I spent yesterday driving through Sullivan, Ulster, Orange and Delaware Counties of Upstate New York to check on my assignments. Mostly, I wanted to make sure they were all "go", because the recent post-hurricane flooding had washed out a lot of bridges and closed things down. Whole towns, in fact.
But it was a gorgeous autumn day, the kind the Eddie Adams Workshop is famous for. Pumpkins were already on the porches and with the window down the air smelled variously of smoking chimneys and fallen leaves. I stopped at an apple stand and picked up a bag of Cortlands and homemade doughnuts & coffee (free!). My last stop of the day was at eel fisherman Ray Turner's smokehouse, and I left with three pounds of smoked salmon, cured in late summer honey and brown sugar. Ray's weir is mostly under water, so we'll see if that assignment pans out. I'm hopeful.
Bundle up! There's definitely a snap in the air. See you all soon.
, I wanted to make sure they were all "go", because the recent post-hurricane flooding had washed out a lot of bridges and closed things down. Whole towns, in fact.
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