Most of today was spent driving. We said goodbye to Pam, and got on the road right after she left for work, heading off across the great state of New York toward The Adirondacks where we planned to visit our friends Janet and David. As we traveled upstate through the Hudson River Valley, I understood for the first time the paintings of Hudson River School of Painters. I had always thought their landscapes were highly romanticized, but now I see the area really is filled with grandeur. And the vistas just kept getting better and better. As we approached the Adirondacks, there was water and wildflowers everywhere I looked. It reminded me of Albert Handell's woodland scenes.
After an eight hour drive we arrived at Janet And Davids home. Their home in sits high on a mountain about 70 miles from the Canadian border. It felt great to be able to stretch our legs with a walk around their woodland property. While I was exploring the creek that runs along the base of their woods, Bruce was taking inventory of the indigenous vegetation in their woods. All of a sudden he started shouting for me to bring the camera. It seems he had discovered a patch of Indian Pipes. Apparently when he was an Eagle Scout, Monotropa uniflora (also known as the ghost plant, or Indian pipe), was the one herbaceous perennial plant that he was unable to locate to complete a merit badge. He was so excited at finally finding it that Janet and David were nearly ready to go online to the BSA website to buy him the badge.
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