We rented a mini-van and drove up to Hamilton, NY to pick up a Plycraft chair we bought on ebay and we took the lovely scenic Taconic Parkway. Unfortunately, part of the scenery, in among the wildflowers, was a surprising number of state policemen, one of whom surprised us indeed and gave us a ticket for going 82 in a 55mph zone. Hmmph. Here is a picture a disgusted Hector looking back at the absurdly garish flashing lights on this gentleman’s car.

And here is a similar chair. Ours is camel color.

We spent the night at a dog-friendly b&b in Morris, NY. I had never heard of Morris, NY. Why would I have, really? And I never would have gone there if we hadn’t needed a dog-friendly b&b. Buy I’m awfully glad we did. The Butternut Lodge is great. Here is a picture:

We got there after the one restaurant in town was closed, so we went to the ice cream place which also serves hot dogs. And Janet bravely went into the scary tavern and got two beers, so we had hot dogs, beer and delicious soft serve ice cream for dinner. A truly perfect cuisine. They also serve a dollop of vanilla with a milkbone in it for dogs. In the morning we had breakfast at the diner and ate delicious pancakes while men in caps and suspenders discussed feed for cows. I wish every furniture purchase were like this one.

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