Goodbye to Carla

Today I said goodbye to a 1984 Citroen 2 CV club which I had the pleasure of owning and driving and appreciating for two years. Named Carla, for Carla Bruni, and what a good car name, she will live in Barnet, VT and I have visiting and driving rights next spring. How cool is that.
Here she is when she first arrived and then her last day, and some days in between.

Campobello Island, FDR cottage, again, sunsets and crafts

Images in Maine

 We visited the Lubec, Eastport area of Maine, the easternmost land in the US, discovered a mustard factory, ate lots of seafood, stopped at lighthouses and took a couple of bad selfies while we were there.

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