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Not the best photos I've ever taken, but I didn't even end up taking that many.
We (the family and my sister and her family) rented a cottage for a week about 50 miles south of the Thousand Islands area of NY. Anika really enjoyed spending time with her cousins, Nina & Gaile. The vacation mostly consisted of sitting back with some wine & watching the kids play.
The first evening in the cottage - playing dress-up:
Playing in the sand near the cottage:
We took a short cruise through the islands, and spent some time on Heart Island visiting the Boldt Castle. From their website: "At the turn-of-the-century, George C. Boldt, millionaire proprietor of the world famous Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City, set out to build a full size Rhineland Castle in Alexandria Bay, on Picturesque Heart Island. The grandiose structure was to be a display of his love for his wife, Louise. In 1904, tragedy struck. Boldt telegraphed the island and commanded the workers to immediately "stop all construction." Louise had died suddenly. A broken hearted Boldt could not imagine his dream castle without his beloved. Boldt never returned to the island, leaving behind the structure as a monument of his love." Since then, it has been almost finished and is open for tourists.
A view of the 'playhouse', which housed some rooms with pool tables, a bowling alley, and other game rooms. Definitely a guy kind of place!
Anika insisted on picking her nose for this one. She was in a phase where she would reach for her nose every time a camera was pointed her way. Kids.....
View straight up from the main staircase. Wow.
View from the top:
That's the powerhouse behind us (generators for the island).
Bye, bye, Boldt castle!
When we arrived back at the dock, look what we saw:
New York State is really big on Carousels. All of them in the Binghamton area are free! (Can you tell that Anika loves carousels? )
Ice cream is not so bad, either!
Nor are candy apples from the Cider Mill in Owego, NY!
Vacation Photos
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