August Festival and Family

It has been a very busy week in Washburn and at the Cole house. The whole family was home for the festival. With Louise selling and signing books and Gary designing and making the historical society float, everyone was busy. Bob, Gina, Bridget, Meghan and Jessica were riding on the float in 19th century costumes.

Here is Ralph Cole posing with his truck and the float.

The crew on the float: Meghan Cole, Drew Cameron, Hailey Cameron, Jessica Cameron, Mackenzie St. John, Gina, Bridget, and Bob Cole.

Both Ryan and Meghan gave tours of the museum during the August Festival. Here is Ryan in the barn,
We also spent some family time at Portage. Here we have three photos of Bridget at the camp.

Isn't this smile priceless? Bridget also seemed to enjoy the water.

Today we went to the St. John Valley with Jon and Erin. First of all we encountered a tree across the road on the way to St. Agatha.

Finally we have a photo of the view from the Lakeview Restaurant where we had lunch.

The Book has come!

Monday the book arrived. This book is the sesquicentennial production for Washburn that has taken several months of work. Louise and Londa Brown worked for over two months putting this together. There was a lot of excitement about the town office as the truck from Office Max arrived!

There were two pallets of books unloaded.

Here are Londa andLouise getting ready to take a look at it.

And here it is!

Baxter State Park Anniversary

Today the Coles celebrated 45 years of marriage by spending the day in the woods. Driving down through the woods to Patten with a picnic lunch aboard, they entered Baxter State Park at the Mattagamon Gate. Here is a picture taken near there:

We spent three hours driving through the woods, stopping to picnic at the Ledges. Louise finished knitting a sock on the trip. With music from the 60s playing on CDs, it was a lovely day to drive through one of the loveliest spots in Maine. Here we have a collection of pictures taken today for you to enjoy.