09.26.05 - Beaver Lake

This past Saturday my Aunt and Uncle has the annual family get together at their lake house in northwestern NJ. It's a great place. Very secluded and peaceful. They used to have another house in Vermont but they just sold that. My Uncle was an scientist for Exxon and during the 1960's developed one of the first chemicals (that I believe is still being used) to help clean up oil spills. The families (myself my brother, sister and Mom, my other Aunt, and these guys with their 4 kids and numerous second cousins) always look forward to this get together. It was a beautiful day, the weather had cooled down and there was a slight breeze. My cousin Peter and my brother went out on the sail boat for a while. The lake is a pretty good size, but only allow sailboats, canoes and kayaks, and small motor boats with a limit of a 6 h.p. motor. I didn't get too many pictures of the inside of the house, but I got one of the porch and one of the bedrooms on it. There is also a picture of my cousin Linda's son, James. He saved up his money and bought this boat on Ebay for $400 bucks. It's way cool. He is quite a kid. My son Dylan gets along with him well even though they only see each other once or twice a year. The lake was celebrating it's Centennial this year and they had kayak races. Since James is 13, he had to race with the adults. He kicked everyone's ass and won the trophy. He was, however, not able to kick my ass in ping pong. I was the king of the table that day. There was not a 13 year old there who could beat me! I also played my brother and my niece's boyfriend-twice. Unfortunatly, there are no photos of me kicking butt (but it really did happen, honest!) When I had my own place before getting married, I had a huge room in my apartment where I had a ping pong table. I love playing, I can't do all of that fancy spin but I would like to get another one at some point. Anyway, we had some real good food, burger and dogs and salads. My brother and I got to play some guitar together and it was a great day. I look forward to next year!











James and his boat













Larry and his Kenny Hill guitar. It's real nice. Larry is going to play his first recital in a few weeks in Brooklyn. I hope to go. He's real good, much more disciplined than I am. I'm a raunchier guitarist.














Me playing my el cheapo classical guitar. I have a few other (picture of Gurian) ones but I play this one a lot. It's got a great tone and is good for taking out of the house.