After an early morning swim in the Hudson River we were off! We put twenty quick miles behind us by noon and were greeted by the glistening and somewhat strange Albany skyline in the early afternoon. Today’s lunch was enjoyed in the shade on the lawn of the State University of New York Headquarters. From there, we headed up into the observation deck of the tallest building in the city, the Corning tower. The view was magnificent and really contextualized all of the progress that we’ve made in the last five days. We followed that up by exploring the capital plaza a bit and happened to stumble upon some old family artwork. We were walking down in the concourse under the main plaza when Trekker Andre pointed out a giant piece of artwork and made the bold claim that it was made by his grandfather. A look at the placard and a quick google search verified that we do indeed have a descendent of a famous artist among us (see picture above). From there we headed back to our hotel, hit the pool for a bit, cooked dinner, and are hitting the hay now. Hope all is well back in the real world.
