I took the kids up to Lake Minnewaska on Sunday afternoon. We stayed at the Newburgh KOA in the RV, and came home Monday morning.
Lake Minnewaka has a PH that doesn’t support fish, but there are salamanders
Looking out over the lake:
Photo by Baila:
Photo by Mechel:
More photos:
Hopefully Trish can come with us next time!
We took the Oppenheimers kayaking this afternoon. In addition to our 5 kayaks, we rented 3 from EMS. We had 6 on the trailer and two on the roof of the van.
We put in at the Haverstraw kayak launch:
Unfortunately, we went out during a falling tide. We reached a large bay, but in spots it only had an inch or so of water. I ended up getting out and pushing everyone out of the bay. Here’s my kayak sitting on the bottom:
After breaking free:
We went to the Liberty Science Center today:
Here Mechel is drilling for oil using an exploratory rig. It’s designed to show how much work it takes to find oil, but he never did find it, so maybe it’s just broken:
They had a special exhibit on skyscrapers, and they had this beam from the world trade center. Seeing it bent this way was quite sobering:
This morning, we had a once-in-28-year chance to bentch Birkas Hachama. A group of local shuls got together at the local golf course/country club:
Someone caught me when I wasn’t lookin’:
