Spent Thursday just recovering from our trip, Friday shopping for food, troubleshooting Alesa's new phone @ Best Buy (got a new battery under the Geek Squad protection plan)and we played a bit of platform tennis but got chased out by the lightning.
Trip Log
August 28, 2014
Left Maine around 7AM on Monday morning, shopped at LLBean and arrived at Mike's around 8PM. We spent the night and accompanied Annika on a tour of her new Junior High then took her to lunch.
August 24, 2014
Today was our last full day in Maine. We will leave early tomorrow morning, stop at LL Bean and arrive at Mike's, hopefully, before 8PM. This morning we went on a forage walk sponsored by the land trust. We hiked through the Maine woods and learned about edible plants.
August 23, 2014
This morning we went over to Art and Sally's for brunch with Gretchen (Laura and Steve's daughter) and her girls. After that, we drove over to Lincoln to golf nine holes at JATO with a good view of Mt. Katahdin. We walked the course so we are all now very tired.
August 22, 2014
Steve guided again today and Mike and family left for St. Stephens, Canada then to Bangor on the way to Providence and home. Laura, Alesa, Ingrid and I drove to St. Andrews, Canada on the Bay of Fundy to tour, shop and lunch. We came back to the U.S. by way of St.
August 21, 2014
Steve guided today and Lisa and the girls went to a class where they hiked into the woods and learned how to make survival shelters while I fly fished, Laura and Alesa walked and Mike chopped wood. In the afternoon Mike and girls tubed the stream while Lisa and I went fly fishing below the dam.
August 20, 2014
This morning, Alesa and Laura drove to Eastport for lobster and clams and to buy a case of Raye's mustard. Elyse, Annika and I went into the Maine woods to shoot my pistol and on the way back we picked blackberries by the side of the road.
August 19, 2014
Monday, Steve and I went out on his "Grand Laker" to Third Machias Lake and fished for white perch. We were interrupted by some bass and pickerel but still caught quite a few perch. While we were cleaning them, Mike and family arrived.
August 17, 2014
Today is our first full day in Maine. Alesa and Laura hiked while Steve and I fished on West Grand Lake. It was cool and rainy but a comfortable day after all of the Florida heat. I caught a few bass while Steve caught some bass and a large togue (lake trout).
August 16, 2014
Spent a great time in Erie at Bob and Cathy’s. Drove around the peninsula, visited with Art & Annie, golfed at Crab Apple Ridge with Bob and ate dinner at Valerio’s on Thursday.