We had a great camping trip up in the Catskills.  It was Marlea’s first time and she did great.  Despite all the bear warnings, cooking meat and then not having any place to dispose of our trash, we managed not to get attacked.  I think it was our dog, Rainy, that held them at bay.  The campsite map was a bit mis-representative of the area since it didn’t show the main road that was running about 250 ft away from our site.   We didn’t really plan on driving two hours to camp next to a road.

[[Show as slideshow]]We had a good time none the less, and the food and company was great.  The next morning we did a little walk around and then packed things up.  Drove to the nearby town and had some ice cream and then drove on to Woodstock.  It was almost as I remembered it, but I think they’re trying their darn-est to shed their hippie days.  It was really, really hot.

At least the drive back was painless.  We made good time and got back just in time to get Marlea to bed.

Took the family to the NJ state fair on saturday.  It was Marlea’s first time getting to go on rides and the whole bit.  She’s proving to be quite the thrill seeker.  She wanted to go on all the rides, regardless of her weight or stature!  We did the roller coaster, Ferris wheel and ate junk food until we all felt ill.  It was good times.

So I’ve got things up and running.  Installed a killer theme… (what do you think?) And started writing some pages and uploading my videos.  I had to re-compress everything.  Decided to host them on my own server, rather than have them hosted on youtube or the like.  Even though their things I’ve edited, I don’t think I have the right to post on a commercial site.

This is going to take a bit of doing and longer than I thought.  I need to dig up and scan some of my old photos and stuff from The Bean.  Should be pretty cool once I’ve got it all together though.