1 Beautiful Sat evening out on Lake George for cocktail hour at Robbie and Janie's place
2 Beautiful Sat evening out on Lake George for cocktail hour at Robbie and Janie's place
3 First time in over a year that all the Strasser/Klein sibs have been together
4 First time in over a year that all the Strasser/Klein sibs have been together
5 First time in over a year that all the Strasser/Klein sibs have been together
6 Grill men
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9 The entire clan, together again
10 A fine Sunday afternoon to go white water rafting down the Sacandaga - and yes, Max is along for the ride
11 According to this highly accurate topographic map, we put in just below Stewart's dam and take out just at the confluence of the Sacandaga and the Hudson rivers
12 The transport buses with their missing body panels and rust, held together with tape and paint, seem to be about as safe as going down rapids in a small rubber…
13 There's some guy in the back claiming to know what he's doing shouting "paddle faster, I hear banjos!"
14 Howie and I are paddling up front, the guide in the back is shouting stuff we can't hear, and Max is hanging on for dear life
15 Are we having fun yet?!?
16 We survived.... so far...
17 We survived.... so far...
18 Max apparently lost her paddle somewhere along the way and is giving the international sign of distress
19 Leaning in for the landing, I think we lost only a couple of people during the trip
20 Boats pulling up at Blue Water Manor's docks