Road Trip and a Visit

Carol here ~ 

On Wednesday we headed on a road trip we had planned on going on over the summer on the trike but the weather never cooperated. So we went by car even though it was a nice enough day to go on the trike.  Unfortunately, Dan can't handle the clutch since his finger injury.

We went to Perkins Cove in Oqunquit.

Dan was always told that Perkins Cove was named after his family.  Great Grandfather Jedidiah Moses Perkins was the first Perkins that didn't go to sea and fish for a living.  He traveled to Boston via train as a bricklayer, coming home on weekends.  

Dan's Ramblings

Dan here ~

By the fire, Sunday evening. Beautiful sunset. 

 

Overall it was a nice weekend. We went to Rangeley for Grandson Parker’s soccer game. Was a good game and they won. We had anticipated a chilly afternoon sitting by the soccer field. We had taken our heated winter jackets just in case. Was a beautiful afternoon.

Another Trike Ride

Carol here ~

I completed the washing of all the finished quilts.  Time to get Lena going again but first I dusted, vacuumed and moped the quilting loft and did a bit of organizing.  Then I found the next quilt in line to be quilted, #21 for 2023.

And that is as far as I got before I fizzled.

Dan's Ramblings

Dan here ~

By the fire on a dead calm Sunday evening. The day after the effects of Hurricane Lee.

We had very limited ramifications as result of the event. For us, it was an almost non-event. No complaints mind you, but I had spent my efforts on cleaning the ditch and driveway of pine needles and debris. 

This and That

Carol here ~ 

We have been trying to get a trike ride in all summer.  Either it was raining or we had commitments on the (few) days it wasn't.  So, last week we decided to just hop on and go for a little ride.  

We took about a two hour loop through Norway, Harrison, Naples, Bridgton, back to Norway and home.  It was HOT!  So hot that we both jumped in the pond when we got home.  

Hopefully, we get a couple more good riding days that we are able to enjoy.

Dan's Ramblings

Dan here ~

Tuesday evening. What a lovely day, especially if you like unbearably hot. I thought about going swimming but the thought was short lived and not acted upon. Maybe tomorrow, or maybe not. Time will tell.

It is a beautiful evening here by the fire on the shore of the pond. Tonight’s money shot. 

My shots up the pond are becoming almost as numerous as the Height of Land shots I’ve taken over past years.

Upta Bethel

Carol here ~ 

I ended up starting a new Facebook page and am having a hard time remembering all my "friends".  So, if you were on my original page and want to be on my new page, send me a friend request.  So annoying.

Grandson Parker is on the soccer team again this year and they were having a game against Telstar in Bethel yesterday so we planned to attend.

We headed out early to stop at the cemetery where the Coolidge side of the family is laid to rest.  Vanessa and Lucas had stopped by earlier this summer when they were in Bethel for a Freeman family gathering and said that my parents headstone needed some TLC.