Month: August 2006

What a hoot — today we went out on the m/v Seal and watched Diver Ed explore the bottom of Frenchman’s Bay via live video feed. Ed was a hit with the kids as he took “mini-Ed” (a plastic diver) with him and we saw live video of mini-Ed being attacked by lobsters and crabs,…

Coffield & Sally Knight, from Chapel Hill, celebrated their fiftieth anniversary today and we were honored to share some of the celebration with them and their family — here in Acadia. We toured a lobster hatchery with them in the morning, where Noah volunteered to band lobster claws, and then joined them for a toast…

Schoodic Peninsula is a special place in Maine. As the only part of Acadia National Park that is attached to the mainland, it doesn’t see as much traffic as Mt Desert Island. The rocky points that reach out into the Atlantic make for great pictures as the waves crash against granite.  On the way we…

First full day in Maine was spent with Randy & Linda Haskell giving us a tour of Acadia National Park on Mt Desert Island. Started with tidepools in the fog, moved on to a short hike and found Bass Harbor Lighthouse where I’d played with the light house keeper’s son when I was a kid.…

We’re on our way to Maine, just not by boat. Rented a car in Plattsburgh, NY this morning took a ferry across Lake Champlain, and headed across the top of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine to get to Ellsworth where Mark’s Aunt and Uncle have loaned us a condo!  The Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream…

Aunt Brenda and Noah took a summer-time ride on the Olympic bobsled run at Mount Van Hoevenberg. Fifty-six seconds from the half-way point and they got up to almost sixty mph!  Today was Beth’s birthday and we went to Lake Placid and enjoyed the mountain views, streams and waterfalls.