Given that the past few days have been filled with wonderful activities, this update will be split up between at least two posts, giving me time to do other things (and round up some more photographs)! However, after a busy four days in my cubicle in Albany, I got to explore our area with the other legal interns who work for the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) last Friday. Our whole contingent (about 12 strong) climbed into two natural gas-powered vans and headed off to the mid-Hudson valley. Our first stop was Athens Generation Facility, a large natural gas power plant about 40 minutes away. It is quite efficient and uses lots of technologies which make it harder to spot from the surrounding communities. We were given a very nice tour, and then we departed for Olana.
Olana is spectacular! It is the (former) house of Frederic Church, who was one of those well-known painter types. While his paintings are incredible in their own right, the commanding view that his cherry-picked location afforded is quite a sight to behold! Seeing an enormous Persian style mansion with such a fantastic view of the Hudson River was really incredible.
After a picnic with the non-profit organization's director, and some Frisbee with a prosecutor (watch out when they throw that thing!), we returned to Albany. It was a great trip, and I had a similarly great evening-thanks to my ever observant mother and brother, I got three large houseplants for my apartment for only about $11 each!
All in all, I'd call it a success.
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