Hurricane Irene

We totally missed the hurricane. We did get a little bit of wind but no more than we get during the winter months. We lost power for a bit but we had a generator. We went to the back shore to watch the tide come in during the storm.

Samson in the wind

Ultramarathon on GCI

This is a really big deal. And not just locally. I was stuck at work most of the day but Ric and Samson got to play "waterboy". (No jokes, Emily! haha)
Samson got to squirt runners with water. He made use of the 345 water guns in our house. How many water guns can a five year old boy have?!
http://www.gciultra.crowathletics.com/

cooling off after the race

a soaking wet samson on my bike

Bar Harbor 4th of July Parade

We rode on the Great Maine Lumberjack Show float. Ric performed. Samson and I threw out candy. He thought he was some kind of celebrity!

Paul Bunyun (Ed H.) and Babe, the blue ox

Tina and Ed, er, I mean Paul Bunyun

misc.

The wiki definition of sea glass: Sea glass is glass found on beaches along oceans, bays, rivers or large lakes that has been tumbled and smoothed by the waves, water and sand, creating smooth, frosted shards of glass.[1][2][3]
Combing shorelines for sea glass is a hobby for many beach-goers either simply to collect, or to craft into jewelry or other decorative pieces.
Authentic sea and beach glass is becoming harder and harder to find for a variety of reasons: there are more people searching for it; glass items have been replaced by plastics; and littering is increasingly discouraged.

Samson does his part to keep the sea glass hobbyists busy. This is how we dispose of our glass bottles. Throwing it on the rocks below the dock. You know he loves this job.


At the town dock, looking toward Mt Desert Island, at dusk

Island Humor



Samson trying to catch, well, anything that will swim into his net.

Cadillac Mountain

At 1,532 feet, Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park is the highest point along the North Atlantic seaboard and is the first place to view sunrise in the United States from October 7 through March 6.

The Cranberry Isles are right behind them with Great Cranberry right above Ric's head. It's hard to see, but it's in the shape of a "G". You know, as in Gaither. Cause they been 'specting us to come for years.

With Bar Harbor behind them. Samson was dancing.

Cruise ships in Bar Harbor

Great Cranberry looks more like a circle here.

Riding with Captain Mandy on the "Crustacean," a lobsterboat

"I know what you did last summer" (note the hook in his hand)

Casey on the "Crustacean" leaving Great Cranberry

Passing the ferry on our way, in the fog.

It's a small world

I also work in the museum on Great Cranberry which is a fun job because I get to talk all day. Haha! Today I met a couple from Rock Hill, SC. They were familiar with Statesville/Mocksville and even knew one of my former NC employers! They got a kick out of meeting a Carolina girl on a remote Maine island and we talked for a long time. They were looking for Bob Lacey (of the Bob & Sheri Morning Show on the radio) but I told them Bob stays on Little Cranberry (aka Islesford) so they plan to travel there tomorrow. Everybody at the museum was oooing and ahhing at their accents and said I talked more hillbilly when I was talking to them. Last week a couple from Hickory came in and I was bummed to not be working that day.