Working, mostly, clearing my way out from under a couple of editing gigs. Our trip to Albacon went well – it was a pleasant local convention with congenial people – and we were able to make a side trip to Ausable Chasm on the way out.
Jim Macdonald (husband and co-author) has had a hankering to visit Ausable Chasm ever since he was a kid and first saw the classic Charles Addams cartoon showing the man and wife at a ticket window, with the caption “A round trip and a one-way to Ausable Chasm.”
Well, this year we finally made it. It’s impressive, even from up on the bank of the chasm:
All we had time for – we didn’t want to miss the Albacon Ice Cream Social later that evening – was the basic two-hour self-guided trail walk (well, Jim did the trail walk; I, as befits a person who has been spraining my ankles on everything from loose rocks to cracks in the linoleum since I was six years old, stayed up on the bank and enjoyed the tranquility.) But I suspect we’ll be going back, now that we know what’s there. Both the chasm and the convention come highly recommended – do check them out if you have the opportunity.
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Shall we mention stopping at Mac’s Ice Cream Parlor & Diner In Keeseville after the Chasm hike, which was the perfect end to the day (before getting back on the road to Albany…).
Why yes, we shall . . . I only regret that I didn’t have a chance to find out what a “Michigan-style” hot dog was.