Family Vaca 2013

A photo/mind dump of my vacation with my extended family- Beach Lake, PA 2013.  A lovely week with some of my most beloved.  A week that is packed so full I can't believe it was only a week but by the end of it I was left saying, " I can't believe it's over already!"  This year we did much the same as every year since I was born, but we also ventured afar a few days and saw some great gems in this neck of the woods.  Now for the photo dump and list.

• 3 Bears seen
• Eagles out the yin-yang
• GBH

Look another eagle

• Friendly competition
• half-ball
• quoits
• Olympic feats of strength

• Beverages
• Beer
• Gin and Tonic
• Bloody Caesar (ugh)
• Pool Side Loungin

• Pinochle
• Canoeing with my Sweetheart

• Kayaking on the lake with the kids

• Lake swimming
• 27 mile ride with the cousin (uphill both ways) (too hot to do more than one ride but it felt good to turn the tables and kick Sean's ass this year)
• Golf morning (9 holes best ball0 The only time i play golf all year) Followed by cold cut lunch and Gin and Tonics.
• Campfires
• The Echo
• Tubing down Skinners Falls
• Porkfest I, II, & III
• Ice cream
• Coffee on the Porch

• The kids first game of "Manhunt"
• Movies on a homemade outdoor screen
• Dinner with my Sweetheart at a cool Cafe
• Fun

The job's good and all...

but the commute! Sheesh.

Re-use champion of the universe

There is so much that is right with this

To clear the fog..

I rode in the fog.

As you can see things started out a little blurry.

I started out on some pavement.

my legs got warmed up

There was a nature break

and a miles of beautiful gravel road

Foxy Friday

Foxy Shazam - A Dangerous Man from Jeremy E. Jackson on Vimeo.

Burlingtonia

It's 'bout damn time

 These seem relevant today.

Thanks AHTBM.

Mini adventure by bike

As told in photographs taken by my phone.  One thing these photos can't show you is the mosquitoes.  But there was fun and bridges and trains.  Nothing makes these kids happier than some trains.

Look where you want to go.

Oh the carnage!

That's a train down there.

Baskets are for flowers.

 And then we rocked.

The Busy Trap

This article, called "The Busy Trap" ties in nicely to some very important thoughts I've had recently about what's important in life and what our society tells us is important.

Some gems include:

"if your job wasn’t performed by a cat or a boa constrictor in a Richard Scarry book I’m not sure I believe it’s necessary."

"Busyness serves as a kind of existential reassurance, a hedge against emptiness; obviously your life cannot possibly be silly or trivial or meaningless if you are so busy"

"Idleness is not just a vacation, an indulgence or a vice; it is as indispensable to the brain as vitamin D is to the body, and deprived of it we suffer a mental affliction as disfiguring as rickets."

 If you want to do something let me know I'm not too busy.

My socks are on the floor...

Cause these two dudes rocked them clear off my feet.



Unlocking The Truth - Malcolm Brickhouse & Jarad Dawkins from The Avant/Garde Diaries on Vimeo.

And take this for good measure.

 Damn Sam!