A visit from Virginians
Oct 17
Mom and Jack came up from Virginia last Friday to move his mother’s belongings from her apartment to storage as she is now in a nursing home. I took Friday off to help them move her things out; it took the majority of the day to pack everything. At the end of the day I went home and got ready of the weekly Campus Crusade for Christ meeting, this week the local band, Modern Day Jeremiah came and sang. They are a contemporary praise and worship band, I had never heard of them until that night but I think they sang very well.
Saturday morning I drove to Pittsfield to pickup mom, from there we headed towards Belfast via a route that I have only driven once. The drive consisted of mostly well paved roads that spanned over rolling hills twisting left and right with sprawling trees on either side and at times the forest would open up into fields and spiraling streams. Most of the foliage had started to brown but there were intermittent areas that were at peak. When we had arrived at Belfast, the weather temperature had dropped considerably due to the coast. We walked along a very small beach while looking for crabs- the search proved to be fruitless. On the way back to Bangor we came across a small waterfall in Monroe. The land is privately owned and the owners live on the land in a camper during the summer, they said we can look around if we’d like. I took a few pictures of the waterfall and mom took a few of me as well. Marsh Stream is probably Class II for about a mile from the falls, which will make an interesting trip in the Spring. After looking around for awhile we headed off towards Rt. 1 and stopped in Winterport where you could see the new Penobscot Narrows Bridge in the far distance. This is our first time seeing the bridge so we were unsure of what it was until we got home. Seeing all of the rivers and streams on our trip home gave me the feeling of regret for storing my kayak away for the winter yesterday.
On Sunday we went to Church and had dinner at “The Anglers” in Newport, afterwards I went home and relaxed for the rest of the day. Monday night mom and Jack spent the night; we had supper, home-made Apple crisp and hung out for the night.
In the morning we went to Denny’s for breakfast, I am still full as I’m typing this entry. They should be out of the State by now and well on their way to VA.
October 17th, 2006 at 8:12 pm
Some cool pictures there, James. It looks like you still might have another week or so of good picture-taking. It has been super windy here and the leaves were at peak for about 2 days. Maybe next year I will get to take some decent photos. I waiting for the cool winter shots now. :)