Escape from New England

With sand in our hair from the night before, we hopped on the Grand Isle Ferry to Plattsburgh where we bought us some groceries. Not long after a lunch of tomatoes, goat cheese, and some lacking bread on the shores of Tupper Lake, we were in Clayton.

It was dark when we pulled in to the Brabant's house. Jan was expecting a kayak delivery, so we helped him unload the boats when they arrived. The next day was a rather drizzly and ugly one but, determined to make the most of it. After lunch with Greg Lago and Will Salisbury at the Kofee Kove and a visit to my old place of employment, we borrowed an official Greene Structures work boat and I did my best to show Will around the 1000 Islands. We circumnavigated Grindstone with stops at one old place (our house) and one new one (my favorite all-glass barn/house on Grindstone).

Stephanie Weiss and Andy Greene whipped up the tastiest dinner (and group of people) we could ever have dreamed of. Aaron, Gussie, Schuyler, Maris, Bowditch, Jeremy, Eliza...it was great. Little did they know, it was also my birthday party!

The next morning, I installed "the ultimate car integration kit for your ipod" and, with our ultimate music blaring, headed for Chicago...