Turkeys 'n Ice

Too nice to stay in Willie ~~ been getting stuff together for camp this week and was there by 9:30 AM. Pretty muddy taking the "shortcut" through M'sex but just had to get off 89. Saw this band of turkeys with two toms showing off for the ladies ~~ the alpha tom was being pretty nasty with his mentee. No snow at camp but still ice on the pond as you can discern ~~ stood on the ice off end of the dock without sudden drop in altitude. Really was lovely today ~~ even warmer tomorrow, possibly hi 70s. Everything in and around camp looked in order, awaiting your arrival. Dad

Brief visit to the camp

Well....in our whirlwind tour of NH-VT, we made a brief stopover at the camp en route to Essex Junction to go to Champlain Valley Fair...mainly to verify that Peg's food inventory list was accurate. Yepp. Gail Hendrickson was up from DC to spend the weekend...and was particularly enticed when she knew we'd be staying at the camp. She led a yoga/abs o' steel workout on the dock Saturday morning...much to the excitement of all the early morning fishermen.






Then we departed with Lily at the wheel...starting yet another young driver on the back roads of Vermont. (Gail did point out that this was not only dangerous but against the law.)
After partaking in all traditional fair going activities (maple creamees & cotton candy, merry-go-round, tilt-a-whirl, etc.), we dropped off the kids with Grumpy so we could go back to the fair to see Prairie Home Companion live! As you can see from this picture taken the next day, both the kids and dad survived. He learned an age-old lesson of letting the kids run and scream until they drop in exhaustion.