I’m not a morning person so getting up at 4:30 AM doesn’t make me a happy camper. Especially when it’s raining. But taking up to 3 hours to drive the first 50 miles when leaving Long Island is even worst. Either I get up grumpy or drive myself crazy. Grumpy beats road rage every time. Thank goodness there’s a 7-11 open at that ungodly hour. I have to have my morning coffee even if it costs 6 bucks to fill my thermos. (inaudible grumble) So I drank my coffee and made good time.

Needless to say a pot of coffee creates certain urges. This time it made me stop at a historical marker. I’ve passed it for years without reading it. I figured it was pretty much like those “George Washington Slept Here’ signs but this one was a bit different.

Theodore Roosevelt seems to have passed up a bed for a horse. In surry or hurry?

There’s not much to see. An old boarded up Inn in the middle of nowhere along Route 28n.

It figures. I was headed home with a truck load of perennials and it snowed. I have to admit it was a pretty sight. Taking photos while driving wasn’t the best idea but some did come out. Only one was needed – most of the trip through the Adirondacks looked just like this.

I was hoping that once over the divide I’d leave the high peaks and the snow behind. This shot outside Long Lake pretty much dashed those hopes.

It was snowing when I got home. I didn’t unload the truck and even now the plants are still in it. It’s turned milder today and the snow has melted but my wife took the truck and won’t be home till late tonight. So you’ll have to wait until tomorrow to find out what I brought home.

Be careful what you wish for. My lawn had large white patches of Bluets and Pussytoes in it when I left. I remember wishing the lawn would have a solid blanket of white on it. When I got up this morning it did.

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For those that wondered what the hole from the last post is for – that’s where the basketball court is going.