Wow, where did June go?! I think that this summer is going to fly by. This year, since the weather wasn't very good, we decided to spend most of the Independence Day weekend at home doing chores. While Dave was cleaning mold and black stains off the roof and siding of the house on the 4th of July, I did the yard work. When Dave said he had about an hour of work left, I decided to start reclaiming some of the trails in the woods. Dave set me up with a riding mower with three blades that cut through the waist high brush and weeds. I couldn't even find a few of the trails, so I had to come at them from the backside that wasn't so overgrown. What a blast I had and I can't wait to go at it again the next time we are home. Then we will be ready to use the woods more. Meanwhile, the deer have really liked being back there, and we have seen a 6 point buck and his 'girlfriend', a doe with one fawn, and another with twins.
After our work was done, we drove to Ticonderoga to see their fireworks. Once we arrived in the north country, we were in shock to see more people than we have ever seen up here before, along with many, many huge parties. Everyone was definitely celebrating independence from the lifted Covid restrictions. We ended up watching the fireworks from our own driveway and had a surprisingly good view with no people and no traffic. Plus our neighbor had a display almost as good as the municipal one (and we came inside and turned on the heat because it was so chilly out...that's a first for this time of year)!
Today on the 5th, we knew that Lake George was going to be really busy, but after all the previous night's festivities, we hoped that people would get a slow start to the day. We headed down to Hulett's Landing at 9 AM to go kayaking, and our timing was perfect. We beat the crowds and headed back to the beach as more and more boats left their docks. We were a little surprised not to see anyone camping on the state islands and stopped at our favorite two islands for an early lunch break and swim. These islands are protected from the wind and wakes and very popular with kayakers. Dave named the main island Finders Keepers since we were there first (we did leave when more paddlers arrived so they could enjoy the tiny islands too). Luckily these two islands have not been affected by the gypsy moth caterpillar infestation. Some of the islands are stripped clean, as are some of the southern Adirondack areas, especially the Tongue and Cook Mountains on the western side of Lake George. Hulett's Landing, as seen in the photos below, looked quite normal.
During the next two months we will be doing our famous zigging and zagging, avoiding the huge amounts of vacationers, but we have this system down pretty good. Labor Day will come all too quickly and then we can take back the lake!
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