To the far Blue Mountain

 

....Lake Museum that is. 

The kids and Baby Bailey took me along with them on a visit Saturday and what a great time we had.

Passenger Pigeon
Quite a pretty bird~

Northern Goshawk
Having only ever seen one, I had to guess
Checked online...guessed right this time.

From continuing a longstanding tradition of enjoying the hamburger platter at King of the Frosties in Speculator (ate there for the first time back when we were playing in the band and driving around the 'Dacks on frigid winter nights, listening to the trees explode as the temperature dropped) to marveling over the incredible collection of awesome wooden watercraft, it was just plain fun.

And Bailey is simply the best baby, bar none. She took in the whole museum, utterly entranced by all there was to see, without a whimper, until she needed a run to get the kinks out.

 

Thanks kids! And thanks for the gas card, which made it possible for us to visit Dingman Road for the Clay-colored Sparrows AND (!!!) Sara Lib Road quarry.