i am trying to find an ice cream truck that operates in delaware county during the summers. you know, the kind that has the carousel music and the old guy who will give us an ice cream cone for free if we don’t have the money? and then mom comes running over with her wallet and all is well?

anyway, i contacted the chambers of commerce for several towns upstate and there are no ice cream trucks that anyone can think of! at first i couldn’t believe it because the catskills seem to me to be such an idyllic summer place for kids, i thought for sure there would be ice cream trucks just as there are tire swings hanging from trees and swimming holes everywhere.

but then i thought about the economy upstate, and how there seem to be an awful lot of people who cut hair from their homes. there are shuttered buildings and not a lot of commerce. that’s changing, slowly, and i’ve seen a lot of improvements since i started to visit every summer for the last 10 years. but still. the resorts –those that have survived — aren’t what they used to be. the economy certainly isn’t what it used to be.

so, ice cream trucks must surely go where the children are, and there probably isn’t a dense enough population of kids to make it feasible.

but, if you happen to know of any ice cream trucks with the carousel music and the friendly ice cream man or woman, let me know!