Maine happenings

Its been a while since we have posted anything but below you will find a bit of what we've been doing.  We have enjoyed a large amount of free time but much of it is spent in limbo as we can't entirely take advantage of it, nor do we study entirely to the degree that perhaps we should but never the less, we are making the best of it until Nov. 18th

That being said we haven't entirely been locked in the house.  In fact we attended our first Umaine hockey game!  We don't think they have a sporting legacy like that of UNC basketball but apparently they are routinely a top tier team.  This year though is a rebuilding year.  But, we have no previously allegiances so we have adopted them as our team

Apparently, while WNC is anticipating snow due to this storm, we here in the northwoods have been experiencing an Indian Summer and so we've tried to take advantage of that with trips to our favorite spot....Acadia

And the scenery ain't bad either!!!

 

This past week, we spent a night in Portland; Great town.  Amazing food, unique old port, and good times visiting a friend on Higgins Beach...pics to come.

Stillwater River Canoeing

Yesterday Kevin and I took our Old Town "Penobscot" canoe out on the Stillwater River.  The Stillwater flows past Old Town, ME and joins the Penobscot River in Orono, ME.  The rumors about the river are that when the government was deciding which land would be allocated to the Native Americans, the plan was that the minority group would have rights to any island parcels.  Self-servingly, the government decided to call this branch of the Penobscot the Stillwater, thus making it a separate river.  In doing so, the land which is now occupied by the University of ME was no longer considered an island (surrounded by the Penobscot).  The top picture is the view looking back toward Orono.

We got several nibbles on our lures and eventually caught a couple small mouth bass when we happened upon a feeding frenzy, which we think was the result of a mayfly hatch.  The fall colors were spectacular and we even had a close viewing of a bald eagle!

After our paddle, we filled a growler at the Black Bear Brewery (Orono's very own microbrewery) where we happened upon a bluegrass band and several folks we have met throughout the last several weeks.  All in all a nice day in our small town!

Fall Foliage and Carriage Trails

Keenan and I were able to take advantage of the intricate network of well maintained carriage trails on MDI(Mount Desert Island) on a beautiful fall day.  She was putting her new mountain bike to the test!

Visitors

We've just recently had the pleasure of spending a week with Winters Slechta; she brought her mom and dad with her to visit us here in the northwoods!  The weather generally cooperated and our forays to the mountains and sea with a lot of eating and drinking in between were appreciated.

As if we needed more reason to eat Lobster!!!  Below is a portion of our trip to Daicey pond..We stayed in a rustic cabin; "Chipmunk Hollow"....and tested out our new Old Town, Penobscot Canoe!!!

No trip is complete without a trip to Acadia!!!

The Jordon pond house for popovers and the rugged cliffs of Acadia.  The rest of the trip was spent relaxing around Orono/Bangor, enjoying fires, good food, and good company.