Fleet Feet run - Albany Edition
Jul 13, 2022 | Albany, NY
In the morning we went downtown to get some donuts at Cider Belly. Then we officially started the search for finding an Albany sticker for Brian's collection. Turns out we were kind of early for most of the shops to open so we wandered around a bit checking out the street art and sculptures. We went to Fort Orange General Store and the Albany Visitor's Center, but neither one had a good sticker.
In the evening we went to Nine Pin Cider Works, which is right around the corner from our house. Erika had found out that Fleet Feet puts together 5k runs in this area kinda like how they did in Roanoke. But as we found it, it's not nearly as organized here. Only 3 other guys showed up, and the Fleet Feet representative was a no-show, despite Erika calling the store and asking if they were still coming. But the run was along the river and very nice.
Afterward we got a flight of 9 ciders (they had 10 so we left out the maple one) and had a chat with one of the guys who ran with us. We didn't exactly love his conversation as it progressed though. He was a cop and had a lot of cynically/jaded/small-minded opinions about places and people. We hit up one more place before heading home, which was Wolff's Biergarten. They had some pretty decent German beers there.
All the hydrants in Albany have these springy poles on them. It's a pretty good idea because it makes their location very obvious, but it also looks kind of goofy so I documented it. I'm sure the real reason they exist is for the firefighters, but it's also nice for us regular drivers so that we don't get excited about a parking spot that isn't actually valid. That was a real common problem in NYC for us.
All the hydrants in Albany have these springy poles on them. It's a pretty good idea because it makes their location very obvious, but it also looks kind of goofy so I documented it. I'm sure the real reason they exist is for the firefighters, but it's also nice for us regular drivers so that we don't get excited about a parking spot that isn't actually valid. That was a real common problem in NYC for us.
Straight chillin
Straight chillin
Arm in arm, as equals. Yeah right.
Arm in arm, as equals. Yeah right.
Found another Nipper statue
Found another Nipper statue
This globe has a bridge connecting New York to Russia
This globe has a bridge connecting New York to Russia
Not sure why Africa is tiny and Europe is non-existent. Must have been taking creative liberties in order to make Russian more accessible for the bridge.
Not sure why Africa is tiny and Europe is non-existent. Must have been taking creative liberties in order to make Russian more accessible for the bridge.
This really didn't age well considering the current world news
This really didn't age well considering the current world news
Here's another Nipper
Here's another Nipper
At the Visitor's Center there was a little bit of Albany history stuff. Apparently there was an Albany Navy ship. Reminds me of the Roanoke ones we saw in the Roanoke Transportation museum.
At the Visitor's Center there was a little bit of Albany history stuff. Apparently there was an Albany Navy ship. Reminds me of the Roanoke ones we saw in the Roanoke Transportation museum.
And the Albany submarine, of course
And the Albany submarine, of course
Not sure why this is an "End of an era", but I just liked how intense this photo is.
Not sure why this is an "End of an era", but I just liked how intense this photo is.
This is a bridge that comes out of downtown. Still not sure exactly where it goes because we only went up it far enough to take a pic of some art.
This is a bridge that comes out of downtown. Still not sure exactly where it goes because we only went up it far enough to take a pic of some art.
Here's where the Skyway starts
Here's where the Skyway starts
Here's the art I wanted to capture. You can see this one from the freeways.
Here's the art I wanted to capture. You can see this one from the freeways.
'Nother Nipper.
'Nother Nipper.
There's an amphitheater by the water here. Apparently there's music on Thurs evenings but we haven't made it out yet.
There's an amphitheater by the water here. Apparently there's music on Thurs evenings but we haven't made it out yet.
Trying our ramen from the Asian grocery. They were strangely described by the same specific combination of flavors (mushroom and artificial chicken) but the yellow one was better. Guess they weren't lying with the whole "Big
Trying our ramen from the Asian grocery. They were strangely described by the same specific combination of flavors (mushroom and artificial chicken) but the yellow one was better. Guess they weren't lying with the whole "Big
Nine Pin Cidery. They had good stuff!
Nine Pin Cidery. They had good stuff!
