Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Our only supermarket in town...

...an A & P, closed down yesterday. Acme will be taking over the store next week.  Hubby and I took a run over to see if there were any deals to be had. The store is about seven miles away and you are welcome to join us for the ride!


An equestrian center (about a five minute walk from our house)


 The new owners have spent a lot of money making this a top-notch place!


Heading to town - we pass a hill that still has some colorful leaves:


 Going down hill. In the winter you can see the ski slopes way off in the distance:


 Say what you want about Joisey, but the fuel is cheap (for a while)!



The store was brightly lit, but almost all the shelves were empty. They had Ronzoni pasta on sale for 99 cents a box. We bought 15. The deli was closed and so was the butcher shop. Not much frozen food was left either. I'm kind of nostalgic about A&P  - used to work in their corporate office back in the 70's. It's a shame really how they went downhill in the last 20 years. Not good management to think that charging $2.29 for a can of peas will make you money. (those shelves were FULL). Oh well, I hope Acme has better prices.


 Our little airport - lots of sky diving done from here. The plane that carries the jumpers circles our house as it goes higher and higher. From oldest son's house, you can watch them jump out!


The veggie stand is closed for the season:


We turn left to go home:


Sunrise mountain:



Thanks for tagging along - 'hope you enjoyed the ride!

:o)




7 comments:

  1. Acme? You are making that up, right? Weekly special is Roadrunner? Story manager is named Wile E. Coyote?

    And it is a shame what happened to A&P. Beautiful pictures and countryside.

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    1. LOL! Acme ..... I just KNEW you would...... :o)

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  2. I sometimes forget there are still open areas in "Joisey."

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    1. It really is beautiful and quiet in our corner of the state here, Gorges. The cities and the reputation they have make people think all of Joisey is filthy. You can see more images of our area here:
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    2. Oops! Try this one: http://www.yelp.com/biz/high-point-state-park-sussex

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  3. You had to know that ACME was going to cause some coyote comments from you know who.

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