STL DPB ON THE ROAD - MT. DESERT ISLAND

We are on a large-ish island just off the coast of Maine. It's several tomes the size of Manhattan. Odd name, since it's very green. A French explorer, Champlain, I think, and noted three bald mountain tops as he sailed by.

The economy is based on tourism and the season is short. It doesn't get into full swing for a week or two. We took a boat ride Monday morning around the area. The top photo is of a lighthouse at the end of the harbor. It has been fully automated for several years. The second shows sea kayaks. That would be fun. I've done it once in Alaska's Inner Passage but I don't think my joints and spine would take it now.      

STL DPB ON THE ROAD - MADELEINE AND AUDREY MONDAY

A rare post with both of my granddaughters. The lodge where the wedding took place provided leisurely pontoon boat rides on Sebago Lake. Both Ellie and her cousin Audrey Crowe of Clare, Michigan, got to drive, sort of. Big thrill. They are almost exactly two years apart. Several people at the wedding took them for sisters.

Really good phone cam shot by daughter Emily.                  

STL DPB ON THE ROAD - MAY THEY LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER

Late post today. Out late last night, fairly long drive today.

On Saturday night we attended the wedding of my niece Lauren and her new husband Zach on the shore of a gorgeous lake in Maine. They have known one another since high school, ten years now, and kept the relationship going while attending different colleges. They are the most beautiful couple I could imagine and obviously perfect for one another.

Today we drove a few hours northeast to Mt. Desert Island, which contains Acadia National Park and the tony town of Bar Harbor. More lobsters around here than you can shake a stick at, as they say. Further adventures await.        

 

I Dieci Comandamenti

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Happy Shavuot today! 
It's the Jewish festival celebrating the giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai (and also the grain harvest). 
Just before my recent trip to Italy I bought this little Holy Land olive wood tablets of the Covenant, in a Jerusalem church. 
The Ten Commandments -- in Italian!

Chag sameach, happy holiday! 
And to the Christian friends, happy Pentecost! 
Same day.
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STL DPB ON THE ROAD - MAINE

Here we are in the most northeasterly state. Our neice's wedding tonight is at a splendid resort on the shore of Sebago Lake. It's pretty good sized. My whole family is here.

There was a lobster bake last night. I don't do lobster. The taste isn't good enough to me to be worth all the work and mess, but that is a minority opinion. 

American states all have a slogan. Missouri is the Show Me State, a phrase whose origins are a bit murky. Maine's is Vacationland. I've been here a number of times before, mostly to photography school, and I've always thought the motto should be More Than Enough Trees.