Combination of super busy at work and just about to leave on vacation. As of tomorrow I’m gone for a week, camping on Lake George. I’ve got a backlog of stuff to post as per usual, my backpackit site has like 40 things slated to go on the weblog. In my absence, check out the new photo galleries which I did finally manage to start catching up on.

Rogers Rock camping trip from early July, which has one of the best photos of Soolin ever taken (by Lisa Goldberg, not me)

Tube trip down the Batten Kill River (starting with the last photo on the first page and going on from there) – with pictures of Andrew’s new black lab pup Stan. Soolin swam for about 3 out of the 4 hours of the trip, her stamina amazes me.

A hike to the summit of peaked mountain. Beautful hike. Probably the best moment of it though was when Soolin ran up ahead of me. Suddenly I heard shrieking – I ran up to see what was what and a couple of folks were freaking out about the dog, the guy had toppled over into a creek in shock. They were from an urban area and when Soolin came running up over the crest of a hill they thought she was a bear attacking them (!!!). It was all I could do not to laugh, meanwhile all I was thinking was ‘I’m going to get sued!’ They ended up being cool about it though. Downside was Soolin spent the rest of the hike on a lead.

That’s it. I’m gone for a while and then back to an intensely busy work scene so this place is liable to be quiet for most of August.