Welcome Summer!

We welcomed summer in a big way this weekend. It all began with a little dinner party on Friday night --a long, lazy night on the porch after watching.....

this....the annual balloon festival launch. There were around a dozen balloons that night. This winds rarely bring the balloons over our house, but they are still fun to watch in the distance.

Saturday brought us down off our hill and onto a nearby river.

We were out for about three hours. Our goal was to get deep into the Quechee Gorge -- after about 1.5 miles, we had to turn around because of some strong headwinds.



















We found a sweet
little waterfall.






















And snuck up
on many turtles!
The final count
was 9!























We rafted up for
a nice lunch.
























It was a long journey
back. Chips Ahoy and
lots of songs helped
us make it back. We sang songs from
Godspell, The Sound
of Music, old
American tunes, and
songs we haven't
sung in years and
years such as "Over
in the Meadow".

My paddle's clean and bright
flashing with silver
follow the wild goose flight
dip dip and swing
dip dip and swing

We sang the song round and round as we paddled back.