Ice Cream and Island Hopping.

6-28-10 VERMONT: We all had a delicious time at B&J’s, two phish foods and two coffee lattes. Yesterday we canoed on the Connecticut R., we paddled from Wilder Dam to Pirate Island. The old cabin on the island has been taken down and a new one is being built, perhaps the pirates are at work here. There was swimming on the river, followed by lunch and fishing from the bank of the island and from the canoe, no fish were harmed in the making of this afternoon.

It has been rainy here, on and off, for a few days with a total of 1.7” and as of now, we have had almost six inches for June. This morning I saw a Scarlet Tanager who shows up every few weeks, glorious.

Today the boys started swimming lessons at Lake Fairlee, and Lily arrived by Dartmouth Coach for a few days. If the weather is OK, we will climb Mt. Cardigan. The Koreys are coming for dinner tonight.

New blooms: astilbe, dianthis, clematis, hydrangea.


The captain is at the helm.

Mallards on the river.

On the island, we briefly caught sight of, perhaps, a wood nymph.