K & C See the Sea

Did the monthly mail run down to York on Sunday. It may be the last time we do so, as June was when I took out the year's rental on the box and we have a valid Maine mailing address where we're living.

We did have some fear that the holiday weekend crowds would keep us from getting anywhere fast, but the light rain in the morning and general overcast skies seems to have kept people away. Ogunquit and Wells were still fairly well attended, but Kennebunk, were we took our beach walk, was sparsely populated.

The Beach, Pandora

Time for my monthly trip to York to check my mail drop. I brought Pandora and she got to go for a walk on the beach.

Who Falls For That (Kenne)bunk?

Another trip down to York to pick up mail from my mail drop there. 3 pieces this month. En route Pandora and I stopped in Kennebunk to look at the falls now half frozen. I think this is the Mousam River. Some of the falls were flowing and some were frozen over. Here it looks like a low flying cloud got stuck in the ice as well.

click on the picture to get a better view of it

In York we visited the Nubble Lighthouse. It was a bit tricky clambering over the rocks on the shoreline because they were covered in snow and you couldn't see the spaces between them... Still, Pandora wanted to get as close to the water as possible and I let her up to the point where we both (within seconds of each other) started slipping on the sea spray frozen on the rocks. Most of the photos I took there this time are canted to one side. The result of my arm being tugged at by the Go-Dog.

On the way out I took the usual Route 1, but on the way back I took a side trip on Route 9 in Wells. I stopped at the first (of several) segment of the Rachel Carson Wildlife Refuge. Another hike through snow covered trees with a view of a multi-layered frozen waterway headed for the ocean. There were two elder women snowshowing along the one path. Not a very long hike, but Pandora loved it.

I missed the turnoff for Goose Rocks beach after I got through Kennebunkport due to paying more attention to a police car set up for nabbing speeders. But it was probably just as well as by the time I got back to 295 it had started snowing and the flashing speed limit signs were on to tell everybody to drop their speed to 45 on the highway.

Castle Waiting

I had today off, so decided I should check my mail drop in York. I seem to only get there about once a month. If that.

And because I was going that far south, I asked Kemmer if I could stop at her place, a bit further south. She had been unable to join us on christmas, so we still had presents to exchange.

I took Pandora with me for the adventure. We drove the surface streets most of the way and I stopped several times just so she could get out and walk not nearly long enough to suit her.

One place we stopped at was Winnekenni Park in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Kemmer and I kept meaning to go hiking there on one of their many trails, but never quite got around to it. This time I just walked up the road to see the castle at the top of the hill and walked back down again. Pandora wanted to sniff everything. An hour at each sniffing point.