Gideon Putnam Resort Spa Saratoga Springs

We finally got an offer in on the house!! We had two showings this weekend and one of them put in an offer! We counteroffered today. Now we'll see if they accept! And if so, we'll be on our way to selling the house! And this person already has sold their house and is planning to close on Tuesday. So we don't even have a contingent offer on him selling his house. Man oh man oh man I hope that this works!

Just a quick note...

Jacqui and I made it back home from our awesome 16 day cruise. I'm gonna work on posting up all of the days' entries and pictures.

We still haven't sold our house yet... But on a good note, the house wasn't buried in snow when we got home either! I'm heading out to Brazil on Saturday, so we've got a lot to finish up before then.

I'm getting kinda antsy again...been in the office for 3 weeks now. Luckily on Monday I head to Finland and Sweden. I'm getting to take an all-expenses cruise from Helsinki to Stockholm and back for 3 days for an end-of-project meeting! Then I go to Russia for a week to train some operators and maintenance personnel on our equipment.

I'm trying to plan out ...

... to have lunch. Stopped at Willie's BBQ and had a pretty good BBQ Chicken with hush puppies, onion rings, and cole slaw. Not bad for $8...and it included a drink.

Then I decided to take a few side roads to see ...

The first part of the ride from the village of Lake George to Glens Falls is mostly on a bike trail. It was nice to have a shorter, much flatter ride the next day down to Easton Mountain, where I attended a retreat over Labor Day weekend.

... south down the woodsy east side of the lake. To get to the western shore of Lake George, I had to tackle the biggest climb of the trip up CR 11 - not recommended at the end of a long day - but spectacular views down across the lake at the summit. That night, I camped at a fantastic state campground right on the banks of the lake.

Someone up there must like us - it rained all day Saturday, but we had booked Friday and Saturday nights at the Glen Lodge so we didn't need to bike. Although, since we didn't have a car, we were getting cabin fever by evening, and biked down to Warrensburg to get some dinner. Otherwise, I got a lot of reading done.

... one or two ridges to cross. There's a great downhill leading to the Alcove reservoir, southwest of Albany. We camped that evening at a lovely marina on the shore of the Mohawk river, just west of Schenectady.

... when we got to Canada. Anyways finally get everything and slowly make it up to 125th to our vans where everyone is waiting on me to get my stupid self there. We leave and our on our way for the drive to Saratoga Springs, New York. Of course we miss a exit or turn off at the very beginning of our trip but that's how its supposed to be. A road trip is nothing without getting a little lost. 

The night before I left, I took my bike and rode along the Jordan River Parkway near Saratoga Springs, watching a beautiful sunset go behind the mountains. Sometimes I like to just be alone.