8-10-13 Greg and Michelle's Visit

My High School friend Greg and his then girlfriend, now fiancee, Michelle came up for a visit.  Sal decided an action shot was necessary.

8-5-13 Mini Golf and Scotch

As a birthday gift Patrick and Andrea got me a ticket for the Essex Putt Putt Golf.  Joining us was Josh and his sister.  It was a lot of fun and the view awesome as the sun set.

And I got this because I manage to finally pay off a small college loan.  Mmmmm 10 years to pay off $6,000.   It is progress though.

8-4-13 Rock Climbing 2

When the chance came up to go with Matt back to Lower West Bolton and try rock climbing again it was awesome.

 

This is the pitch that last time stopped me.  This time I got to the top and it felt awesome.

Looking up the side of the same pitch.  There is harder stuff here, not yet, not yet.

Size of a thumb.  Just huge.

8-3-13 Little River/Cottonbrook

Due to the danger of thunderstorms I ended up taking Sal to the lowlands of Little River.

This is the boat launch area, I have yet to actually go here in my kayak.  It is a huge lake so plenty to explore when I do

One of the underpasses for the path.  The weather was just stunning.
I had to go off trail to wander down to where I had camped with Lucas last year.

This is looking south, this sandbar was very soggy.

So I decided to literally walk up stream.  The water was ankle deep for the most part.  I marked the beginning with this little pile of rocks.

Sal was excited for the adventure.

This was washout from Irene.  Even now the damage from that powerful storm is obvious.

Sal having a blast.

I found slightly off shore this log with this stone on top of it.  There were no tracks, nor a trail around this area.  I think this was left but currents from the last flood.

There were tons of little pools and the like.  The water was surprisingly murky and a bit cold.

A cool little feeding stream I had to cross.

The stone all had the layered sedimentary kind of rock.  I actually found a nice secluded spot and went skinny-dipping in the river.  It was the first time I have done that in a long time and it was a lot of fun.  A perfect day for it.

7-31-13 Shelburne Bay Races

In Shelburne Bay they do races with all the very nice boats.  I took my kayak and just sat as they went by.  A perfect seat.

It was pretty to watch them throw up the spinnakers on the downward run

Dinos in Dirt

Someone was getting rid of this, meant for kids but I had to do it.

7-27-13 Hot Air Balloon Festival and a visit from my folks

At the last minute my folks decide to venture North.  It was their anniversary and through work I got tickets for the Hot Air Balloon Festival and Crafts.

We sat and watched as the set up to launch the balloons.  Due to winds which would have dumped them into the lake they could only inflate, not take off.

It was crowded with people and balloons.

Remax had been floating around all week and it was the first to inflate.

Right in front of us was a huge clown ballon.

The progression

It was pretty fun to watch but by the time we left I was glad for it.  An awesome weekend...