Author: Mark Haskell
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Acadia
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.…
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Pilgrimage
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…
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Summer Sledding
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.
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Noah’s Impression of Camp
Right here it’s kinda’ like our own nature park. There are snails, chipmunks, mice, hummingbirds and loons which are kind of like birds in the water. Up here there are alot of old games and stuff. Stuff that my dad had when he was a boy. There is a four year old girl that lives…
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Cooling our Heels in the Adirondacks
With temperatures forecasted to be around 100 degrees for most of the week, we decided it was better to get out of Rock Hall as quickly as possible to await the engine installation somewhere much cooler. Where to go was a pretty easy decision, as Mark’s parents have a wonderful camp (cottage) on Fern Lake…
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It Could Be Worse
This poor old catboat was in the Tolchester marina and put our engine problems in perspective. At least we aren’t trying to grow a new mast. We were lucky enough to have Hayden & Raydeen Cochran (thanks!) loan us their car today so we could do some provisioning and get away from the dock for…
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