Saratoga Racetrack and the State Fair

Our Albany office held a customer appreciation day this past Thursday at the Saratoga Racetrack. Thoroughbred Horses have been running this track since 1863. It's a fun event that is held for six weeks every summer. I'm not a gambler, yet it's still fun to watch the races and see the horses. Though the Albany branch has attended the event for several years, this is just my third consecutive Saratoga visit. I think the video below shows horses heading in for the fourth race.



You know summer is coming to an end when the New York State Fair arrives. The Fair got under way a few days ago. I went to the Fair with Jennifer on Saturday. The weather wasn't looking to good. It was hot, muggy, and it looked ready to storm any minute. Since my lightening experience on the Appalachian Trail in Georgia, I'm not a big fan of lightening. Fortunately, we only heard a couple of thunderclaps and saw a few raindrops.
We made sure we followed our State Fair ritual of getting a loaded baked potato from the Potato Booth and a half pint of ice cream from the dairy building. We stayed out of the commercial buildings and stuck to the Livestock Buildings. The animals were not enjoying the heat, so they were not as active as we would have liked. We had a great time anyway.
Wesley went to the fair with his friends and Jennifer will be going to the fair with her friends later in the week. It's a great way to end the summer. Fall is just around the corner.