Gbe turned 23 today.. He’s such a wonderful person.. I’m so proud to be his papa !
Gabe was camping on burton island with Raya and her fam.. so Diane and I woke early and canoed out to see him
the crossing to their camsitre on Burton island was only about 20 minutes … the water was nice and smooth on the way out. 
there’s the birthday boy !
gabe , raya and M were up..
Kack , wendy and the 4 dogs were just coming back from a walk
they’d made a cobbler in the dutch oven.. almost done !
raya, gabe, diane and I headed in to check out the small store on the island.
make that ‘the only coffee on the island… THe island is tiny .. about a dozen camsites, one store, no cars.. beutiful
we got back to camp just in time to try the cobbler
meanwhile M had found this awesome snake !
He also foudn a complete snakeskin !
lazy dogs we tred to get them to swim.. but no luck
we all went for a walk to the southern tip of the island.. abeutiful trail through the woods. 
there weres soem cool rocky beaches along the south part of the island
there were even soem benches.. .. just no people !
we walked back on a differnt trail ad headed bac to camp for lunch.
jack cooked the buns
we had a full spread with biabatta and lox, cream cheese, onions, tomatoes and capers.. yum !
whiel gab e wasnt lookign we got out his cakes and put the candles in
here comes gabe !
gabes favorite chocolate mouse cake !
here’s M shows us that you actually can put 4.5 beers worth of beer in a regulation frisbee !
around 3 diane and I headed out tin the canoe. the wind had kicked up.. and it was a pretty rough crossing. we almost capsized one .. but made it to shore safely . ..
gave raya diane and I met up at our house around 5. aroudn 7 we went out for birthday beer and dinner.. first stop was Von Trap brewery.
a few small presents to mark the day
then t Piecassos in Stowe for pizza
dinner was great..
and our friend the toad was there waiting for us when we got home !
great dinner, great day..
great kid !
Happy birthday my son !
nite all. nte sam
-me