good shots from the trip to share in a week or two.

Stepford Husbands????

This father was totally reaching into his pocket to buy the kid a car!!