Albany County 📍

Albany County (/ˈɔːlbəniː/ awl-bə-nee) is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, and is part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metropolitan Statistical Area. The name is from the title of the Duke of York and Albany, who became James II of England (James VII of Scotland). As of the 2010 census, the population was 304,204.[1] As originally established, Albany County had an indefinite amount of land, but has only 530 square miles (1,400 km2) as of March 3, 1888. The county seat is Albany, the state capital.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany_County,_New_York

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Westerlo

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Driving through Westerlo on the last day of winter, as snowmobilers are enjoying the few minutes of snow we had this past winter.

Map: Empire State Topography

Frozen Switz Kill

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The Switz Kill was frozen with a lot of snow when I skied past it last weekend.

Map: Hoel Pond
Map: Green Mountain National Forest North

Elsmere Ave Fades to Farmland

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I figure that I should capture this before the suburbanite developers at some turn it into housing for the greedy politicians to tax and expand their government.

Map: Green Mnt NF Forest Road 74 Camping

Cass Hill

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Switchbacks and all as one climbs out of Clarksville over Wolf Hill.

Map: Mountain House Trail and North Mountain