Today was a different sort of day, but it was one of the best. The folks parked next to us, Phil and Carol Andrews, are old time Mainers. Phil is a U Maine grad ('56) in forestry who has been self-employed as a forester/surveyor /land developer since 1968. There probably few folks who know eastern Maine better than Phil. He had a couple of chores today. He had to blaze and paint a boundary line, check on the condition of a logging road and show tourist, Frank, some previously unobserved terrain. It was 310 miles. The pictures show: Phil, a '29 Model A in his garage, his back yard in Lincoln and an enticing hammock in Princeton where he was doing his surveying chores. We left the campground at 0630 and returned at 1700 (happy hour). We wandered around a number of non-coastal, back roads for most of the day. We hit the coast at Machias at route 1. At that point my offer to drive was accepted, and I drove his new Ford truck down route 1 to Belfast. I think we both enjoyed the day together. He would have had a long, lonely day visiting widely dispersed sites. I thoroughly enjoyed the non-political conversations about sundry topics that we both shared. We returned to a pleasant happy hour and a simple baked chicken supper. Durelle enjoyed a long card playing session with Carol and an unencumbered day to do a bit of wash and some dog walking.
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Noticed in the picture of the Andrews back yard, that they seem to have a barbecue grill comparable to yours - in size and shape anyway. Glad you had such a good day.
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