Click on the image above for an enlarged view of a panorama of the lake sweeping from the shore line of each side of my location. Distorted but interesting, I took it with my cell phone which has better features than my regular camera?!?
As mentioned in the previous blog post my mother joined me for this vacation at the lake. Some rain had come through but the clouds opened up for a few nice sky photos, no sunset view to speak of as heavy cloud cover at the horizon. Mom settled in quickly after arriving and has been enjoying the atmosphere of the camp and region in general. She brought along several books to catchup on as well as the two of us teaming up to prepare meals and bonus for me, she insists on taking care of the dishes.
Monday was mostly cloudy, mild enough to sit outside and look out across the lake and do a little reading. I did have a task for the day – yank done the squirrel damage ceiling over the bathroom shower and close it up with stronger material. It isn't pretty but it's tree rodent proof.
As Mom (right) and I were finishing supper my mother-in-law Margaret and her sister Carolyn (left) stopped by for a visit.
Yesterday began as a rain out which had begun soon after midnight. I began the day by starting a fire in the camp's stove that is used as the central heating system, cooked up some breakfast and took to reading for awhile (Absolution Gap, Alastair Reynolds). Later in the morning we took a ride around the more northern region as a sort of tour for my mother which was a good excuse for me as I enjoy looking at the landscape of this part of Maine. We picked up a few grocery items along the way, grabbed a nice lunch at a small diner in Fort Kent (Shirley's Diner) then drove south on Route 1 along the St John River between Canada and the US passing through the towns of Frenchville, Madawaska and Van Buren before returning to the camp by mid afternoon.
My lunch at Shirley's Diner, chicken quesadilla with bacon and ranch dressing... oh yeah, a couple cups of coffee to wash it down. Mom had a soup and half a sandwich followed by a slice of pumpkin ice cream pie with redi-whip and crumb sprinkled topping. I got a sliver of it it, nicely decadent.
As we drove along the St. John I pulled over at a public boat launch/park. Nice to be able to easily get down close to the river. Since we were the only ones there we could wander down the long boat launch ramp without mixing up with anyone wanting to put into the water. Patches took it in stride, glad to be out of the truck for a stretch.
Margaret joined us for supper, I grilled up some turkey burgers and Mom fixed a a salad.
While talking before staring supper Patches gets to pull his infamous "I not on the couch, I don't know anything about what my backend is doing" maneuver. Well he has to be forgiven, it's his 12th birthday.
By late afternoon the sky did open up and a sunset was available, sweet.
End of the day, Patches ready to enjoy his birthday gift.
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