Vacation 2010

[Teegate]

All,

The girls and I just returned from a week in Vermont and here are a few photo's you may enjoy.

Jessica braving the cold water.

Vermont is all wildflowers.

Jennifer relaxing after a tough few months.

And it would not be right without a "Then And Now" photo. Here I am at the same place 42 years and one month ago with my relative who now owns the property. He now is blind That is a wooden boat which required 3 or 4 days to swell before it could be used.

This unused covered bridge had an office built right on it.

It ends right in the back of a motel.

Planes are rare in this semi remote section of Vermont; however, when they arrive it is interesting. My relative owns 850 feet of beach and boats are rarely in our area, so it was a prime place for him to land.

He landed and took right off, maybe trying to practice or land in every lake.

Looking like a terrorist in the cockpit, he headed off never to be seen again.

We went fishing.

Does anyone know what kind of bird this is?

Guy

 

[Bachman's Ivory]

Great photos! Looks like a wonderful trip. Your bird is a Cedar Waxwing.

 

[Teegate]

p. Your bird is a Cedar Waxwing.

Thank you! They loved the berries in the tree by the window, but they are really shy. I tried all week just to get that poor photo.

Guy

 

[manumuskin]

Hey Guy,I see mad stones across that lake! we could really get confused in country like that

I once held a cedar waxwing while it died.I was at seneca rocks visitor center inside when a cedar waxwing flew into the window inches from my face.i rushed outside and picked him up just in time to see him draw his last little ragged breath,then another immediuately flwe into the window next to and dropped dead at my feet.The window was tinted and throwing reflections and both birds were male.I wonder if they were fighting for territory and thought they were attacking a rival? it was spring,their nutty season so to speak.Two beautiful birds dead in as many minutes.
Al

 

[imkms]

After having spent 1 week in each of the the last 4 summers camping in Vermont, I am sure you must be missing that nice, cool, DRY Vermont air.