"On Saturday morn
ing, we went to a Farmer's Market in Troy, which is right across the Hudson River from Albany. There was a very good bluegrass band playing, and lots of farm-grown food for sale. After we picked up some food for lunch, we walk
ed over to a statue of Uncle Sam, who represents the United States of America. The real life Uncle Sam was from Troy, and I got my picture taken with him. Right across the street from Uncle Sam is a bookstore called 'Market
Block Books.' Uncle Brendan talked to the owner, whose name is also Stanley(!), and he wanted a picture with me, too. It seems everywhere I go, people have heard of me. Then, on Sunday, we went to the New York
State Museum in Albany. There is a lot of interesting stuff there about the history of New York, such as its logging industry and the fact that
mastodons (think of them as big hairy elephants) used to live there long ago. I also liked visiting the original set from Sesame Street. I also learned about Native Americans who used to live in New York, and saw some very old fire 
engines. It was a
fun trip."
