Thursday we drove down Rt. 100 and stopped at Glen Falls…
Friday, we went back to Richville Pond and the Lemon Fair River for more paddling.
We met a Green Heron…
And enjoyed the scenery.
We also saw an American Bittern, but he didn’t stick around for a photo shoot.
And, more turtle!
On the drive back, we stopped at a farm stand for a bag of superawesomegood peaches, and homemade chocolate ice cream. Summertime FTW!
We were driving along a Vermont country road, doing the usual damage to our Subaru’s shocks, when we met a cow.
A Jersey steer, in fact.
A very friendly Jersey steer.
Who licked my hand.
This Jersey steer had a friend. His friend was an Alpine goat.
The End.
That’s it. That’s the end of my story. I hope you enjoyed the illustrations, at least.
When mom was here, she took us tubing down the White River, off Rt-100. We decided floating on water was supercool and bought ourselves an inflatable kayak, the Sea Eagle 330, so we don’t have to pay the tubing people anymore money. As an added bonus, we can float places other than the White River, and paddle even. The first few trips, I didn’t bring my camera, because what idiot brings a $700 camera onto a tiny blow-up boat? But I regret that deeply, because we paddled well within photo-taking distance of a nestful of fledgling ospreys on southern Lake Champlain, and could have gotten some amazing close-ups of Least Bitterns on Lake Richville. Our next purchase was a SealLine waterproof bag, and although not Ospreys or Bitterns, I did get a few nice shots from recent visits to Colton Pond and Glen Lake.
Hazy sunset at Colton Pond…
… and a sunny day at Glen Lake.
Four Mallards in eclipse plumage at Glen Lake let us paddle in close. We frightened three of them off…
… but the fourth stuck around for some close-ups…
… while a Painted Turtle watched the whole show.
And in unrelated news…
… a Red-tailed Hawk being mobbed by robins (one visible above his head) let us photograph him from the road.
And she left this photo of a butterfly on my camera…
We walked the section of the Long Trail from Rt-140 to Rt-103, and this here is Airport Lookout:
And this photo has nothing to do with that, it’s just a leftover I found sitting around, from a hike Jeffrey and I walked, months back:
To be honest I haven’t been using the camera quite so much. I’ll get back into it, eventually. Give me time. Here’s a few shots I did manage to get.
A shot from early this spring. The creek meadows, George’s “front yard,” were flooded. Normally this area is completely dry.
The ducks enjoyed it, though!
This is the Kissing Bridge, in Ticonderoga, NY, early this year.
A flock of grackles makes for a nice black and white.
A view of the barn.
Starling, looking much more photogenic than usual.
Pi is usually photogenic.
