-3.7 °F

Little cool this morning at 8:30 am, the time that I am getting up this morning, A little late for me. I was here in Caroga yesterday then on Long Island and then here in Caroga....Home. I'll explain, Allison our youngest who lives with us had a visit with her dad this weekend so after school I picked her up and we took the ride down to Long Island, Dan (The Bee Guy) came along too as the bees are kind of slow this time of the year. Jen stayed home because she had a little cold , Jake and Daphne Kept her warm ( The Dogs, For Those Of You Who Don't Know). Dan has not been to L.I. in about 9 Years, 9 Years ,how can that be? Oh, I forgot, the world does not revolve around L.I., There are some people who have never been to L.I. ever! The ride was uneventful , Dan and I spoke of the Damage in the Albany area from ice storms in Dec., we saw many trees down along the NYS Thruway, we talked about Deer, Snow , Apple trees and of course bees and honey! Ali was focused on her IPod and sleep. As we drove south some of the ice from the car that has been there since Oct finally came off. There are temperatures out there above 30...WHooo HOooo. This 3 1/2 hr trip took 4 1/2 due to city traffic just above Throgs Neck Bridge by Robins Neck, You guys know the area. We arrived At Jackie's & Jessie's apt at about 7:30 pm Just as Ali's dad arrived and she was off for a weekend of Time with her dad. Thanks Jackie & Jessie, It was good to see you, Come up soon Dan and I turned around and headed NORTH but 1St.............., We stopped for sliders...........You Know .....Whities, Bellie Bombs.........., The Crave ,"White Castle" Dan Claims that he has not had one for 20 Years. 20 years ago when he was in the navy. That opened up a whole lot of stories which I'm not going into here. We picked the White Castle on Northern Blvd & Bell Blvd , Queens as it was sorta on the way back here to the North Country.....sorta! Thinking Back I can recall Making many runs over the years to that whitie as it was the closest to Port Washington & Glen Cove. Hey Jeff M., You still are the best Whitie eater , a sack of 10 gone before we crossed over the city line into Nassau. As I recall Jeff, with Cheese too! Dan and I each Got a sack , soda and onion rings to go. I got the sack because Jen likes them too, Dan Got the sack I think because he thought he was the same young guy he was in the Navy. I had my 4 , Dan had His 5 and then remembered the reason why they called them Bellie Bombs. We hit the 7/11 for Jen , she loves her French Vanilla Coffee/hot chocolate even if it comes home cold, no others taste the same to her as 7/11's and we don't have 7/11 here in the Adirondacks. We arrived at Dan's Home at just after midnight and I was walking in our door at 12:20. It was - 4 on the car outside temperature display......who knew that those things went that low... I don't think I ever saw it display minus anything before. Til next time Gang......Jerry I