A week in Maine

For Erika's 80th birthday the whole family spent a week on the Maine Coast in a town called Belfast. We rented a house on the Passawassakeag River - this is the view from the house of the shore, the river and Belfast Harbor. 

One morning Sandy, Jolie and I hiked up Mt. Battie, this is one of the views we got of Camden Harbor



On the top of Mt Battie is this memorial to war veterans - it is like a mini castle complete with alternating raised and lowered stones along the top. To get this picture I had to run like hell to get to the top and get my feet over the edge without falling over the edge.

Three middle aged folks trying to look like cool surfers at the light house park where we all had lunch

Location, Location, Location - this was the extra guest house that suprisingly no one wanted to stay in for a week ;)

Sunset from the beach at the house. I would have missed this shot if Ma hadnt told me that the sky was getting red.

HUGE orchids on the west side Cadillac Mountain Trail

   View from Blue Hill on humid morning.

Blue Hill has a huge field of lupine

Barnacles and boats on the quaint and photogenic town of Stongington.

When in Rome..... so we ate lobster on the deck thanks to Ma. For Herb and Anne this was a daily feast!

Sand Beach at sunrise in Acadia National Park

Ribbbittt. These frogs had very distinct and deep voices. Jolie and I saw them in Acadia - we were excited to find out what type of exotic frog they are. The book at the informaton kiosk indicated that they are called "green frogs" ... really ... just Green Frogs????? I could have guessed that without any fancy book!!!

While bike riding around the island of Isleboro, Sandy decided to prove one of the laws of physics regarding entropy and how things naturally tend to a state of disorder.  Turning a bike around is evidently harder than one would think

Eric got to meet Captain Seweed near Belfast

On the top of Mt Megunticook

The gang on the deck of the house