A weekend worth sharing: Kayaking, Camping, and Sandcastles

Our weekend started Friday morning, truckin' our way to Batso to kayak and enjoy some nature walks with a bag of cherries in hand.  As soon as we set up camp, I found this blinded sphinx moth!

After doing one intense 4+ hour kayaking tour (against the current... phew!), and snacking on some cookie smores, we fell asleep to a Whip-poor-will who made his presence known but was too hard to find.  We went pickin' berries in the barrens the next day.

I had some time before the Little Big Toe cd release show at the Saint, so I baked some treats.

And the next day.... we rode on  Seaside Boardwalk's Casino Pier Carousel.  I think I'll ride it one (or two...) more times before they auction it off this fall.  It's one of 150 surviving carousels in the US.  Supposedly, after the Great Depression, many carousels were replaced with more thrilling rides, and this particular carousel has been around for over 80 years with a real band organ attached so you can enjoy the same music people enjoyed many years ago.  

Meet Penny.

Aaannnnddd... we went kayaking all weekend and visited a sand castle museum... but this blogger's too pooped to post anymore. Pics coming soon ;)