Our last day at Camp Sunrise

On our last day in camp, we went for a nice paddle on Upper Saranac Lake, down to the camp that Muz and D rented for the 12 years before they found Sunrise (with one summer at another camp on Hoel Pond in between). It was bought and torn down and a McMansion is in the process of being assembled/extruded on the bones of the old camp;this is a well-established trend in the Adks..."Wealthy Spanish Landowners" (think Zorro) from somewhere else buy a nice old camp and put up in its place a 15,000 square foot glass-faced monstrosity and monument to their having lots of money (often they have all of the charm of a Motel 6)...there are exceptions of course, behind D, you can see the boathouse of Sandy Weill's camp, which I understand that they restored in a manner that is in keeping with the traditions of the Adks...


We all paddled south down the lake, into the wind, with Ben holding his pirate hat in place and Maggie providing both guidance and inspiration...


On the way back, we stopped for a snack and a swim (at least for Gail and Jamie and Maggie, Muz and D and Ben watched us slip and slide down the rocks into the cooling water)...


When we got back to camp, Maggie went for one of her last swims for the summer, she headed back down with Muz and D this morning when they left...

When it was time for Ben to go to bed, he asked Muz to read him a story...we had a great month with Muz and D at Camp Sunrise , and are already counting the days until we see them again (and until we return to camp)...Thanks, and we love you!