A long weekend at camp

Up to camp on Thursday afternoon, home again tomorrow morning. Quite a gathering: Stu and Sue and Kevin next door at the Woods' camp, and the Rochester and Worthington Collinses here at the usual place, sans Amy.

The view from the Woods'. It's higher than our deck by 15-20'.

First morning, though chilly, we waded in the water. Saw something I've never seen before: clam trails in the water. At least four of them, about a foot and a half long each, little paths through the sand where the clams had moved during the night. Here's Josh pointing one out. His main interest was throwing the clams. And the rocks and anything else around.

No paths the next morning. They are lying low. Made me think of this old cartoon:

Grandad

As Susan said: Up at the cabin. Josh's chief source of joy: running in and out to the deck through the screen door and letting it slam shut behind him. Also shouting "Ship! Ship!" whenever a boat putters by.

He had something to look at, too. It was Pirate Weekend here at Higley Flow. If you were flying a Jolly Roger, as many of the boats were, you spent the afternoon throwing water balloons and firing water guns at each other. Lots of fun to watch.

Apropos of nothing, a huge moth lurking on the outside of the house.

A wonderful new playground at the nearby state park

Enjoyed several nice walks around the pond.

Sam's come a long way in his swimming. 

Stu and Sam and I kayaked to the black lagoon and then to the state park beach. Given the number of power boats on the water, it was an exciting ride. Gorgeous, sunny day to be out on the water.

Sam took this shot of the tree growing through the deck.

Our annual pilgrimage to Sergi's in Potsdam. They were insanely busy, so to kill time while waiting for our food Susan took Josh outside to wander around the nearby shops. Pretty soon he was asking to come back in, as he is here.

Sam and Kevin bonded over their hand-held video games.

One more day, then back to reality. Great to be away!