Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Maine Roadtrip - June 2007


Mt Rogers hike - Ponies

Taking the AT to Mt Rogers - 9 miles roundtrip to summit

Wild ponies

Rest stop
It's cool under here

Rhododendren jungle
 
The ponies run freely on National Forest Land
 
Mt Rogers summit

Mt Rogers summit - highpoint of Virginia
 
Thomas Knob shelter on AT

Wild strawberries -  small but sweet
 
 
 
We stayed near the highpoint at Windswept Bed and Breakfast in Marion, Va.
 
 
Back Porch at B&B

Josie Ayo

Seth Ayo

PawPaw Tommy and Seth

The Ayos
 
 
Drove up to New Jersey highpoint during a rain storm
 
 
Jerimoth Hill, highpoint of Rhode Island

Short hike from highway to Jerimoth Hill
 
 
 
Cheers bar - Kurt and Lisa met us in Boston
 
 
Boston Harbor
 
 
Kings Chapel burial ground in downtown Boston

Winged skulls at Kings Chapel

Kings Chapel grave symbols

Granary - Samuel Adams

Granary - Paul Revere tombstone

Granary - downtown Boston

lunch at Oyster House

Paul Revere home

Memorial of dog tags to fallen soldiers in Iraq
 
Boston harbor
 
Rockport, MA

Rockport, MA - handcrafted buoys for lobster traps

Woodman's - where the fried clam originated

Sampling the fried clams at Woodman's
 
Ogunquit, Maine

Kennebunk, Maine Anti-war demostartion
 

Rally of American Patriots
 
Cape Neddick Lighthouse

Kaler's in Boothbay for the best Clam Chowder in Maine

Boothbay Harbor
 
Boothbay Harbor
 
 
Acadia National Park

Kurt and Lisa exploring the tide pools at Acadia National park

Bar Harbor - Acadia National Park

Acadia National Park

Thunder Hole- Acadia National park
 
 
Cadillac Mt, Acadia National Park

Bass Harbor lobster traps

Thurston's Lobster Pound

Bring me another lobster!
 
Bass Harbor
 
Bay Meadow Cottages at Salisbury Cove
 
 
Our little cottage at Bay Meadow
 
Bass Harbor Lighthouse
 
Leaving Bar Harbor for whale watching

 
Petit Manan Lighthouse - Spotted seals and puffins from boat

Humpback Whale
 
 
 
Mt Greylock Summit
 
Mt Greylock - Massachusetts highpoint monument
 
 
Mt Greylock monument

Mt Greylock Summit engraving
 
It was late in the day and light rain was falling as I headed back down the mountain

Encountered several red-spotted newts on the way back to the car.
 
Mt Frissell Summit - Connecticut highpoint
 

Mt Frissell summit

Wild Blueberries were ready for eating

View from summit of Mt Frissell
 
Lancaster County - Amish farms

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
 
 
Good and Plenty restaurant
 
Gettysburg address monument

Soldiers Monument at Gettysburg

Union cannon positions during battle

Gettysburg Battlefield
 
Amish Farm near Mt Davis

Mt Davis sign - highpoint of Pennsylvania
 
Actual Highpoint of Pennsylvania

Hiking 2.2 mile round trip to Hoye-Crest (Maryland's Highpoint)
 
 
Highpoint of Maryland (also called Backbone Mt)

View from Maryland highpoint
 
 
Overlook on road up to West Virginia highpoint

Sign for Highpoint

Tower is at highpoint of West Virginia

West Virginia highpoint

West Virginia wildflowers

West Virginia wildflower
 
Boys Village, Louisiana - Orphan boys home where my parents lived and worked when I was born. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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