The campground dock.
It’s just about as insignificant as can be, and yet seems to dominate the Bossy family vacation.
It’s the first place the family visits upon their arrival at the campground:
And every night after dinner the family returns to check to see that it’s still there, with its No Swimming sign. Hi, Park Ranger!
Usually Bossy’s daughter has to brave chilly evening Lake Champlain by herself, except on the rare occasion she can recruit a fellow convict:
By the way, you may be wondering what Bossy is doing while her family breaks the dock rules one by one:
Hokie Deb says
August 7, 2009 at 12:01 pm–>Hello Park Ranger! Call Bossy’s Son if they only get one phone call.
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Audubon Ron says
August 7, 2009 at 12:05 pmBossy is a very good photographer. Love it.
chocolate and whine says
August 7, 2009 at 12:35 pmLOVE these photos! Except the second one scared the crap outta me. It looked like Bossy’s daughter was lost at sea, with only the dock to keep her afloat. (I have a serious fear of… well, being lost at sea.)
junebug says
August 7, 2009 at 1:00 pmSome more outstanding photos! I love the blue, blue color. Very cool.
POD says
August 7, 2009 at 1:09 pmBeautiful photos! The last one, amazing.
Debby says
August 7, 2009 at 1:49 pmNice! Great memories to be had by reviewing these photos year after year
Bri says
August 7, 2009 at 2:01 pmLook at all those fantastic photos bossy!
robin says
August 7, 2009 at 2:06 pmIs that a belt on Bossy? I would feel very under~dressed if I camped with you. In my ragged gym shorts and husbands t-shirts.
Cactus Petunia says
August 7, 2009 at 2:17 pmThose photos bring back memories of a summer on Grand Isle on Lake Champlain. Sighhhhh. We rented a cabin, as my mother was a city girl from the Bronx, and camping was out of the question.
Ms. Cranky Pants says
August 7, 2009 at 2:18 pmThank you, Bossy! I feel like I’ve been away and refreshed myself. No joke, for reals.
mirela says
August 7, 2009 at 2:33 pmLove the photos!!!
Michele says
August 7, 2009 at 2:34 pmThose are some FANTASTIC photos!
JK says
August 7, 2009 at 4:03 pmCactus Petunia #9, In Vermont they call cabins “camps,” So you kinda did go “camping.” Love that island and will be off to our family’s shack, um, shed, no…I mean “camp” in a week.
Glad the Bossys are having good weather!!!
Rebekah says
August 7, 2009 at 7:10 pmThe first photo is magical.
The Domstic Goddess says
August 7, 2009 at 7:16 pmREBELS!!!
Lisa says
August 7, 2009 at 9:48 pmThe boss and her fam are some SKINNY peeps!!!Great post from the shores of what looks like cccccold ocean somewhere!!
Jen says
August 8, 2009 at 5:21 amNiiiiiiiiiiice. I haven’t been to Lake Champlain since I was 7 (that’s 28 long years), but I still remember how lovely it is. WTF is up with the no swimming?!
tina de luxe says
August 8, 2009 at 8:29 amThose photos are excellent. The first one is pretty spooky though. Looks like the sky is coming down on Bossy’s daughter.
Strange how that dock seems so short on the second picture and so loooong on the third one. Frogs must sure have an interestingly different outlook on the world.
I looked up Lake Champlain now, once more I gained some profound knowledge here at Bossy’s campfire. Thanks! Though I’ve been wondering why one would camp at a lake when the ocean is nearby. But I imagine that being really cold, not only in the evenings.
Amy @ Bitchin' Wives Club says
August 8, 2009 at 8:47 amGorgeous photos…. I really love the one of your daughter swimming and of your feet.
We spend all summer at a lake in Iowa and my view of the swimming is almost exclusively from a bench on the dock or a chair on the lawn. —And that is OK. 
Lizzy says
August 8, 2009 at 3:55 pmIt’s not a true camping vacation unless there is Photoshop. Outstanding photos, Bossy!
David says
August 10, 2009 at 12:47 amSomeone had inappropriate thoughts while viewing the photo of BH in the water.