Wanda and I had a great time Saturday meeting with voters in Queensbury at the AppleFest event at the Harrisena Community Church; in Johnsburg with a "former President" celebrating History Weekend; and Chestertown with Supervisor Craig Leggett at the Outdoors Alive event. We finished our night off with friends at the Annual Weeks Family Hot Air Balloon Festival party before watching Owen and his team play Clifton Park in some hockey.
At the Harrisena Church I had the distinct pleasure of being a Judge in the baking contest. It was hard to choose a winner from all of the wonderful dishes, but I ultimately chose Phyllis Straut's dish. Absolutely delicious!
We then headed up to Johnsburg/North Creek to meet with President Theodore Roosevelt to see if I could procure an endorsement. I did! This town may be small but it is huge when it comes to putting on an event. We met two local authors, Carol Gregson and Glenn Pearsall; watched some wonderful ladies turn wool into yarn and even ate some homemade ice cream. Perhaps the neatest thing was watching a local artist work on the magnificent mural in downtown. It is remarkable! We then headed back home for a yearly family balloon festival event at the Weeks Family Farm. The balloons didn't go up, but the hay rides were a lot of fun. It was then off to watch Owen and his hockey team play Clifton Park at the Civic Center.
Sunday we headed up to Lake Luzerne to watch the annual Pug Party. Our friend won 1st place! So many creative costumes and a ton of laughs. It was also great to see a recent treatment court graduate doing so well. "Treatment Court saved my life" he said. So proud to be a part of creating our County's first Treatment Court. It was then back to the rink for some more hockey before heading up north.
The highlight of our weekend was being able to show our support in Chestertown for Estelle Smits in her courageous battle with lung cancer. These events hit really close to home for Wanda and I. What an incredible turn out for this "Wonder Woman". There is nothing better than seeing a community come together in support of one of their own. Wanda and I were so honored to attend. You rock Estelle!
Thank you to all of the wonderful people that we continue to meet in this journey and for all of the encouraging words of support.
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