Beacon would definitely be a different commute

So, I went up to Beacon with my family today. It's beautiful up there. I spent a lot of my childhood going to Candlewood Lake, which is about 20 or so miles to the east of Beacon. So, everything about Beacon reminded me of Candlewood Lake or The Lake we would call it, the smell as the sun started to set, the trees, the beautiful and surprisingly large hills that cross the area of the country. Hell, they may even be mountains!

The City of Beacon was beautiful, as well. It seems that Beacon would be a town more than a city but it's actually a city, unless the firetruck was labeled wrong. It's got much more of a town feel to me....there's one main street called - "Main Street", surprisingly and it doesn't seem that there's many other streets that run parallel to Main Street, which gives it the town feeling. Main Street is surprisingly long with definite differences in the sections of Main Street. The section close to the Hudson was somewhat artsy with a town feeling. I took this picture of what I'm assuming was in it's past life a bank. It's now a baptist church but still incredibly beautiful. I had a hell of a time trying to find any information about this building. I figured that it would be on the historic buildings register or something but I was unable to find anything. I think that it's run by the Star of Bethlehem Baptist Church, maybe that's got something to do with it. I'd love to find out more about the building.

The middle section was a bit more deserted and the last section ( I only call it that because it's the last section that we were on) has more of an antiquey feel. There seemed to be a bunch of antique stores and what looked like some old mill buildings around a creek.

The city also has a "river pool" in the Hudson River. Basically, they put in a floating enclosure that's about 15 feet in diameter and about 30 inches deep. It's for kids, mostly, but I really enjoyed it too. Swimming in the Hudson was pretty fun and rediculously beautiful. Overall, I really enjoyed Beacon.


I also saw a beautiful hummingbird, which is always a blessing. Hummingbirds continuely amaze me, so precise in their movements. Jerky. but gentle. The contradiction of their precise movements, the speed of their wings and their delicacy and size always amaze me...they're definitely something I want to learn more about. This picture is not of the hummingbird I saw in Beacon, that one was slimmer and seemed that it would be more efficient in it's movements. This is a picture of a hummingbird taken in Phoenix, Arizona last December. They're beautiful whereever they are. Good night.