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ruel
TreeHouser
Yep, Baxter is beautiful. I hiked katahdin last summer, over the knife's edge trail!
Did some good trout fishing too. The rustic cabins on ponds there are a nice way to do it, daicey pond has a really cool view of the mountain.
Did some good trout fishing too. The rustic cabins on ponds there are a nice way to do it, daicey pond has a really cool view of the mountain.
vharrison
Island Girl
Beautiful pictures, thanks for sharing them.
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Good stuff, Ruel.
Praise the lord that Percival Baxter saw fit to buy that land and lock it up as a park after he left the governors office. Baxter State Park - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baxter_State_Park
Praise the lord that Percival Baxter saw fit to buy that land and lock it up as a park after he left the governors office. Baxter State Park - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baxter_State_Park
ruel
TreeHouser
Nosey neighbor from yesterday's job and view from today
Jonny
Treehouser
My little bro sent me this pic yesterday. This plate would never get issued in NY.
ruel
TreeHouser
I prefer the coast, but many folks would rather be in the woods. Nice thing about Maine is that you can do both in a weekend.
I'm pretty surprised to see that license plate! Where was that taken?
I'm pretty surprised to see that license plate! Where was that taken?
Jonny
Treehouser
Somewhere around Limerick.
My vote is for the woods. That's what I like about MD also. I'm a fairly trivial drive away from mountains, ocean, and everything in between. Lots of stuff to do outside. Bad part is population density, at least where I'm at. I think I'd rather be in Maine.
Another Maine story...our sailboat was a three masted staysail schooner (designed and built by my hubby)
We needed to clean the bottom as we'd been cruising for a while and it was dirty with moss and barnacles, 53' x 6' x2 is a lot of bottom and we couldn't afford to haul it. Maine has a huge tidal drop so we decided to beach her and scrub it ourselves.
So we motored up to the head of Soames Sound and dropped anchor close to shore. With three masts we had 10 halyards and sheets available so we took three halyards off one side, joined them together and tied off to a small public dock...three halyards off the other side and tied to a tree.
In effect the boat was bow in to the shore and supported on either side by halyards from the tops of the masts.
As the tide went out we adjusted the tension on the halyards, she settled on her keel and we kept her upright with the halyards. The tide left her 100% high and dry, out came the scrubbing brushes and buckets and we got to work.
Soon we started to notice a stream of cars and pickups coming by for a look, people pointing and gesticulating...we stopped for a moment to see what the fuss was and realized it was us...the tops of the masts were hidden in fog and no-one could see the supporting halyards, all they could see was a big ass sailboat sitting high and dry on its keel apparently completely unsupported with people underneath scrubbing away!!! I have a picture somewhere...
The other fun things wasn't he world famous cruising sailors and authors Hal and Margaret Roth were up there too...my hubby and they had met years ago and sailed about Bermuda...the came over and got stuck in and helped us with the scrubbing!
We needed to clean the bottom as we'd been cruising for a while and it was dirty with moss and barnacles, 53' x 6' x2 is a lot of bottom and we couldn't afford to haul it. Maine has a huge tidal drop so we decided to beach her and scrub it ourselves.
So we motored up to the head of Soames Sound and dropped anchor close to shore. With three masts we had 10 halyards and sheets available so we took three halyards off one side, joined them together and tied off to a small public dock...three halyards off the other side and tied to a tree.
In effect the boat was bow in to the shore and supported on either side by halyards from the tops of the masts.
As the tide went out we adjusted the tension on the halyards, she settled on her keel and we kept her upright with the halyards. The tide left her 100% high and dry, out came the scrubbing brushes and buckets and we got to work.
Soon we started to notice a stream of cars and pickups coming by for a look, people pointing and gesticulating...we stopped for a moment to see what the fuss was and realized it was us...the tops of the masts were hidden in fog and no-one could see the supporting halyards, all they could see was a big ass sailboat sitting high and dry on its keel apparently completely unsupported with people underneath scrubbing away!!! I have a picture somewhere...
The other fun things wasn't he world famous cruising sailors and authors Hal and Margaret Roth were up there too...my hubby and they had met years ago and sailed about Bermuda...the came over and got stuck in and helped us with the scrubbing!
Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
Bermy, have you read Mowatt's "The Boat Who Wouldn't Float"?
ruel
TreeHouser
Love your Maine recollections Fi. Bet your boat was a sight to see high and dry.
Here's a foggy morning on the Harraseeket river in Freeport (ME, not the Bahamas)
Here's a foggy morning on the Harraseeket river in Freeport (ME, not the Bahamas)
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
I think I would prefer it inland?
But I could maybe see something on the coast?
But I could maybe see something on the coast?
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
These kinds of posts humble the hell out of me.
I really dont understand what you people go through day to day.....living where you do.
I really dont understand what you people go through day to day.....living where you do.
ruel
TreeHouser
20 miles from Freeport. I try not to go there in the summer, it's starting to quiet down now though.
Care to elaborate Jim?
Care to elaborate Jim?
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
Ha!
Which post?
Which post?
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
Hahaha!
Watch out for these guys!
Wild days of tofu powered SUP marathons.....
Watch out for these guys!
Wild days of tofu powered SUP marathons.....
Jed
TreeHouser
Corey: You say, "Like anywhere, Maine has it's issues." Care to elaborate?
I notice that you and Sean (Sean spoke of, "exploitation.") are reluctant to speak about the negative. I'm gonna have to start calling you guys Buckin Billy Ray unless you spill the beans.
I notice that you and Sean (Sean spoke of, "exploitation.") are reluctant to speak about the negative. I'm gonna have to start calling you guys Buckin Billy Ray unless you spill the beans.
