Lisa
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Leafy Brains at Lynes Wildlife Sanctuary, Mass Audubon
One has to admire the imagination of people who gift plants and fungi with descriptive common names. Leafy Brains (aka jelly leaf and brown witch’s butter) is a new-for-me fungus that I found on our walk today. All three names are apropos as we head into October. This 240-acre area was a typical New England…
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The Fundy Trail at Pawtuckaway State Park, New Hampshire
This morning Tony had four different meetings and we had a three-hour journey to our next campground, so I suggested we get up and go on a hike. We drove to the beach parking lot to get wide open skies between the rows of trees to get a Dishy connection. From there the Fundy Trail…
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New Tires for Usain, Manchester, New Hampshire
Tony noticed our front tires were wearing unevenly with the insides losing tread. He keeps current on the Boldt Facebook group, and found others saying this “cupping” is a problem with Sprinters made into RVs. Mercedes says the front wheels don’t have the same weight on them, and they “skip” down the road which causes…
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Old Orchard Beach,… Beach, Maine
At seven miles in length, the beach in Old Orchard Beach is the perfect place for long walks in the sand. When the tide is out, the beach has a big area of wet but firm sand for easy walking. Side benefit—the sand polishes the skin on your feet like a free spa treatment. The…
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Portland Lighthouse and Old Orchard Beach
We started the day at Pemaquid beach—I enjoyed one last stroll here while Tony took some work meetings. Then we were off to the Portland Lighthouse. We paid five dollars to park, then ten dollars for some small but delicious cups of gelato. Portland Head Light was built from 1787 to 1791. It began with…
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Pemaquid Beach & Historical Site
I spent the morning at the beach while Tony had meetings and worked. He did take a coworker’s challenge to get his feet wet while I was playing in a tide pool. So many things to see and gently mess with. The hermit crabs were numerous and seemed to find periwinkle shells to inhabit. The…
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Pemaquid Point Lighthouse
Pemaquid Point Lighthouse was our destination for today, and we will stay in Pemaquid Point Campground for two nights. The keepers house is now a museum that has lots of displays about history and tools of the fishing trade of this point. One book documents historical shipwrecks. One bad storm (early 1900s) saw two fishing…
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And We’re Back in Maine!
Yesterday was a rainy day, so we avoided wet rocks and slick mud hikes by doing laundry and working in the campground. I shared the laundry room with another couple so we each had one working washer—just like home. Four dryers all working was helpful. They are from NC and heading to Acadia looking for…
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Pondicherry Wildlife Refuge Hike, NH
Pondicherry Wildlife Refuge is nearby and has several trails available for hiking or biking and winter activities. We walked to Cherry Pond to see the wooden platform lookout. Then we took the shore path through the woods, walked on the railroad tracks, took part of the Rampart Path then crossed over to the Little Cherry…
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Cherry Mountain Trail, NH
We saw rain (from tropical storm Lee) on RADAR, but nothing is happening. Cherry Mountain trailhead is just a mile down the road from our campground, but highway 115 is really busy, so we drove there. Primrose got a little scared that we didn’t set up the kennel for her and Catnip, so she came…