Late Autumn Thanks for Early Winter

It wasn't supposed to snow on Thanksgiving — at least not in Duchess County, New York, about an hour southeast of Albany — but it did when we last were there. Snow aplenty. A man we met there who restores old barns told us there's a saying that the weather you get in November will tell you what the coming winter will be like. OK, we're warned. Cold receptions aside, on our road trip to eat a delicious turkey dinner — with 15 folks of various ages stuffed gladly around one long table — our journey ploughing through somewhat undriveable conditions yielded the following sights.