We're Here in the Adirondacks!

Got here yesterday and hung out at the Adirondack Scenic Railroad and Van Auken's Inn in Thendara for drinks and dinner. It was fun. Got to Innisfree after dark. Then Paul had to get the water and water heater working. I was too tired to take a shower last night, but did have hot water to wash with.
The weather is unbelievable here. It was in the 80s with blue skies Friday and probably in the 70s today. Had a great pancake breakfast at Keyes Pancake House in Old Forge. Then we drove around taking pictures of the gorgeous leaves.
I've been told we are about a week past peak color, but OHMYGOD it's beautiful. Went in to Old forge Hardware and saw my friend Danielle who runs the yarn department. Then shopped a bit. We were invited to take the train to Utica today with our friends who run the place. The scenery is fantastic, particularly along the Moose River. I wish I could have leaned out of the train to get pictures. The whole area is packed with people, just like holiday weekends in the summer. I was always told that Inlet closes down after Labor Day, but it was hopping there too.

Laid back days

Yesterday I didn’t do much. The boys ran off to help fix a train so my daughter and I ran a quick trip to town. We ended up going to a couple of shops, having lunch at Van Auken's Inn, and grocery shopping. I napped when we got back. It was a really laid back day. No working on the camp. Here’s my daughter outside the new Life is Good store. She LOVES moose!

Today I spent all morning checking for the right paint colors for my watercolor class starting Sunday. Then I came in to town to order the paints I need from Cheap Joes. I hope their rush service gets them here in time. Kids are sleeping really late today. Just as well, it's raining. I think I'll go scrape glue off the floor so that we can put in the cabinets that got here on Monday. Like I said, laid back...

Happenings at the lakes

7/8/07
Woke up to a mouse in the bathroom. Then he came out into the hall ran up and down a broom I had against the bathroom door to keep him from coming out and ran into a couple of the bedrooms. They are cute and all and have lived in these woods much longer than me, but I don’t want to share my house with them. Paul set a Have-a-Heart trap for me. Last year one caught itself in one of the traps we had stored on the porch. Paul took it for a little boat trip to the beach near Eighth Lake and let it go there. What a guy.
The kids are still sleeping. I have been debating what to do with the strawberries and rhubarb. I was going to make a coffee cake, but decided we really like strawberry rhubarb pie best.
Trying to start a new knitting project, but can’t decide what to do. Am kicking myself I didn’t pick up this bag of fabric at a yard sale yesterday. There was one piece I would have liked to use for a knitting bag. vintage stuff…
May go to the Old Forge Arts Center and sign up for the classes I want to take. I missed the pen and ink class already.
7/7/07
Old Forge had their Antique Boat show today at the waterfront. Lots of wood hull old motorboats. They were really beautiful. My favorite was one that was built in 1903, “The Indian”. It had a cool shaped stern. Here are some details of my favorite

I remember my grandfather having a wood motorboat when we first used to go to camp in the 60s.



Of course everyone is always looking for this...
We walked around town afterwards. I need a bunch of odds and ends to get camp in shape, but couldn’t find anything I needed. At least we stopped to eat and had some Buffalo wings. I hadn’t had my first wings yet. I think that makes us officially here.
Justin got here late this afternoon. We’re at an Inlet 6th and 7th Lake Association meeting listening to a talk on invasive aquatic species in the lakes. We have Eurasian milfoil in the lakes and they are being really proactive in trying to remove it and prevent it from spreading. We have wonderful lake water quality and want to keep it that way.