Day 104 – Sunny, a little wind, 40 degrees this morning. This time Rob wore a heavier jacket out to sit on the cliff. His coffee can only keep him so warm…..
Later in the morning he went out to cut another dead tree and trim some branches farther down the cliff. We’re really getting an amazing view. There was also a huge tree down from years ago & clearing it out allows us to see out over the cliff’s edge. There’s shoreland zoning here that only lets you cut a certain amount within 75 feet of the shore line. It is a points system, so we’re keeping track. Don’t worry, tree lovers, we are not overdoing it, nor are we cutting down healthy trees.
Pretty caterpillar, Cliff Haven, ME
We went out to get the mail; now we’ve been found – we got our tax bills. Sat out in the tent. It was low tide. First a Great Blue Heron flew in, squawking. Then the Seagulls. They love the mud flats. They had a dispute over what they were pulling out of the mud to eat. We could hear them opening the shells. We went inside when it got too breezy, therefore too cold and took pictures of the girls, staying warm in the RV. The high today was 56 degrees, sunny, breezy.
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In the first shot……is that bright blue in the background some kind of river or bay……or is it actually the ocean? Whatever it is……your land looks absolutely beautiful! Green green green green green 😀!!
That cracked us up (Green green green green……) because we both remember you saying that in NY when you visited so whenever we are up here, we walk around saying, “green green green green green” just the way you say it. (Therefore, we think of you often – grin).
Yes, that is our water down from the edge of the cliff. It is blueish-green, a gorgeous color. It is part of a small waterway called, Haycock Harbor, which flows in & out from the Ocean between two jutting pieces of land. The Ocean is easily heard from our cliff/land when the waves are crashing & it is not far from our land to where the harbor flows into the Ocean. Our land itself juts out slightly into the small harbor and we are clearing trees around that point to emphasize the water view on 3 sides. Several small lobstering boats travel the harbor daily after getting their catches. If you look on a map and follow the coastline of Maine, beyond Portland, beyond Acadia National Park, and keep going along the Ocean, where the land curves north again and before it borders Canada & New Brunswick, find the town of Lubec near the curve north at the so-called easternmost part of the U.S. Our land is shortly before that northward curve & Lubec. A really beautiful place. You must come visit us!