The two weeks have flown since Chris has been with us. We have played endless games of Phase 10, war and whatever struck our minds. I won't mention Mancala, because I was not a part of that marble game.
We have had many adventures and all of them have been fun.
Pemaquid Point Lighthouse is always a fun day trip combined with the Maine Ocean Botanical Gardens. The wind was so strong, it nearly blew our picnic off the table and we had to resort to wearing jackets while we ate and Chris played on the rocks.
We had missed the rhododemdrums in bloom in the gardens, but there is always something colorful to look at on the trails. I captured one bush on the way to the gardens that was spectacular.
Yesterday we attacked the woods. I had not walked our moose trail in several years and it wasn't cleared at all last year so we had to guess where the trail was. I would not have made it without Chris along. Tom got us started on the right trail and then went back to drive the mule down to meet us on River Road. We only have a few trails the mule can travel. The rest of the trails are for foot traffic only.
I had planned to walk all the way to the northeast corner of our property in search of the elusive moose. So camera in hand we stuck out but no moose was found.
Beavers have made the pond overflow onto the trail that had been cleared and Chris and I had to bushwack our way to higher ground. He had a wicked stick that "killed" the ferns out of our way and we did make it.
After lunch, we went to a place to mine for gems. Mt Mica is a famous mine and this place hauls material from the mine and you can dig a bucket full for $10.00 and see what you can find.
There are nice tables with water trays. You sift the material first through two screens. Then you wash the bigger stuff, dump it on the table and sort before you get to the tiny stuff. We found three sandwich bags of "keepers" for Chris to take home. There were numerous tiny crystals of green tourmaline and other minerals.
And then there was the day for sailing, but alas, the sail tore and there was no wind anyway. However, the paddle worked and the two boys rowed across Labrador pond in the sailboat without a sail.
It has been a fun
2 comments:
Wish we were there. I took a walk at daylight this morning and found that the mosquitoes were starting to come around. I'll need to fog the neighborhood soon. Pollution is sometimes a necessity. Sounds like you had a great time. Pappy
Just checking in on your adventures.
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