Mountain men

We're on top of the world!

We're getting ready to go on our third camping trip of the year. The first was at the end of June at Coles Creek State Park, up on the St. Lawrence River. The second trip was a last month, right around Nolan's birthday, at Nick's Lake State Park near Old Forge. For our next trip, we're going south for a change to Little Pond in the Catskills.

In meantime, we just got our pictures back from the Nick's Lake trip, and I had to share this shot. We hiked Bald (Rondaxe) Mountain. This was Thomas' first mountain and Nolan's first time hiking up under his own power (we used to carry him in the back pack when he was smaller). It was a nice easy climb for them -- and Chester, who came with us despite the fact that Basset hounds aren't really built for mountain climbing.