Author: Mark Haskell
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Engine Running!
Well, a month has gone by in Rock Hall and our budget is shot, but we have a working engine and we plan to depart tomorrow. Tom, the mechanic here at Gratitude, did an amazing job fitting the new, larger engine in the old spot. A larger exhaust and water intake made for a real…
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Return to Rock Hall
After returning from Maine on Sunday we spent a few relaxing days back at Fern Lake, where we resumed playing board games and fell asleep to the sound of loons (like the one in the picture). Then the relay race began — two rental cars, three friends and a few hundred miles later we’re back…
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Check out Day
Saturday is check out day at the condo Don & Donna Bartlett loaned us, so we got up and were on the road by 9. We were going to head to Gardiner ME, to meet cousins Randy and Linda at noon and follow them to the Haskell camp on Damariscotta Lake for lunch and possible…
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Dive-in Theatre
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,…
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Caves, Celebrations & Stars
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…
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Schoodic
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…
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