JUNE 14 – GOOD LUCK, GAIL; SO GLAD IT’S ALL GOING BETTER NOW!
JUNE 20 – HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARK T.! WE HOPE IT WAS EXCELLENT!
We really have been lazy! Everything is going well. We are still camping at Cobscook Bay State Park and enjoying every minute of this beautiful place. Our campsite is excellent with a wonderful waterfront view. We’ve spent most of our time outdoors in the screened tent, fully protected from the bugs (which aren’t nearly as bad here where it’s more open from the woods, and the afternoon breezes help to keep them at bay). That’s in comparison to the experience on our land last year around this time.
The campground’s summer season officially began yesterday, June 23. The other side of the campground which is mostly for tent campers, was pretty busy this weekend. But clear on the other side of the campground where we are is where the larger vehicles go and it was quiet. We’ve seen & heard very few people & dogs. Because it’s been nice out, weather-wise, it’s ideal that it’s been so quiet since we are outside most of the time or inside with the windows wide open.
Most of the time it’s been sunny with highs in the 70’s. There’s been a couple of days where it rained and was cooler. Rob gets up early in the morning (a creature of habit) & begins his day sitting right by the water with his coffee. Then he usually goes for a walk with the camera. He also took a bike ride one morning. I usually sleep for an additional hour or two. Then once I’m up & around, we go out to the tent & I have my coffee.
There’s lots of birds here; when we first got here there weren’t many, but they sure have arrived in the last ten days or so. There is one Bald Eagle that we see almost daily. He or she lives on the small island across the Bay. This part of the Bay is fairly quiet with only occasional boats going by – kayaks & canoes – and we haven’t seen clammers here, but there’s less mud flats at low tide in this section of the campground. Daily the rockweed harvesters pick the flats at low tide. We’ve included some pictures below.
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Twice we’ve gone into Machias for supplies. That’s what we usually do if it’s raining. Both times we stopped at the Machias Marketplace for the freshest local produce and some fresh-baked bread. It takes about 45 minutes to get to Machias from here, especially with the repaving going on currently on Route 1. We reward ourselves with a trip to our favorite place for fish, Riverside Take-Out, in East Machias (usually lobster rolls for lunch there and the Monster Seafood Platter for take-out which feeds us both for two more meals). Otherwise, we are spending our time quite differently than we did on previous trips – not really going anywhere, just enjoying doing absolutely nothing. We’ll move on when our time runs out here. Once the season begins, you can only occupy a campsite for up to 14 days.
The kitties are quite happy. They aren’t used to staying in one place for so long. They have their routine & prefer not to deviate from it; not traveling is the “cats’ meow”. However, they’ve had some excitement the last couple of days. A Northern Parula Warbler has stationed itself at the top of the windshield of the RV, continually pecking (and preening) at the sight of itself in the windshield (until the sun goes down). This gets the girls stirred up. The bird makes a ruckus, then others fly in to see what’s going on. So far a Chickadee & a Blue Jay have been watching, too. Pictures below.
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Nights have been anywhere from the mid-40’s to the mid-60’s. Cool and pleasant. We spend our evenings reading our books or Rob works on some programming stuff he’s been doing for fun. Like I said, just plain lazy. Grin.
Beautiful pictures.
Duane