It was pouring down rain the morning of our second day in the Adirondacks, so we changed our plans. We browsed around the local shops in the morning, and then after a great lunch at the local diner (mmm, biscuits and gravy), we headed out to Raquette Lake where we had booked a scenic boat cruise -- which sailed rain or shine. Uncle Chris worked at the Raquette Lake Boys Camp many years ago, so it was a small world! (Apparently the camp now costs about $22K if you want to send your kids there for the summer -- yikes!)
It was still a bit rainy when the cruise departed, but fortunately the rain stopped for a lot of the trip (and a nice side effect for us was that the boat wasn't too crowded). The narration was a recorded tape, but it was really nicely done and had some interesting history of the area. James ended up resting (or "falling asleep") for about half of the trip, but he said it was like a nice podcast!
We did have one casualty of the trip -- Mike's LSU hat went flying into the water when he tried to take it off for a picture. Oops!
Afterwards we went up the road to a town called Inlet that Mike remembered Chris mentioning (where the camp counselors went for R&R). It was also a cute place, and they had a nice little lake beach where Matthew and James enjoyed swimming. (Of course we hadn't brought their swim stuff, so they just swam in their clothes, and luckily we at least had extra clothes with us!)
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| Raquette Lake Boys Camp |
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| Enjoying our Tropical Punch |
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| Beach at Inlet |
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| Long Lake |
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