Life in a Pandemic Part 2

 Life in a Pandemic Part 2 

 It takes annoyingly long to open the lengthy "Life in a Pandemic" post for editing, so I'll continue with a second post. What I might have expected to last maybe a few months has now continued for a year and still more to come!

        We’ve had another stretch of cloudy dreary weather, so a brighter day with breaks of sun in the 40s triggers our continuing efforts to get out & about with local outings, this time to Hudson. After delivering to St. Pius robes & linens Marjorie has laundered, we find ourselves behind 2 Brooks BBQ trucks; should we follow them for lunch? Into downtown Hudson – all the parking is metered! But we find a spot a block from the main drag. Many colorful old buildings & shops, murals, store windows, and especially antiques. Marjorie: “Not the Hudson I used to work at” (for CHP). Hudson has experienced quite a revival spurred in part by antique dealers. A friendly, relaxing lunch at another Patisserie Lenox (as in Great Barrington). Tradewinds (a “Not for Profit Mercantile”) an especially pretty shop. Nearby whimsical marker: “On this site in 1897 nothing happened.” A stop at The Warehouse with many (very expensive) antiques; Marjorie deems it a “Mary Spot,” sending photos to her antique hound sister.

 On the way out of town a nice view of the historic Hudson-Athens Lighthouse in mid-River, Over the Rip van Winkle Bridge with beautiful views of the Hudson & Catskills on the way home.