A seven hour drive!

To spend time at camp, my son and family must travel seven hours. This year we brought the three granddaughters to camp early. Pleasantly mild summer air is the norm here at 1500 feet up in the mountains.

A new week looking back 29 years!

The end of July, 1989, Kathy, Alex and I drove from New Hampshire into Maine. We were driving an RV and a Dodge sedan. The RV or motor home gave us a place to sleep. We did not know where we were going to live in Maine. I seem to recall that we always intended to be in the Portland area.

Following we were to live in a huge rental house for one year, build and live in our rural area for twenty six years and end up in Unit 20. The summers of 2016, 2017, and 2018 Kathy has been at camp for over twenty days each month.

Camp gives us mosquitos, cooler mornings, and a water view all the time.

Time away from biting mosquitos!

At camp I'm bitten daily.  My body reacts with an allergic reaction.  Each bite takes a few days to subside. 

I weekly drive to our condominium to check mail and do a trash day run.  In that time away from the camp bugs I heal.

Each third Thursday - MSMT

Last night we saw Beauty and the Beast in Brunswick, Maine.  The Maine State Music Theater presents four musicals each summer. We have seen about fifty preformances since 1999.

Season tickets since 2005 put us in a routine of great shows.  Stand out individuals last night were a front flipping young man doing so in a flowing costume. The other comic relief dull character did hand stands and amazing hand walking. Skinny build is an asset.

The candle stick character with a beautiful baritone voice had superb crowd connection.

Slippery slope!

To transition from land to a floating dock demands a ramp.

We have one steep slope and one shallow.  I rebuilt the ramp for the shallow slope days ago.

Yesterday I cobbled together a heavy frame to hold a heavy platform.  The ramp to finish the transition is still steep!

More later.

Cabin on the lake!

In Maine camp is a place on the water (lake or river).

Here at camp the heat has been hot. Bugs are around but fewer than typical for this time of year.

Having talked about mosquitos, black flys, no see ums I still have my three bites of the day. I swell up always.