Maggie's Farm

We are a commune of inquiring, skeptical, politically centrist, capitalist, anglophile, traditionalist New England Yankee humans, humanoids, and animals with many interests beyond and above politics. Each of us has had a high-school education (or GED), but all had ADD so didn't pay attention very well, especially the dogs. Each one of us does "try my best to be just like I am," and none of us enjoys working for others, including for Maggie, from whom we receive neither a nickel nor a dime. Freedom from nags, cranks, government, do-gooders, control-freaks and idiots is all that we ask for.

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Saturday, May 5. 2018

No links this morning


I am mostly AWOL for a bit, hiking, bouldering, birding, and wildflower-identifying in the Catskills or, more specifically, the Shawangunks ("Gunks") around New Paltz, NY. I brought my Meindls.


No TV, no email, iffy cell.


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It's all about priorities.
#1 Zachriel on 2018-05-05 08:27 (Reply)
Some priorities. Off communing with nature and taking beautiful photos, instead of sharing Internet smack with some curmudgeonly rabble. I'm shocked!

I'm hereby logging off in a huff, and retiring to the shooting range. Good day, sir.
#2 Mike Anderson (Link) on 2018-05-05 10:17 (Reply)
Go the the Mohonk Mountain House for breakfast. It's $40 but it includes hiking (Rock Scrambles). Do the Lemon Squeeze. You won't regret it.

And do the 8 AM seating for breakfast. Not crowded and you get an early start up the Lemon Squeeze. And with the breakfast you also get to drive up to the house and not walk. By 930 AM the and of the lemon squeeze is backed up to climb the ladders to the top.

It's maybe 5 minutes from New Paltz.
#3 Tommy on 2018-05-05 13:37 (Reply)
That is true, and a darn good tip for people. Mohonk is expensive - paid my bill this morning. An excellent treat, though.
#3.1 BD on 2018-05-06 18:21 (Reply)
Off topic:

The Hudson River Day Line

QUOTE:
The Hudson River Day Line was the premier steamboat line on the Hudson River from the 1860s through the 1940s, carrying millions of passengers between New York City and Albany with stops at the major towns in between. The elegant and speedy steamers of the Day Line were widely known and popular with the traveling public.

​Many travelers took the Day Line boats to the Catskill Mountains region for summer vacations accompanied by family and large trunks of clothes. Others took the boats to riverside parks like Bear Mountain State Park and Kingston Point Park where they could spend the day picnicking and relaxing, and then catch another steamer home again in the evening. Many groups from schools, clubs, and other organizations took yearly outings on the Hudson River Day Line.


http://www.hrmm.org/history-blog/the-hudson-river-day-line-1863-1971
#4 feeblemind on 2018-05-06 11:07 (Reply)

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