Life in Maine

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August 30, 2005 we arrived in Maine and now two months later we would like to share our adventures with our friends.  These pictures of our home in Machias were taken around mid October as the fall foliage was reaching it's peak but I am getting ahead of myself so lets go back to our arrival.

We arrived several days before our moving van and had to sleep in our sleeping bags.  This gave us time to do some cleaning up and quickly learn a bit about town.  Eventually our movers arrived and proceeded to fill our home with everything we brought from California.  Furniture, boxes and whatever went into the house and filled the garage.  During this time not a picture was taken as we only had fifteen days before we left on vacation!

Yes, we had planned a month long vacation in three different areas of Maine.  You may think us nuts and you are probably right.  It is now mid September and we packed up and headed for Georges Pond near Acadia National Park.

The pictures above were all taken on the property of the camp where we stayed while on Georges Pond.  In Maine the word camp is used to depict a cottage that is rustic and usually on a body of water.  The last picture from above is a Loon stretching his wings.  We were surprised to see a Loon this late in the season but in fact we saw a number of them.

We were looking forward to a wonderful time traveling through Maine.  Our dear friends from New Mexico, Maynard and Frankie, joined us for most of our vacation.  We picked them up in Bangor at the International Airport.  For you PVCA folks and all our other friends, remember that you are only as far as the airport.

Our weather could not be better, well I guess a little less rain would have been nice but overall it has been great.  Upper 60's and lower 70's were the typical day.  We would get sunshine for about five days and then two days of rain then the cycle would start over.

One afternoon, after returning from an outing, we noticed this rather large bird sitting out on a rock near shore.  When we realized it was a Bald Eagle I grabbed my camera and was able to snap these shots.

If you look real close you will be able to see the fish he has in his talons.

Autumn is upon us and we made a quick trip to Baxter State Park to try and get some pictures of the Maine Moose.

We were successful in seeing a big Moose but missed the bull by about five minutes.  We stayed for several hours in an attempt to get photos of the bull but he did not return.  With the lateness of the season I will try again next fall.

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