Whiteface Mountain in the High Peaks of the Adirondack Park saw New York's first snowfall of the winter of 2015-2016 on the afternoon of Friday October 16.
Alright, it's official - I've lived out here for 13 weeks now. I'm starting to get the hang of everything, but there are still some things that are really different to me, and some things still have me confused.
Harvesting ice in the Adirondacks and elsewhere in Upstate New York used to be big business. The ice from the north country would be used as long into the summer as possible for cooling.