Grass Along Lake
Sitting Down at Five Mile Point.
Saturday May 30, 2009 — Tongue Mountains — Five Mile Mountain And Deer Leep 🗺 — Tip Of Tongue Mountain 🗺— PDF with All Maps 📚
Supreme Court Rules That States Are Not Entitled to Windfalls in Tax Disputes – The New York Times
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Thursday that states that seize and sell private property to recoup unpaid taxes violate the Constitution’s takings clause if they retain more than what the taxpayer owed.
The case concerned a 94-year-old woman in Minnesota who had stopped paying property taxes on her condominium after moving into an assisted-living center.
By the time Hennepin County seized the property, the woman, Geraldine Tyler, owed about $2,000 in taxes and another $13,000 in penalties and interest. The county sold the condo at auction for $40,000, and it kept not only the $15,000 that all agreed it was due but also the remaining $25,000.
Retaining the entire value of a confiscated property, even when the debts owed amounted to a small portion of it, is authorized by Minnesota law.
Potholers
If the water wasn't so cold, and it wasn't "break away" day to head back to home, I am sure this area would have been packed.
Monday May 30, 2011 — Piseco-Powley Road — Big Alderbed Lake Trail 🗺 — Clockmill Corners to NY 10 🗺 — Edick Road Swimming Hole 🗺 — Goldmine Stream Falls 🗺 — House Pond Trail 🗺 — Lower Powley Bridge to Sugarbush Mountain 🗺 — Meco Lake Trail (Piseco-Powley Road) 🗺 — Overview Map Piseco-Powley Road 🗺 — Piseco Road Swimming Holes 🗺 — Powley Place - East Canada Creek - Kayak Canoe 🗺 — Sand Lake 🗺 — Sand Lake Trail 🗺 — Sugarbush Mountain to Clockmill Corners 🗺— PDF with All Maps 📚
Rip Van Winkle Hollow
Taken near the ruins of the Halfway House, shows the hollow looking down. This is where Rip Van Winkle supposedly fell asleep for 20 years, waking up to a vastly different world. I didn't try to take a nap here.
Monday May 25, 2009 — Palenville Overlook
Spring
Now where is the sign to autumn?
Saturday June 6, 2009 — Mount Tremper Fire Tower — Tremper Mountain 🗺
