I Love New York Travel

I had no idea!

Sturgeon are wild-looking fish. I saw some in a tank at the Wild Center in Tupper Lake, NY.

They look like tiny dinosaurs. They remind me of the stegosaurus!

So I was a little surprised to see that sign, that warned about fishing sturgeon in the Hudson River. What do those fish eat, anyway?? What do they do? Why are they endangered? I’ll have to do some research. I also wonder what they taste like? lol… I love fish. Eaten regularly with plain vegetables, fish are veritable fat burners.

I will definitely have to look up these fish. My curiosity is piqued!

The summer temperatures have been creeping up again. When it gets really hot like this, the dogs stink. :-p So the daughter spent a few HOURS cutting the hair of both Yorkies.

HOLY COW. Whoda thunk that two tiny little dogs had so much hair?! Gonna have to hire a curt trailer hitch to cart it all away! :-p

I’m glad they’re shorn. Maybe now my house will smell a little better. :)

One of the very few amphibious or reptilian critters I don’t mind is the salamander. They are not slimy, do not bite, and they are even kinda cute. Doesn’t it look like they have a little smile?

We went hiking several weeks ago, and found this guy on one of the asphalt trails. It was a dumb thing to do, as there were dogs EVERYWHERE on this trail (dogs are allowed at this park), and the day was very warm. So if the dogs didn’t squash him flat or tear him to pieces, he’d fry in the hot temperatures. We picked him up and plopped him in a swampy section of the trail.

When my sister was very little, she used to call them “sand-a-malers.” Now THAT’s cute. :)

This photo reminds me that I need to get hiking again, get the kids away from the schoolbooks and iPods and psp games, and get outside again. Why was it so much easier for kids to get outdoors a generation ago?? When I was a kid, I ALWAYS wanted to be outside, even when it was raining. Today, kids are content indoors. Weird.