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| Beautiful Saturday afternoon at Lewey Lake. |
Our first camping trip of the season was Memorial Day Weekend at Lewey Lake. I like trying new state parks and Lewey was always at the top of my list because of the photos I've seen on the internet. I mean,
gorgeous. It didn't disappoint. The lake, the paddling... beautiful. Unfortunately the campground is splintered into 3 different sections divided by a major highway so that was the only real bummer. It didn't stop us from walking constantly (I LOVE walking around campgrounds, ogling over other people's trailers, campers, camp signs, dogs, chairs, meals, set-ups, you name it!) but it meant walking along the highway in the hot sun to get to the other parts of the campground. Meh.
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| Lela as navigator. |
Oh! Right in time for the trip... my new camera arrived! That's a blog post in itself, but I ended up with a Panasonic Lumix FZ80 rather than a Nikon B## or P##. I was able to give it a good try-out and really like it (so far):
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| Home away from home... |
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| One of the two loons that lived on the lake. |
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| Beautiful Grackle on the river. Love the zoom on the FZ80! |
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| One of the four Mink we saw hunting along the lake shore while kayaking Sunday evening. Lela almost died of excitement (as did I)!!! I saw a Mink last year near Piseco, but didn't have my camera with me. I was so stoked to get a few photos this time! |
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| Another little guy farther south on the lake. Wish my hand was steadier but Lela was trying to jump out of the kayak so it was a one-handed-quick-snap deal. :( |
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| Painted Trilliums all over the place. |
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| Wild Forget-Me-Nots. |
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| Frogs Gone Wild... Yes, I took a photo. |
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| Late afternoon on the lake. |
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| Hiking along inlet between Lewey Lake and Indian Lake. |
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| Joey hoping that by staring at the food, something will levitate magically into his mouth. |
Next trip is to the Catskill Mountains in June. I don't get down there often because the Adironacks are closer, so I really can't wait! Till next time...
-Jen
