Early Saturday morning we left for New Jersey. Katherine, my oldest niece, graduated from high school in June and will be attending college in the fall. This was the family and friends party, with lots of family and friends. The highlight of the day for the younger set, ranging in age from four to nineteen, was the swimming pool, in which nearly everyone had an extended water fight.
Will was right in the thick of the water fight, though Daniel managed to avoid that and instead had fun getting carried around by Katherine and her friend Marla. Later he got confident enough the paddle around in a swing ring. The only time he really got upset was when he couldn't go back in the water.
We saw a doe grazing very nearby, and I managed to get fairly close before she decided to saunter away. I took a few pictures, but oh! to have a long lens!
At dusk, the fireflies came out in force, and the children had a lot of fun catching them and watching them glow. in the grass.
We left for home the next day. A mostly uneventful trip, expect that we saw the aftermath of a most unusual accident. On highway 87 North in New York, there is a service area, which is a two-story building housing restrooms, shops, and a couple of fast food joints. It is up on a cliff. And through the fence, hanging over this cliff, was a charter bus. Yikes!
Oh, and when we got pretty close to home, William made a remarkable discovery: we picked up a hitchhiker. Crawling around on his window, and later Karen's, was a single firefly.
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