Saturday, July 27, 2013

STL to Silver Bay, New York!

Hi, everyone!

I did make it back from our wonderful Texas trip at 3:45 PM on Wednesday, July 10.  Now, two-and-a-half weeks later, I have headed east (to New York) for some fun.  In May 2012, I came up to my godmother's family's resort in Silver Bay, New York (approximately one-and-a-half hours north of Albany), with my mom, brother, and godmother Val.  We were cleaning and opening up the cottages for a few days, so we didn't have a lot of time to play.  This time, we have a whole week to just play.  So fun!

Yesterday (July 26, 2013) we headed off to Lambert-St. Louis Airport for our 4:45 PM flight to Baltimore, Maryland.  It took off about 20 minutes late (we were on Southwest), arrived in Baltimore right at 8:00 PM (Eastern time), changed planes, and were off pretty quickly afterwards.  We arrived in Albany, New York, right at 10 PM.  We got our bags quickly, took a taxi to our hotel (a Days Inn), showered, and were in bed by 11:30 PM.

Saturday, July 27, 2013 -- We were up at 7:20, had some breakfast (a blueberry bagel, mini cinnamon roll, banana, and apple juice), did some shopping for our meals, and headed toward Silver Bay.  We arrived around 12 PM, got settled in, had some lunch (sandwiches, grapes, cashews, coleslaw, water), and took a nice swim in Lake George.  Then Val and I went out in kayaks all the way up to Skipper's Jib and Scotch Bonnet Islands.  They consist of some rocks, flowers, and (on Skipper's Jib) two trees and a bush!  They are so tiny and very cute.  It's a pretty long paddle up and back, but we enjoyed it and loved bouncing over the waves.  After our kayak outing, Val, her brother, and I went up to the town of Silver Bay (about a half-mile up from Birch Glen...where we're staying) to have some yummy bowls of one-scoop ice cream.  I had cookie dough.  After our "appetizer" of ice cream, we went back to have Sloppy Joes, green beans, a corn-and-bean salad, pies (choose between apple, peach, mixed fruit, and cherry...no shortages!), and ice cream.  We enjoyed visiting, eating, and enjoying the sunset by the lake and the cool air (about 60 degrees).

Keep checking back to see what fun I have in the next week -- hiking, kayaking, swimming, Vermont, and much more!

~Anna~

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