(above photo taken by friend when beaver slapped his tail in front of us!)

field along a back road in Rushville...

paddle up the West River, then back towards Naples Creek...





(that dead tree in the distance is where I saw the eagle eating a few weeks back)

cool girl rock n roll n
(not a fan of her dad but I'm still intrigued, want to see the film about him)

random: if I had a little girl, I wanted to name her Charlotte and call her "Charlie" for short :)

the math geek inside me is mesmerized:

This is a shiny torus knot
via

the wind picked up and the weather turned, so inside we went...

G wearing the colors of the Mexican flag^^^





(for me it's always an extra thrill to see fireworks bursting in the sky above the yard where I also played as a child :)

(setting up a light so people can see where to exit and avoid the ditch)

all the pretty colors

Q's first rock concert
M's first tie-dye
G's first trip to the ice-cream shop... NOT

My first kayak outing with my dad! :)

That's my dad, paddling down the West River:


see those lumps on the submerged log towards the right?...

turtles!



returning to shore...

R for rain

Rochester Red Wings game rained out :(