A visit to the Rangely Lakes

The Rangeley Lakes Trust has a nice campground on Cupsuptic Lake, complete with loons and sandy beach and good fishing. This site was too close to the other campers, there were too many dogs as usual, there were too many wild and unruly kids, and there was no cell coverage. The good news was  that the showers were nice and the pavilion had wifi. We traveled around on back roads,found a B 17 crash site, hiked trails in a wildlife sanctuary, discovered waterfalls on the Cupsuptic river, canoed and fished the Cupsuptic Lake at sundet, and enjoyed a meal at the Loon Lodge on Rangeley lake.

A trip to Lake Winnipasaukee

My niece Stephanie and her husband, Tom and daughter, Sophia, and son Sander, all welcomed me to their cabin on the lake. Lunch and a boat trip around a small part of the northern lake were perfect. Here are a few pics.

woodsy cottage

docking the boat

Captain Tom

Sander, Sofi and Steph

11 days on Grand Isle

Trip to Burton Island

NY from South Hero

a massive perrenial garden

sitting in the Bernistas chair

farmer's market, twice a week

Deets in his favorite spot

Thomas just being himself

Burlington city Art

pizza from Pizzeria Verita, note the leopard spotting on crust

cat tent activities

really nice work here

every night, the sun entertains us

Kennebunk Maine, a new destination

At the home of Susan Bloomfield and Kenny DeCoster in West Kennebunk, we enjoyed a luscious garden, huge shade trees, (including oaks not see around here) and great seafood. The hordes at the beach and on the roads were not a big hit, but we did find a relatively quiet beach to walk along. Of course we had the tour and viewed the Bush estate. Here are the highlight pictures. Thank you Susan and Kenny, a trip to be remembered for a long time.

Parsons Beach

the Bush mansion

Jeb Bush's new home

Second Trip to Lake Champlain

 

JC is hard at work keeping the grounds nice.  Playing music with Randy and Pam is one of my favorite activities. Everyone watches the sunset at the water's edge. They are spectacular most of the time. And only 21 miles to Dannemora!

Summer Excursions in Priscilla with the Cats

After the landscaping was done, in June we packed up Priscilla and went to Lake Champlain, the first trip for us with the cats. We had a nice site overlooking the lake.

The boys managed to find comfort inside and out.