What Are We Doing Today???

The question resounding in many Jewish homes this morning, as the children ignore the effects of the yom tov schedule, and fight their exhaustion to move on to the next stage of Succos. The Chol Hamoed trip.

We got a really late start today (company leaving, kids sleeping late, big breakfast...yes we served MORE). As I am unable to bring myself to actually venture out on a major trip after ten in the morning we did a more local, scenic trip where some of us had been before. The others missed it when they were in camp a few years ago (and one was not born yet). We just enjoyed the scenery, each other's company, and watching the boy give his mother a heart attack as he ran really close to the water really quickly.

I just love the first for the shadows and light and the second for the quaintness: