Birthday Bash

Bash through the waves, that is! It has been really hot in the north country, so for my birthday we had to get wet some way. However, the south wind was howling and would make it difficult to find any kind of protection from the wind and waves on Lake George. We decided to drive to our favorite beach on Lake Champlain in Mallet's Bay called Thayer Beach. With the Vermont kids already back in school and the beach facing the north, we knew this would be just what we were looking for. While we were at it, why not take the scenic route and cross the lake on the Cumberland Head ferry? This could prove to be fun and dynamic with the high wind. Down went the top on our PT Cruiser Convertible and it was road trip time.

Sure enough, the lake was angry and rough, but the running of the ferry was out of our hands, so it didn't matter. We even had front row seats to watch the waves and hear them hit the hull of the boat. In fact right after Dave took this photo, we had to put the top back up due to the spray coming over the sides.

Then the sun came out and it's always great to see all the boats in Mallett's Bay. 

We hit the beach after the half mile long walk through the woods from the parking lot. 

It was well worth it and about a dozen people there at first, dwindling down to 4 at one point. 

Dave brought our beach chairs on this imaginative dolly he made, making that walk so much easier.

The water was warmer than we had ever felt it on Lake Champlain before...probably 82 degrees. Of course the water was only about a foot deep because the lake is so low. Even the boats that frequent the beach had to anchor about a half mile out and then it was only about waist deep. We frolicked in the shallows pretending to swim and float, making us laugh. Then the storm clouds started to form and the wind switched and built from the west, signaling the cold front trying to arrive, so we headed back to Plattsburgh on the ferry (going through a nasty squall at the Sand Bar State Park), had dinner and headed back down the Northway. To top off the day we were treated to not only a spectacular but strange looking rainbow, almost like a flash in the sky, and then one of the pinkest sunsets I have ever seen. At one point there was a pink streak of a rainbow too... and we all know how I love pink! 😉 Pictures don't show the colors well at all, especially going 65 mph.

I would say that the best birthday presents of all were those that came from above and spending time with my husband!