Mother on Red Boat, Fourth Lake

After seeing the picture of me on the red boat I had to respond! That particular picture was taken by the professional photographer at Camp Eagle Cove. Al Edison was his name and he was a staff photographer at the Syracuse Herald Journal and Post Standard, and made extra money by freelance commissions. For years he was hired by Fayetteville-Manlius High School to take some of the group pictures for the yearbook, and I was one of the students assigned to work with him when I was in "Yearbook Club" at F-M. This particular picture was taken in either 1960 or 1961 the two years I worked at Eagle Cove. Because he knew Al and Dorothea, he would stop at Penwood for a drink and conversation as part of his photo shoot at Camp Eagle Cove. -- Margery Gordon Burstein

The Bridge and Lake Beyond

The bridge and Fourth Lake in the distance, taken from the Penwood beach. The boat house sits on the right side of the photograph.

Until Next Year. . .

The Chris Craft has been put to sleep for the winter. Before we had a more modern boat, a Chaparral, we used this boat for everything, including water skiing. Now, it is for slow cruises around the lake. It's one of the best things about Penwood. It's been there longer than any of us, except my mother, who arrived at Penwood the same year as the Chris Craft: 1953.

Twin Coves Boathouse, Fourth Lake

Twin Coves is just across Pine Bay from Penwood. This charming little boathouse is the same as it was when the Adirondack Boys were babies. It has witnessed everything that has entered Pine Bay and has not changed a bit across the decades. In all this time, I have never seen a boat enter or leave the boathouse, but I love to look at it from the shore and to photograph it as the seasons change. Red and brown are true Adirondack colors and I hope it never changes.