Rafting On The Delaware

We rented a white water raft from Silver Canoe and took it down the Delaware River. We spent more the five hours drifting down the river and floating in the water. We passed under the snake road. Occasionally we even went through some white water. It was a great day for rafting.

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With Andrea At The Bungalow

While Eason was away at camp I got to spend some quality one-on-one time with Andrea at the bungalow. We discovered that when the water is shallow you can stand on the rocks in the middle of the lake.

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45 At The Bunaglow

We celebrated my 45th birthday at the bungalow. Aviva made me a cake, and Babcia made delicious food as usual.

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Independence Weekend At The Bungalow

We celebrated Independence Day at the bungalow. We watched the fireworks from our peddle boat right on the lake. It was a beautiful show.

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Rockefeller Father's Day

I had a great Father's Day. The kids made me a fantastic French Toast and fruit breakfast. Later we went hiking at the Rockefeller State Park Preserve, which was very cool.

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Memorial Day Weekend 2016

We had a long weekend of fun eating and playing on the lake. Babcia made lots of good food, and we all went out on the kayaks and canoe.

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Another Day, Another Derby

As seems to always be the case lately we ran another Rye Derby with no practice. Even though Eason has been running track in school, none of us prepared at all for a 5k. Eason decided going in that he was going to take it easy. He finished in ~28 min, which is faster than our last derby, but a couple of minutes slower than our last 5k. I ran with Andrea, and I was really proud of her. She was having a really hard time, but she never stopped and was able to sprint at the end. We came in at 36:14, which was a major improvement for her. Aviva also improved. Afterwards we had some fun at the post-derby festival.

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Passover At Babcia's House

We went to Babcia's house for Passover.

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Andrea's 9th Birthday Party

We celebrated Andrea's birthday early. First we went to Sportime USA to play lazer tag, and ride the bumper cars and other rides. Then we went to lunch at The Cabin Restaurant. Then we went to see The Jungle Book. We had been reading the book, so we had lots to discuss afterwards. She said it was a great day.

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Guardians Of The Flame

Eason and I finished reading The Guardians of the Flame, a series of 10 books by Joel Rosenberg. I read most of the series as a kid, but I never finished it. It was one of my favorites, and when we started reading it at the bungalow back in the summer of 2014 I still loved it.

While the stories are clearly fantasy, the content is handled very realistically as the main characters are college students who participate in a fantasy role-playing game, and are magically transported to the world of the game by their gamemaster. It sounds like a silly premise, but it is handled very well. The books were quite mature, with a lot of profanity and dealing with issues like slavery and rape and disability and death, and I had some concerns about reading it with Eason, but in retrospect I do not think it was inappropriate.