Shut up. We were there for seven days and did a lot of stuff.
Here are Amanda and I, sneaking out for a half hour for a paddle-date. It was nice to get a few minutes just with Amanda. We explored the big island on the south side of the lake. I would like to own an island. Or at least a half an acre of land anywhere for that matter....
Here is the camp where we stayed....it is kind of obscured by trees and growth, but that was the way of old classic Maine camps. This way you get a nice breeze from the trees, and lots of shade from the leaves. You can always tell the new camps by the way they need to be all ostentatious and cut down every living thing so all the world can see their house and where they park their Lexus.....
A very nice dock and a path leading up to that meadow and blueberry field and then the cabin itself. On the left side, there is a nice outdoor porch. We didnt use that much or at all. In all honesty, if we werent down at the water we were inside....I have never been in a single place where there were more mosquitoes. Ever.
Bring it.
"Pirate Island" is what Callum and I called this large, obtrusive ROCK island jutting out of the water smack dab in the middle of the lake. From end to end, the rock was about 15 yards, and only held about five people or so at a time. The locals had fashioned a really nice pole, flying the American flag...the pole itself must have been about 30 feet high to be seen all over the lake. At the end of the 'island' was a bolted-to-the-rock diving board. There were also some ropes bolted into the rock so folks could moor their boats (our canoe got the CRAP kicked out of it as I tied it up on the other side of the rock...the only place there was room...and the wind beat it against the rock constantly) and climb out of the water BACK onto the rock after jumping. Callum didnt jump (neither did I...I was too scared) but he loved being a pirate and climbing out of the water.....over and over again....
....here is a good shot of that diving board and Sally climbing out of the water after one of her jumps...
1 comment:
Dude, the biggest reason new houses have no trees around them is because during excavation of a new home, you disturb tons of trees' root systems. Once you disturb a tree's root system, you need to take it down, or risk it dying in the next several years and it fall on your new home. I'd venture to guess that there were a lot less trees around the camp at which you stayed when it was built. -TK p.s. cool diving board
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