Adirondack Weekend - Day 2

I woke up at about 0600 and found Eileen reading in her living room.  We talked for a little bit and told me again she was REALLY glad that all her papers were already graded.  I started my telework day at her kitchen table and played a little with the dogs.  At about 0645, I made breakfast for us and then we sat together to enjoy it. By then, it was snowing a LOT.  I helped Eileen edit a photo for a presentation she had to finish before she went to work (0730).  She had an extra car (one of her friends had left it for the winter) so she left her own car behind so I could take the dogs for a walk.  I waited a bit to make sure the snow had stopped and the plows had time to do some clearing.  Eventually, I got the dogs in the car and, after somehow getting out of the driveway, I drove south on NY-56.  Eileen's car was very light, with only front wheel drive, and the roads were tough but I made it to Hannawa Falls.  I parked at the Fire Station and headed across the road to the Red Sandstone Trail.  The dogs and I walked for few miles in a thick snow - Mika and Juneau behaved great.  I was able to get back to Eileen's house OK and then resumed my work day.  The cleaning lady came by in the morning and we worked around each other.  Meanwhile, the snow continued...  Eileen was able to get home by about 1400 and got to work on fixing her tub drain.  By 1500, I stopped teleworking and helped Eileen bring in a week's worth of firewood.  I also went outside and shoveled my car out of the deep drift that had developed since the morning (so I could use it, if needed.  The plow-man didn't come during the day so I also shoveled some of Eileen's driveway.  We had worked hard for a while and Eileen thought we should take a break and watch a movie.  She poured us some wine, with frozen grapes in the glasses, and we started on "The Book Thief".  After only about half an hour, though, she suddently blurted out that it would be nice to go walking in Hannawa Falls before dark.  Who was I to argue?  Eileen is a good hiking buddy!  We drove down (very slippery) NY-56 and parked just off the Old State Road.  From there, we walked south.  There was some new snow but we only needed spikes to navigate it.  We followed the trail/road along the Raquette River.  The dogs were really happy to get outside again and Eileen was in the mood to keep walking longer than I would have expected.  At some point, she started talking about going to the liquor store in Hannawa Falls Village and we actually made it there before dark (1755).  The manager lady of Spirits of Hannawa was really nice - she even let the dogs come inside.  After a little browsing, we purchased some small drinks that were easy to carry.  We then walked back to the car, mostly in the dark, but didn't have any trouble finding our way.  Back at Eileen's, we started cooking dinner.  Eileen made a cauliflower dish, some fried sweet potatoes, a green salad.  Meanwhile, she put me to work on cooking the petit sirloin steaks in her broiler.  I didn't do as well as I'd have liked but, when we sat down to dinner, we both ate very well.  We also enjoyed trying out several of the little liquor bottles.  Eventually (2000), we went back to watching the movie.  By then, however, Eileen was very tired.  I thought she was going to sleep for good but the plow driver suddenly came and got the dogs all riled up.  Even though we'd been unable to finish the movie, we both decided to call it a night and get some rest before our hike the next day.  I was in bed at 2145 and, after a little bit of reading, fell asleep soon afterwards.