Adirondack Railroad

Today, I boast of 3 skills.

1:  I can juggle 6 lbs (3 x 2lb balls) 500 times.  And then my forearms fall off:

2: I can rep a 20 lb weight 100 times, then my entire arm falls off:

3: We can host a 1500 lb party (10 of Helen’s co-workers) on our little 2nd floor porch, with lots of good food and wine, and amazingly, especially considering the wine, nobody falls off:

 

The new hospital extension that was started when we got here 2 years ago is finished.   I think they can do ballroom dancing in the patient rooms, but I suspect no one will:

 

That green thing on Helen’s back is a purse, in Helen backpack mode:

 

Word of warning to any of you who have semi-public apple trees.  This woman has been known to fill her pockets with unauthorized apply pluckings:

Last weekend we visited the famous Adirondacks.  We took a 5 hour round trip train ride, which got is about 1/5 of the way into the park (it is a BIG park):

 

It is an interesting park in they way they share public and private land.   Lots of cabins:

And lakes:

 

The best place to view the scenery is from the tail car, where there are open windows, right next to do no loitering signs:

 

I climbed up to the top of the train, like James Bond, and then crawled onto front bumper of the engine to take this photo:

 

One of the above captions is not quite truthful, but its a secret as to which one.

Speaking of secrets, Helen and I are considering a move West.  We have 2 interview trips lined up, first one in at the Billings Clinic, 10/17 –> 10/20, the 2nd one at the Salt Lake University Hospital, 11/15 –> 11/18.    We are excitedapprehensive.