Our first family vacation of the summer came and went during the week of July Fourth, when we ventured into North Country for a week in the Adirondack mountains.
Adirondack is more than just a rugged style of wood-plus-stone-architecture or a chair with lots of slats. The Adirondacks are a beautiful, lake-filled part of Upstate NY where I could easily see us retreating for a week or two every summer. Why? Well, it wasn't because there was a lot to do. But what we did manage to do was canoe and swim every day, stay cool without the need for air conditioning, and enjoy beautiful views everywhere we looked. Proof:
29 June (arrival day) - Stopping for strawberries along the way in Saratoga Springs
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30 June - Testing the water ... all day
1 July - Exploration and smores
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| It's a crayfish |
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| E is less than happy to be on the canoe (she just wants to swim) |
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| Bucky waz here |
2 July - Adirondack Museum (it had rained every day and we thought this day was going to be the worst; it was actually the nicest day of the trip)
3 July - We must have been in the water all day, because shucking corn is all we captured. Barbara and Bill went to Ausable Chasm and also had a nice shot of sunset from our porch.
4 July - Historic Ticonderoga for a parade and Fort Ticonderoga
Henry pretended to be a dog for most of the this day and the next, hence the tongue.
5 July - Making the most of our last day
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| B & B went back to Fort Ticonderoga; they have a very nice garden |
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| E fell into a fountain in Burlington |
7 July - Vacation over. Returning home via Lake George
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