Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for July 10, 2016

Ah, quality stepfather/stepdaughters bonding. Have fun in the musty cabin to yourself, Val.

Unfortunately I´m pretty sure you had to make a reservation to go there.

Let Phil take the kids. Val would probably enjoy some alone time and it could be another learning experience for him.

Back in the day,,,,,when I finally had enough frequent flyer miles to go to Maui…I stayed in a cheap motel on the beach, but I walked and visited all the neighboring luxury 5-star hotels.Great public art and restaurants.

Oooo…And a smaller cabin out back!

Interesting that Jan synced the Sunday strip with the current story line in the daily classic strips. Val likely couldn’t go skinny-dipping at the new resort at the other end the lake.

Sorry Val.

I’ll “rough it” in a nice hotel suite with a hot tub, large tv set, and a mini-bar.

What’s that dripping from the nest?

A hot tub, in the summer?Not for me, thanks.

I would have thought Alix would have been up there investigating the nest.

Phil became a plus as a step-dad.

Camping is where you spend a fortune to live like a homeless person. The best I can manage is a Winnebago.

Ah, the Adirondacks in the ’50’s, Lake George, Dude Ranches, etc..add a carload of musical sorts that barely knew how to ride horses and stir in NYC-type girls on their first summer away from home…..ahhh, memories..and the drinkin’ age was 18 at the time, too. How we ever survived, I’ll never know…………

Phil had better not complain how much this vacation is going to cost…

How come I only get Sunday? What happened to the rest of the week?