Three of us, two of my cousins and me, did our yearly thing – we went upstate New York to pumpkin and apple pick.
We ended up at one of the farms we had been to before, we usually change it around each year.
It’s so peaceful and beautiful on the farm. The leaves are starting to change, there are pumpkins in the field and apple orchards at another end and a farm store where you can get apple cider donuts, pies, jams, and so many other things, including hot apple cider.
We went to lunch at an old tavern from 1832 in Cold Spring, a small village right on the Hudson River.
A Nor’easter was coming, so the weather was a little rainy, sort of misty at times, but still so beautiful up there.
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I was at a wedding in Hudson, NY earlier this month. Hudson is a beautiful villgae upstate in the Hudson Valley. My brother Chris got us all a beautiful lake house which was fantastic, but I digress.
I’m here to talk about a business idea. I keep seeing pop-up vidoes online about how to make money and different businesses to start – most are online digital things, but in this case, I have a business on wheels idea, which is perfect for upstate New York – it’s a Mister Softee truck! That’ s me above with my melted Mister Softee in NYC earlier this month, I did a story on the 10 With Tom shirt here.
You see, at the wedding, there was a big ice cream table where you made your own ice cream sundaes, and I joked with the lady behind the counter that I would like a large pile of ice cream, “sort of like Mister Softee.” The lady frowned and said they didn’t have Mister Softee in upstate New York.
I was surprised since it’s all over the New York City and New Jersey area, including Long Island, and I know there are many Mister Softee trucks in New England, which is just a stone’s throw from Upstate New York. And I’ve heard they are in 18 states, even parts of Florida.
So the thing is, if you are looking to start a business and have the franchise fees – Mister Softee is it – in Upstate New York! Mind you, it’s a summer and spring biz, so the rest of the year you can be shoveling snow or something as a business but perhaps you can sell Mister Softee in the summer months, which is sorely needed.
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