Still plugging along on this vacation in the great outdoors...

Although Liz and I almost died during our 7 mile hike to the summit of the tallest mountain yesterday,
It was 2000 feet - lots of straight up hiking, and it took us almost 6 hours. When we got to the top, the views were totally worth it, although as we were sliding back down it was easy to forget that.



Our little cabin. :)

Vacation update.

Sunday we went down to Lake George Village - cute little place, lots of shops etc. They had a little fair going on in the park, and we walked around a while. The weather couldn't have been nicer.





So Sunday night we decided to try fishing - the boys were all about it, and Liz and I were giving it a try. Didn't catch a damn thing.
It dumped rain on us about halfway through. Big Fat Drops. Maybe it scared the fish away.







Yesterday we went to Six Flags and got a sun burn. :)
Because of what happened in Atlanta last week, they had some of the roller coasters shut down. But we spent most of our time in the water anyhow.





Having so much fun! See you all when we get back!!

Oh dear....

I really really don't want to get rid of this car but........



What're the odds really?
We leave around 6 for Lake George on Saturday morning, and by 0730 we were in big trouble. Alternator went bad. Grr.



But, all things considered, for a sucky situation, it couldn't have gone better. I was able to use my handy-dandy gps and find several auto parts stores in the immediate area. Liz and Josh took off to find one, and were able to get the part right away.



A nice little mechanically inclined man stopped by and popped the old one out, and the new one in like he was just changing a light bulb. Cool. By 10 we were back on the road.



All things considered, it could have been much worse!

So we arrived in Lake George about five last night, explored the resort a bit, had a few beverages, and crashed.
The weather sucks, but the place we are staying is nice. Nice big front porch and it's relaxing just to sit out there and chill.
:)
So that's me this week. Chill.

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Totally exhausted, and psyched at the same time...

Wow! June has been a cruelly busy month.... But, what is a girl to do? Keep on keeping on.
My sis's and I took dad to a play at Allenberry on Sunday - it was called All Shook Up - lots of Elvis music. Very cute. :)
Sunday night I left for DC, got totally lost! I am definately a technology dependent Gen Xer...
I have GPS in my phone, and my battery died about 15 minutes outside the city. I ended up circling the entire beltway.... argh!
So I finally found it the old fashioned way - stopped and bought a map! lol
Anyhow I was there for a conference, it was good, now I'm home and I have lots to do at home and at work before we leave on vacation Friday.
Happy happy!!

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Me = no. luck.

My girls and I went up to try our luck last weekend, turns out, I don't have any.
Josh did well, good thing or we would have been in trouble.
Me not so good.
Ate some yummy food at Macaroni grill. I like that place.







On the way home we ended up stopping by the coliseum. I got a mad itch to play some skeeball after we left the slots - random right? I have no idea where that came from.
Anyhow, we went there.




My sister and her fella came out, even though he was 'UTW' (under-the-weather) -- and we bowled a few games. Turns out I'm not so hot at that either. LOL









We chatted about the upcoming summer vacation - Lake George here we come! I think they already have a death defying adventure or two planned - yikes. There's sun and shopping - those are my two main concerns.



Yeah, I don't know either.
She's a pro I guess. Beat her Josh by one point by getting two strikes the last frame. I should have had her with me at the slots.









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