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When we were here in 2015 we met Blue, the canine Ambassador of Oven's Mouth Preserve (as Paul described him). Blue was an old dog, and he died later that year. The family adopted a new dog, Violet. Violet was clearly eager to take over Ambassador duties, and accompanied us on a walk of the preserve. Violet's collar has a great nameplate on it, which states "I live here; I'll go home after our walk." (It includes their phone number, which has been blurred out since it doesn't need to be on the internet.)
Some other pictures of Violet having fun on our walk:
We also took some pictures of the horses at Violet's farm.
At one of the other preserves, we saw oodles of turtles.
One day we drove up to Bristol, and toFort William Henry. This was an early settlement, dating as far back as a 1635 shipwreck, and was populated on and off until the mid-1700s. The part wasn't actually open yet, so we couldn't go into the museum. But the ranger who manages this site happened to be there, hard at work getting it ready. He was kind enough to take some time to chat with us. He has an archeology background, and did work with the Big Dig in Boston (even writing up the historical info plaque at a tavern in Charlestown).
On the same peninsula is the lovelyPemaquid Lighthouse.
Another day we went to Owl's Head Lighthouse. From land it is not particularly picturesque. However, we were touched by the small memorial plaque for Spot, the Lighthouse Dog.
A few other coastal pictures for you, showing different views and different lights from different days:
Ram Island Lighthouse (off of Ocean Point)
Another lighthouse in the area is Cuckold's Lighthouse. We've shown you pictures in a previous report of that lighthouse from the nearby dock. Last year we included a picture of Cuckold's that we realized after the fact included Seguin Lighthouse. Seguin is the highest lighthouse in Maine, out on an island, and really not very close to Boothbay Harbor. Since this time we knew to look for it, here is a better picture of Cuckold with Seguin in the background. It is not as close as it looks; the lens visually compresses the distance.
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Updated July 2020