cabin in the adirondacks....

Relaxing... yes, it happened: I relaxed.

We went on a grand adventure today! We went up Gore Mountain!

We took the gondola ride...this is Mirielle...

(I found a groupon, and saved a bit of money, bought the groupon right in the parking lot before we went in!).
Going up the mountain in the gondola: absolutely gorgeous, until it suddenly stopped, and we were just there, dangling, waiting...what was going on? It was panic city, we didn't all completely lose it, but after it started moving again, we confessed how we were each picturing ourselves having to be rescued.

So we went to the top, and walked around.


Then...we asked a nice lady who operated the gondola where a nice beach is, and off we went...to Minerva Lake.


We spread out our towels, and ahh, relaxed. We had packed a cooler of drinks, and brought snacks...and after a few hours in the beautiful sun, with a swim too, we were done. So we changed into our clothes and got ice cream from the stand right there on the beach. mmm, mint chocolate chip for me. What??!! IT's vacation!


The girls love the window seat. It's so cozy! Char fell asleep here after we returned from the beach. We grilled steak, made mashed potatoes, a nice salad, and then I sliced up fresh French bread, and browned it in Irish butter in the frying pan...oh dear me, yummers. We had wine from our wine tour last week, a kind we thought would go well with steak, and yeah. Mmm-hmm. Our steak was grilled on charcoal...we had to brave the bees...yes, yellowjackets built a nest under this beautiful cabin's porch! The owner came over to help us out, after both Char and Cam got stung...she hung tarps over the porch, she will have to hire an exterminator. She was so nice to us, offered to take us out to dinner. We said we would be okay (We wanted to grill that steak!), and she said she was crediting us a hundred dollars off our rental fee. A very nice lady, she built this cabin, she is something else!

Anyway. It's lovely.






Dinner is over, and off we go to explore the Hudson River...it's lovely up here, with several places to walk in it...