The Adirondacks

We spent the past few days at Crystal Lake in the Adirondack Mountains. It was an old-fashioned family vacation, complete with hikes, lazy afternoons, Rummy 500, and nightly happy hours (of course, my experience on the family vacations didn't used to include vodka tonics). As my brother and I get older, vacations with all of us are fewer and farther between, so it was nice to share a few of the dog days of summer together before Sam heads back to school.

1 & 8: Crystal Lake
2, 3, 4: Hiking Mt. Severance (really its name)
5. Schroon Lake
6. Sam, Rusty and Dad at the top of the mountain
7. White pizza by candlelight in Bolton Landing
9. Naps on the ride home