Woodstock, NH

Day off, in between sessions.  

Went to Woodstock, NH, and slept right next to the river, most of the time.

Ate lunch at the beautiful Woodstock Inn.

The view of the river and cascade park.

Orford, NH: Last night's thunderstorm

Orford, NH: 7-10-13 Outing

This is a natural waterslide in Baker River

Jumping off of Bakers Cliffs

Then a Moosilauke tradition... stopping at Fat Bob's for a huge small, delicious ice cream.

 This is a small.

Orford, NH: Pestilence...

...or just stuff I never wanted to see inside a place I am living....

There are a ton of mosquitos, spiders, moths, horseflies, and other things.... We are constantly being bit, and there is no escape.  The moths don't bite, but they tend to dive bomb you and just bug, and the mice and chipmunks just get into your stuff.  My first day here, I got bit by a wood tick and ransacked by a chipmunk... in all fairness though, that chipmunk was pretty cute.

Here are some pics I have collected so far:

One huge spider... found one similar in my luggage...  I thought it was rolled up black yarn, but nope.

One of the girl's in the cabin woke up with this little guy crawling on her face, and then into her bed.  

I've never had so many bug bits in my life... Literally 10-20 at a time, at the least, no exaggeration, no lie.  Got them everywhere, even through my clothes.  And it wasn't just mosquitoes, but the little gnats bit, the random spiders, ticks, and those damn horse flies actually made you bleed. We were being eaten alive!

And these bugs came near the end of the camp, and drove me absolutely crazy.  Imagine having 8-10 of them, around you, when you are trying to sleep.... Almost learned to climb walls trying to kill them.  

Orford, NH: 4th of July

Woke up this morning to the normal wake up bell, then followed by the US national anthem, and this.

 

The foreign staff are getting an earfull today... The ones who wore their British flags though, deserve it.