lake george

yes, we made matching t shirts (thanks to great work by dr. w)

just got back from a great vacation. family get together in plattsburgh, and then a week with the enemy of my enemy crew at lake george. to refresh your memories, this consists of 8 people with whom i've been friends since freshman year of college, plus three spouses who married into the group (dr. wintermute, grassomama, and j-watt's dude). we get together every year, and this was our eighth and longest gathering. if it weren't for j-watt and her dude not being able to join us, i would say that it was our best.

six days of grilling out, hanging on the dock, having campfires at night, cold beer, playing games (including a showdown with mcgruber and bloodninja over who had the highest midichlorian count, i.e., playing star wars trivial pursuit), and just plain relaxing.

here are all the pics.

and some highlights:

all in, including the kiddos

wintermute doing some tubing. yes, i put my face in the water. no, i didn't wear floaties.

the chief goes all out on the rope swing

bloodninja using the force to move the die as two younglings watch in awe

mgruber and bloodninja getting our nightly campfire going. thursday night included a boys night of cigars and bourbon around the fire...

...which resulted in grassomama being out cold the next day

mama cass loves romance novels and is proud of it

dinner on the deck every night

this ladies' man will be trouble, someday...

...i reminded him that this woman is taken

bloodninja takes care of grilling...and draws upon the power of grayskull