Summer in Upstate New York is just beautiful.
Everything is so green and lush and at night cool breezes blow… unlike here in the city. While it still gets humid and warm up there… it is bearable because it is so relaxing.
Back in the summer of 2009, we spent time visiting Dan and Paula and I had my first ever swim in a lake. They live right on Crystal Lake and we went out in their boat one afternoon. The whole time I kept saying “Oh no.. I’m not going in!” then when we were actually out on the water, I couldn’t help myself. I didn’t have my bathers on, so I told Bill to take off his swimming shorts so I could chuck them on and jump in in my clothes. It was so refreshing on what was a terribly humid and sultry day.
Now, I can handle surf – no worries. Sand, sunscreen, swimming between the flags. It is all good. But a lake… it is just weird. The water was so warm and so still. It was just perfect. I remember being so scared of strange lake creatures that always fascinated me in books I’d read when I was younger where some lake monster eats half a boat and that kind of thing… but when you are in the actual water it is peaceful and serene. It is actually hard work because with no waves it meant that I was treading like crazy.
First ever lake swim… so beautiful!
Then, I sent mum and dad this video because with it being winter in Melbourne, I had to rub it in!
You can see how unsettled the sky looks here. It was SO hot and the storm came not long after. How beautiful does Crystal Lake look? This is a backyard for those people!
I also found some photos that I took at Golden Harvest Farms from that weekend.. little did I know that two years later we’d be getting our wedding photos taken there! Can you see why I just love it here?!