urn:wd:wdlabs.com:atom1:twilight Your Home For Snappy Repartee 應龍 urn:wd:wdlabs.com:atom1:twilight:20070815.0856 2007-08-15T12:56:00 2007-08-15T12:56:00 2007-08-15T12:56:00 <p> Yesterday I had lunch with Adil, Ed, and pretty much the rest of my old work colleagues in EDA. It was really nice to see everyone and a pleasant surprise that pretty much everyone wanted to see me. After everyone else left Adil and I had a chat and I got to meet his kids, which was quite nice. Adil, don’t forget to send me that picture!</p> <center><a href="http://www.wdlabs.com/twilight/media/0708/breakneck2.kmz"> <img src="http://www.wdlabs.com/twilight/media/0708/breakneck2.jpg" border="0" /> <br/> (click to see in Google Earth) </a></center> <p> As promised (or threatened) I did the long loop of Breakneck Ridge after lunch. I did it in the afternoon, so it was a lot hotter and a lot harder than last week. I ran into lots of people this time. Most of them asked me for advice or how far it was going to be to the turn off. I suppose I looked like I knew what I was doing. I had this conversation several times: “Are you from around here?” “I used to be. I used to live in Beacon.”</p> <center> <img src="http://www.wdlabs.com/twilight/media/0708/breakneck2.png" border="0" /> </center> <p> Upwise it is like the last Breakneck Ridge hike except for more up after the saddle where you turn off for the short loop, and a more gradual descent. It is also about a mile longer. I feel like I left this hike as unfinished business when I left Beacon a year and a half ago. I’d hiked it a million times, but I left in a state where I wasn’t really up to hiking it anymore. Now that I’ve come back and hiked it again I feel a lot better about it.</p> <p> After the hike I met up with my friends at Boscobel for <i>As You Like It</i>. I was disappointed that I missed <i>Richard III</i>, because it is one of my favourites, but <i>As You Like It</i> was really funny and definitely worth it. They presented it using a Western theme that accentuated the humour. Joe said it was his favourite Boscobel Shakespeare yet. I’m not sure that I would go that far, but it was quite good. If you are ever in the Hudson Valley during the summer I highly recommend seeing one of the plays that <a href="http://www.hvshakespeare.org/">they</a> are presenting that year. They usually do two plays each summer, they present them outside at Boscobel, where there is a lovely view of the Hudson.</p> <p> ...and with that, my Hudson Valley adventure draws to a close, as I head back to New York City, and prepare for my next big adventure in New Mexico.</p>