Trippin' in Maine

This past weekend was a little bit too hectic R&R trip to Maine, to wittness Julie&Rob's holy matrimony.
We left NYC Friday nite, stopped en route north of Bosstones, and got to Fryeburg / Lake Kezar by early Sat afternoon. Then it was pretty much eating, swimming, drinking & chillin until Monday morning. Most of Monday was spent on the road, barely making it to car rental on time...


Pre-wedding party at the Bride's parents' lake house on Lake Kezar. According to legend, the dragonflys brought in by the father multiplied quickly, and have kept the place mosquito-free ever since. Which was nice.


Some neighbors came to pick us up in a 'Party Barge', basically a plush platform on pontoons, with a motor. Anyway, accross the lake we got to play some beach volley. From distance, the scenery does look like Finland. But the high hills look out of place, and on a closer look the flora is clearly different. After all, Fryeburg is on 45th, Helsinki on 60th parallel...


Here on right, Le Bruno & Mac practice a bit, after suffering a humiliating defeat in the previous set...


By the wedding time, my camera was seriously running out of juice. Note to self: bring charger along! But here's a glimpse of the happy couple, and the somewhat creepy (he was catholic, after all >;) priest. Live long & prosper. So long, and thanks for all the fish! And a great weekend!

pax
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A sunny weekend

This weekend, me & A&J visited Governors' Island. It's an up-to-now off-limits military base right between Manhattan & B'lyn, a sort of hidden diamond in plain sight. It accessible only for a few months in the summer, by a free 7-minute ferry ride next to the Staten Island Ferry. The military has now abandoned the base, and he City and State are slowly developing it into something ... more accessible and beneficial for the whole city. Go while you can, while it'like this ;)




July 1863. The West Ohio Company is on an 'easy assigment' in NYC, away from the battle fields. Little did they know the NYC Draft Riots were upon them!

Here they are practicing with their musket rifles at Fort Jay.


The Poles of the World (Mualiman navat / maailman puolalaiset?) Flushing Meadows, Queens.



At the velodrome. My (street)fixie in the foreground, a pro track fixie in the background. Once you get a good rhythm going, the velo is quite fun and pretty easy!

peace
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