Gail's Birthday!!!

We woke Gail up with a chorus of "Happy Birthday to You!" this morning at a bit before 7am (yes...we let her sleep in)...we noodled around a bit in the morning before heading out for her first-ever paddle out to Tommy's Rock...


We paddled right by the Colgate Camp on the way out, this is where our wedding reception was, and where Gail's family stayed before the wedding...


Ben fueled up on "goldfish" during the paddle past Dry Island, while Gail paddled fiercely, you can see D and Maggie in the background...


This is a picture of tiny, but wonderful, Tommy's Rock...the jumping cliff is on the other side of the island...there are swimming and snacking spots all over this rocky knob sticking up out of Upper Saranac Lake...


We pulled our boats up at the ex-dock spot on the northern side of the island...


Gail is quite certain that Ben is not old enough to jump off the cliff, and probably won't be for 30-40 years...


I did the traditional run-around shot, balancing the camera on a flatish portion of rock...

We had a picnic-ita, and explored for a bit before heading back to camp for the rest of the Birthday, pausing briefly to watch a couple of boys who had paddled over to jump off the cliff...