Spring Update

It was a tough spring with the loss of my brother, but now we are trying to get back to our normal routines, kayaking, and events. The weather hasn't been the greatest, so we haven't spent much time in the Adirondacks yet. Instead, we took a couple of kayak adventures on the Hudson River. One was up the Roundout Creek in Kingston. It's always fun paddling through the shipyards and seeing the remains of old barges at low tide. There were lots of sailboats and we even saw the first ammonia powered vessel in the world!

Day two of our explorations was in the backwaters of Waterford at the crossroads of the Champlain and Erie Canals, starting at lock E-2, which is the first flight of 5 locks on the Erie Canal/Mohawk River (Lock 1 is the Federal Lock on the Hudson River). The Mohawk River dam and falls were quite low, but still fun to run the whitewater currents at the base of them. 

The Gallupville Gas-Up is one our favorite events, running for two weekends in June. Dave brought his motorized 1947 bumper car  and home-made Tuk Tuk one day, his P-Rex Panzer tractor with a Honda 750 engine in it, on another day. On the third day, he brought our white 1950 Farmall Demo that my grandfather used to own, along with my brother's three Suzuki Trailhoppers that Dave put back together in his memory. All of these were huge hits at the show.

Here are a few more photos from Gas-Up...

One of the nice things about being at home is enjoying our property and woods. Our rhododendrons were gorgeous and the fawns love our backyard. We'll see what this summer brings.