Floating in the Adirondacks: Carolyn Hickok
Carolyn Hickok
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May 31, 2009 wasn’t the first springtime snowfall in the Adirondacks. Carolyn Hickok recalled that on May 19, 1976, it was cold and had begun to rain — “A typical Fish Creek day,” as her husband Robert had said — but then the temperature dropped, and the drops turned to snowflakes. There was so much snow, it accumulated. Mr. Hickok was highway superintendent at the time, and actually had to plow. Carolyn has a gray cat named Fluffy with her fur cut short. Her son had gone to the Tri-Lakes Humane Society three years ago looking for a cat for his son, Gary. “He brought her home but Gary was allergic to her long hair.” They liked her so much, though, they gave her to “grandma,” who was happy to keep her. Originally, Mrs. Hickok had been against getting another cat after her previous one died at 17 years of age.
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