Do you remember that pet rock Anne had last year? This year, it came with us on vacation! (See what we did there? This year, That rock; hence the name of this page.) She had it pose on one of the same rocks as last year.
That large rock is pretty photogenic by itself.
We have a short series of pictures of small rocks.
Here is one more rock, surrounded by moss. At the Maine Botanical Garden there was a sign describing different types of moss. Your guess is as good as ours on which type this is!
More moss, this time with water:
and peaking out from last autumn's leaves:
We had some nice walks through the woods.
We certainly hope no one was on this bench when the tree came down!
A more abstract picture from the woods:
On one of the woodland walks, we took this photograph of Paul in front of a typical tree of the area. Please compare to the similar photograph that we posted from the West Coast trip.
Now that we are on the topic of the West Coast, here is a link to a photograph from Oregon, of Anne with her hand in the Pacific Ocean. She made a point of putting her hand in the Atlantic Ocean, 2 weeks later. This is at Pemaquid Beach. (Paul doesn't have his hand in the water here, but he definitely also touched both oceans.)
These kayakers at Five Islands certainly had their hands in the sea water.
Kayaking is popular; these kayaks were at the Newagen public pier near Cuckolds.
These next pictures are from LaVerna Preserve, with the lovely rock colors and a pattern created by rocks and waves.
This shoreline scene is from Pemaquid:
These turtles were at Thompson Ice House, where we stopped for a picnic lunch one day.
What would a trip report from Boothbay Harbor be without a picture of the Cod Father statue from the Botanical Garden? Incomplete, of course. So here is one:
Lobsterpots and buoys are classic sights in the areas.
We leave you with some smiles.
Updated July 2023