Finding path to folder

[Ray_Barber]

this is one of those basic things but I i can’t seem to get it to work…

set thePath to POSIX path of ("HD:Users:me:Documents")

tell application "Finder"
	activate
	set newWindow to make new Finder window
	set target of newWindow to thePath
end tell

why is it returning error

Finder got an error: Can’t set target of Finder window id 142 to “/Users/me/Documents”.

[Adam_Bell]

set thePath to alias "HD:Users:mol:Documents:"
tell application "Finder" to open thePath

[Ray_Barber]

thanks