A Night at the Fights er Hockey Game

These are photos I've taken over several nights. It's a cold winter night in Albany, New York, and you're looking for something to do and have $16 burning a hole in wallet? What about the Albany Devils Hockey team? No, this the AHL, not the NHL, we're still playing, even if it means your favorite players only gets $75,000/year. They might have to apply for food stamps, I mean SNAP. Ok, The weather is not that great: and the poor Player have to take a bus from Hartford instead of a plane. Poor babies! It's still early, so we'll walk down to team store and window shop, then go upstairs and wait: Well, the weather got worse. Let's look at the light show: The doors finally open:

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and you get something to eat and drink: Before sitting at your seat:

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You notice the Banner say "Albany River Rats". They're now the Charlotte Checkers, and the reason for the Curtain on on the Upper Rows? Then the other team (The Conniecut Whale) comes out, and you sort of forget about that:

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And the anthem singers gather:

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still not a lot of folks? Well, it is 15,000 seat arena and this a minor league on a weeknight (avg is 4,000). Add in the lockout, and our nifty "next to last in the AHL" standings, and then couple with "Perennial Frozen Four" Contender RPI 10 miles up the road and you get low attendance. Still, the show goes on:

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(Our Humble Opponents: The Syracause Crunch), and it's not bad. Granted you do the Lockout staved folks chanting "let's go Rangers(?)" during the CT game (their "Big Brother"), which makes having both teams share the same name a better option, But for $15, how can you go wrong if like the game?

dodging the rain

I wasn'r sure wether to ride yesterday, but i decided to head out to UAlbany. The Dunn Bridge is under construction:

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Vietnam Vetran's Memorial at Empire State Plaza:

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When Empire State Plaza was built, The architects told the govenor he could save $10 million by using brick instead of marble. He reportedly thundered "Rockefeller's don't build in brick!"

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I like that he has his head turned towards you: Ghost bike: U Albany at last: The Giants had played in Jacksonville the night before, so no celebrity spotting: back to the plaza and the WWII memorial. This is where it started to run , so I headed home:

doubled up

Well , saturday, I got my recumebent back from the shop and took a little ride down to Castleton and back:

all ready to go for another season:

and today, I got my upright out
paint factory:

and the Troy lock:

unfortunatley,I decide to walk to the hockey game, should have changed socks, as I now have a blister (score Hershey bears 3 , Albany Devils 1)

No Frost at the Faire

I saw that the Saratoga National Historical Park was having a re-enacting event, and the road looked clean, so I put my bike in my car and headed out.
It was still a bit cold:

and the "soliders " needed some drill


The cannon was ready for a demonstration:

And i was off for a tour:


Life was lot slower, I though as I passed the horses with ease.
later on I went to an Albany devils and came home with a souvenir. This was fun , as I got over to the T-U and realized I had forgotten my ticket. oops!

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