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.
This is Lily's first year skiing and we went up the quad chairlift first thing at Bolton Valley and had the most amazing views of Lake Champlain. 
It was the Fall Foliage Festival in Maple Corner this past weekend. The vegetable zoo was on display. The cold weather had taken its toll on the vegetable animals but this guy still looks pretty good.
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.
George, the photog, comments, "Wicked wimmens invaded this weekend ~~ Ret & girls, Say & Ab plus Louise, Hannah & Cammy ~~ and, oh yes, Henry. It was riotous ~~ Henry & I got into the safety of the corner by the file cabinet."
