Yes, it has been more than 2 months since the last posting. We have been enjoying the summer, friends, and family, and New England.
Jan and I decided it might be best to start with newer pictures. Then, hopefully, we will have a chance to post pics from the summer in future blog postings. Something to look forward to.
Rachel and Scott wound up having quite a crew for Labor Day weekend. You have to know that the brothers and sister do not get a chance to see each other very often during the year.
Sean, Scott, Gary
Left to right:
Gary, Linda, Sean , Cristin,Alison, Scott, Rachel
Another rare picture opportunity.
Alison and Marsha
There was a lot of story telling and laughter.
Good times!
Lucas, Sean, and Lilly
Cristin, Rachel, Lilly, and Scott
Food was also very, very important
Marsha, Bruce, Alison, and Rachel
Missing Lucas in this picture, but a nice catch of Rachel, Lilly, and Scott
Did we mention good food?
Nancy and Jan are always happy to spend some time together.
Important doings on the deck.
Linda is supervising. Did they get all of the silk off the corn?
Lucas and Lilly had fun decorating a birthday cake for Everyone!
This link is to a short , crazy video of the occasion
Can someone say Jeopardy??
Also, here is a short video of our picture taking
Thanks to Dave for this one.
The videos on the blog show in red. Just click to play and click or double click to enlarge
Beginning our favorite tour of the Maine coast. We are back to Winslow Park Campground in Freeport, Maine. This was the view from our site . The following video was looking towards Harraseeket River
On the way , we actually found a place to park Lady Blue in Camden Maine. It was even marked for RV's!!
That gave us a chance to walk downtown Camden and to take a few videos of the harbor.
This first is from the lawn of the library at the top of the hill.
Also a little video from deck of the Waterfront Restaurant
A great stop again at Lobster Buoy Campground in South Thomaston.
A video from the shorefront
And a tasty lobster from McLoons Lobstah Shack(the "ah" spelling is on the side of the building)on Spruce Head Island.
How's the lobster Bruce??
This video is from where the picnic tables are located
Of course, the lobster was perfect Maine!!
It seems like some customers come just for the view.
The following video is as we leave McLoons. Away from the main tourists areas, these coves along the Maine coast hold the business end of the lobster industry. Lots of lobsters come in, are packed, and shipped in trucks to final destinations around the world.
We took a wrong turn out of Lobster Buoy. But it turned out to be a good turn. It led us to Owls Head Light.
Built in 1825. This lighthouse is a surprise. When you approach the top of the stairs you realize that what you see is what there is. The lighthouse is very short because it sits nicely on the top of the ledges. We try to keep the video fairly short. Hopefully they are helpful. These two are from the base of the lighthouse.
The high view gives a perfect look around the coast. That includes a number of lobster boats pulling their traps.
Sunset Point Campground is located north of Schoodic Peninsula in Harrington, Maine. The campground is off Route 1A
This is the view of our little cove at Sunset Point Campground. The tides here are up to 13 feet for each change of tide. So low tide looks very low.
Video from low tide
This is the same dock and boat at high tide.
Also a video from high tide
Jan enjoys a view from Sunset Point walking trail
The sunset did not disappoint.
From Schoodic Woods Campground on the Schoodic Peninsula, Jan and I take a hike on the Lower Harbor Trail
Bright green moss and also other colors of moss along the hike.
The hike goes all along the water. The beginning of the noose is Schoodic Woods Campground in Acadia National Park. It is also the beginning of the Park Loop Road on Schoodic.
One of the views along the way.
Also some woods parts of the trail.
The next day we take a bike ride from the campground around Schoodic Point.
This video is from a stop at Frazer point.
At Schoodic point , visitors scramble over the rocks or bring their folding chairs and just sit and watch the ocean. The picture above shows how when this area was formed , molten lava pushed up through the already fromed and cracked granite to make these dark strips of diabase dikes. The diabase erodes faster than the granite.
The video is from near these rocks on the point. You should see a number of people walking and sitting on the rocks.
The Schoodic loop on the bike was 11 miles. The point with the ledges is at the bottom of the picture above. This ride gives great ocean views all the way until the gray section that cuts back to the campground.
Bright red ash? berries.
To the right is Mount Cadillac and the left is Dorr Mountain
A view from the Park Loop Road of Acadia National Park. A cruise ship is moored on the left and Bar Harbor is on the right.
Above a huge cruise ship from the Holland Cruise Lines leaves Bar Harbor
Above is the Margaret Todd of the Windjammer fleet
This is a video of the some of the surf close to Thunder Hole on the Loop Road
On our bike ride around Acadia.
One of the views of Eagle Lake along the carriage roads.
A different view of Eagle Lake from the end of the lake.
Jan takes a break from the hills.
Not a lot of foliage colors, but here and there were some bright leaves This was around Jordan Pond.
A nice new discovery was Megunticook Campground on Route 1 just south of Camden
Even enjoyed the old woody Ford wagon on the front lawn.
Also, as you can see from the video, a nice section of waterfront that is set up with a number of wooden chairs to view the ocean. We saw the eagle fly by and others point out dolphins and seals.
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