MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AND IT’S COLD! WEIRD.
Day 11 –Okay, so it didn’t get out of the 40’s today either. Memorial Day picnics at the beach? I don’t think so! 46 degrees at 6:45 am this morning; 46 degrees at 6:45 pm tonight. That’s fine with us as we had no big holiday plans anyway, but we can’t help but feel bad for those who were looking forward to the big beach celebration!
Continue readingNOT MUCH GOING ON…….
Day 10 – Cold here today – it didn’t get out of the 40’s all day at our land – it was cloudy with a little bit of rain. We stayed inside most of the day except when Rob had his morning coffee at the cliff. Later in the day we went to Morano’s for more pizza to go.
The only thing new & different was when we checked the security camera footage from home in NY and found we had a couple of visitors – a mother deer and her baby. Cute! See video below.
QUIET TIMES.
Day 9 – It is SO quiet here. You sure wouldn’t know it’s the beginning of Memorial Day weekend! The occasional lobster boat has gone by in the Harbor, twice, I think, since we got here yesterday afternoon. No cars. No voices. No machinery noises. Yesterday we heard Kingfishers up and down the Harbor. Today, none. And once we heard a Bald Eagle.
Continue readingTRAVEL DAY: LILY BAY STATE PARK TO OUR LAND.
Day 8 – Lily Bay State Park was great, as usual, especially because we could reserve our favorite campsite, #16M for three nights. None of the campsites at this State Park have hook-ups. We filled up with water when we came in and still had plenty to dump this morning. We got to use the new Lithium Battery system that Rob installed. Without it, we would normally need to use the generator for a few hours daily to keep the batteries charged. As of last night, we’d only used 39% of the new batteries. Pretty good! We would’ve stayed longer, but Memorial Day weekend is approaching and all sites are reserved. We did drive around the campground checking out boat launches, and (NOTE TO US: we wrote down the best non-reservable campsites for the future in case we want to nab a site without advanced reservations. #218U, #32L, and #29L.)
BUG AVOIDANCE.
Day 7 – Today was spent avoiding the bugs. In addition to the biting black flies, the mosquitoes have arrived. We spent most of the day in the screened tent overlooking the Lake. Disappointing because we’d wanted to do more kayaking, but it IS that time of year after all!
Continue readingOH SO MUCH WILDLIFE, AND OOOPS!
Day 6 – Another good night’s sleep. Particularly for Luna & Gracie who snuggled in with us beneath the covers. Are they spoiled? Well, we don’t have hook-ups here, therefore they didn’t have their heated pads to sleep on. Yeah, they’re spoiled. It was 44 degrees outside this morning, 58 inside, not that bad, but evidently it made the girls hungry because they gobbled down their breakfast completely in minutes. They think they’re being abused because they can’t have their heated pads. We tell them that cats in Africa are starving, but do they listen? We think they will survive.
Continue readingFREEPORT, MAINE TO GREENVILLE, MAINE.
Day 5 – This morning we packed up to leave Wolfe’s Neck in Freeport, Maine. It was a good stay; it always is. Wolfe’s Neck Oceanfront Camping, 134 Burnett Rd., Freeport, ME 04032, (207) 865-9307, https://www.freeportcamping.com/, info@freeportcamping.com. Today we drive to Lily Bay State Park, north of Greenville, Maine.
OINK, OINK.
Day 4 – We just finished dinner, more about that later, but I just sat down to work on today’s blog entry. Rob has taken his trusty camera for a walk. There was the standard moo-ing and snorts coming from the cows as they were led back to the barn from their day in the field. But there was also this strange “oink oink” in a baby voice coming from the campsite next door. The site next to us is one campsite away from the trail where the cows were being led home. I couldn’t figure it out. Baby piglets were being brought in to the barn with the cows? Wouldn’t they get stepped on? So many serious thing to worry about!
Continue readingOUT & ABOUT – FREEPORT, MAINE.
Day 3 – It was nice & cool last night and we slept well. The cats are doing great. Our campsite was quiet and it was a Friday night. This morning after coffee/tea, we took a walk around one section of the campground. We noticed that no one was wearing masks when they were outside; completely different from last year when masks were required outside also. Everyone seems relaxed & happy, so much better than the fear that was in the air last year.
Continue readingMASSACHUSETTS TO MAINE: HOT TO COOL, BIRDS TO COWS, AND SOME LIQUOR.
Day 2 – Later yesterday afternoon after we finished with the blog, we relaxed with our beer & wine. It was 84 degrees inside the RV & we had all the fans on. Around 6 p.m. it started cooling down a little, but not before Gracie passed out from the heat in a chair.
