Yes - we finally arrived!

Our last leg of the trip from PA to Black Lake was uneventful.... lots of rain and we saw a few accidents along the way, but we arrived safely about 2 in the afternoon, after a stop in Watertown, for Breakfast at Denny's and picking up a few groceries.

This year we are staying at the Log Cabins.  Our first time here.  It's really quite nice.  Cabin is small, but very nice, very clean and quite comfortable.  Two bedrooms, nice big shower, very well stocked kitchen, two very comfortable recliners to enjoy the flat screen TV on the wall. Also have a huge screened in porch with nice picnic table, and a great view of the lake.

Cabin #26

View from the lake!

The screened porch

View of the lake from the porch.

Another view from the porch.

A short walk to the dock......and the water level right now is very very low!!! That aluminum row boat is our for the next 6-8 weeks!

Love this area of NY State, and love this lake.  Just beautiful here.  We arrived a few weeks later than we normally do - so we missed a lot of folks that we normally spend time with, who are here for the first few weeks of bass season.  But we did get to spend one evening with friends Gary and Karen Tombasco - we come here every year from PA.  Great time just talking, laughing and catching up at our place.

Unfortunately the weather has not been very cooperative at all this year.  Much of the time, it is just too windy to go out.  And even today the winds are up to about 15 mpr.  Last week the heat was just unbearable .........and at a time when a little breeze would have been wonderful......... unfortunately there was seldom even a ripple on the water, and the temps were into the 90's.  But we did catch some nice fish on the days we were able to get out on the lake.

Rich with 15 inch Small Mouth Bass

Rich - 21 inch Dog Fish (Bofin)

 Donna with 13 1/2 inch Small Mouth Bass

Donna 25 1/2 inch Walleye

Fishing near Wood Island

Rich - 18 inch Small Mouth Bass

Donna 13 1/2inch Small Mouth

And .............Rich is in the lead with the smallest fish!!!

Hopefully the weather takes a turn .........and we start getting some better time on the water.  Nothing else exciting going on.... just the normal grocery shopping, cooking and baking.............and doing a lot of Sudoku Puzzles, while Rich plays Chess!