A stop at Blake Reservoir to walk and wade, when we saw a family of ducks - 10 babies and an adult. The curious ducklings got closer and closer to me until they were ultimately less than 4 feet away. Mama kept scolding them and scooting them back until she finally had enough and took them away.

Amelia loves to catch frogs and this one was a prize! From nose to toes it was about 2 feet. We studied it and took lots of pictures of this big boy, the released it back into Boyd Pond.

I woke up around 4:00 a.m. and was out of my cabin by 4:15.
I was staying at Canaras, the Adirondack camp owned and operated by St. Lawrence University.
The conditions were great (as you can see) and, after taking a bunch of pictures along the shore, I got in a kayak around 5:15.
You can see Whiteface (to the right of center frame) in 'Upper Saranac sunrise'
Thanks for considering these pictures-
Jonathan

Found this in our back yard, almost stepped on it. Grand daughter and I were both barefoot. Ouch, moved it to a location futher away from our house.

My family tried to beat the heat on a hot August Sunday with a trip down the Tooley Pond Road to check out the waterfalls. We didn’t make it past Twin Falls because it was such a beautiful and interesting spot, and it was nice and cool in the waterfalls’ floor bottom. Evidence of the area’s past abounds, and the main falls are quite impressive.

Had a great hike on the stone valley Trail. Many beautiful water falls on the Raquette River. Great views of a fast moving river. Shady hike on a sunny day.
Nice day trip from our home base of camping in Higley Flow State Park.