A Visit to the Coast of Maine

We have been planning all summer to get away for a couple of days, and this week we finally did it. We went to Rockland and Warren visiting relatives, and then on to Bar Harbor for a day at Acadia. The weather was wonderful. The only problem encountered was Louise coming down with a cold and not feeling like a lot of activity today.

 On Sunday we started our journey with a trip to the Farnsworth Museum in Rockland where an exhibit of many Wyeth works was on display.

We traveled on to Bucksport where we crossed the new Penobscot Narrows bridge.

The weather today was perfect to enjoy the scenery at Acadia.

Here we see Louise on top of Cadillac Mountain.

Here we have a gull that posed for us. The cruise ship, Jewel of the Seas, made the park and the town of Bar Harbor as busy as it would have been in mid-July.

Beautiful panoramas like this appeared at every turn.

This was the scene in Bar Harbor late this afternoon. Tomorrow we head back to the county.

Wharf Woes

After a very busy weekend, Gary and Louise went up to Portage late this afternoon and discovered that the wharf has moved itself next door. In the high water it has floated away and lodged itself on top of the neighbor's wharf. That will be a major undertaking this week. Matt's boat is probably the only on left on the lake and the back of it is in the water. The water is as high as we have ever seen it. Here are some photos of Portage Lake this afternoon.

This is the large piece of the wharf sitting out in the water on the next lot down from us.

Debris has gathered on the sections.

No beach anymore!

The lonely boat looks strange sitting out in the water by itself.