Over the last decade or so my family and I have been lucky enough to spend a week in Maine. We spend the time at a "camp" on Moosehead Lake near Greenville, which is in the mid-western, or so, part of the state. I use "camp" because that's what those Maine people refer to it as. However, the house is at least as nice as the one that I am in right now but without the added distractions of TV and internet.
This year was especially good. All told we saw 18 moose, went fishing for the first time using a guide and got a ride in a float plane. And, of course, since it was over the 4th of July weekend, we enjoyed a small-town parade, fireworks, and a Sunday morning Woodsman's Breakfast at the local American Legion Post.
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Oldest has the hang of kayaking. |
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S'mores over the open-pit fire. |
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The boys named this one Harold. |
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The oldest gets a big one. Small mouth bass, about 4lbs. Even the guide was impressed. |
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Fallen trees on the bottom of the lake where we fished. |
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Independence Day, 2015. That is a single blinking light...the only one in Greenville. |
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Nice older 911. |
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Moon rise over Moosehead Lake. Wish I had brought my tripod. |
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Canoe trip out to look at a Loon that was on an opposite shore on her nest. |
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Doing some froggin'. |
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The view from the private "beach". |
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Moose, of course. Sorry it looks possessed. |
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Youngest hand-feeds a deer a carrot. |
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Mt. Kineo from the air. |
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Greenville Junction. There is a move to save the old, historic train station in the far right of the picture. |
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Taxing after landing. |
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The outdoor shower. |
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