In Search of Joy

Friday, October 15, 2021

October's Bright Blue Weather

October's been a month for multiple mushrooms...

fading flowers...

fall leaves, and bright blue skies...

woodland trails...

How has your October been?

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

August Adventure #2--The Allagash

On a sunny Monday morning in August, the Laws family started on another adventure, this time 3 hours further north than they already lived--plus a little to the west. The town they were headed to was called Allagash, near the top of their home state.

They started out, with the youngest of the family absorbed in a book. She paused to ask her older sister (me) what words meant. Cupola. Linen paper. Queue. That last one was a bit beyond her comprehension, so the rest of the family gave their opinions.

The scenery was nice, with twisting roads, occasional mountains, and lots of trees.

They stopped in Fort Kent, both to eat, and to take photos of where Route One begins. Before they got there, however, they took pictures of Eagle Lake.

Then they continued on their way to the Allagash.

Upon arrival, the Laws family got out their cameras and got themselves out of their vehicle. They walked across the bridge and snapped pictures of the river from that angle:

and walked down to the river's edge and took pictures from that angle too:

They stopped at the Historical Society, but couldn't go in because it was closed. But they took pictures outside anyway.

They enjoyed their long drive, after talking about doing it for years...enjoyed the scenery, God's creation, and each other!

Sunday, August 15, 2021

August Adventure #1--Patten Lumberman's Museum

Yesterday our family spent an interesting afternoon at the Patten Lumberman's Museum. There was a bean-hole dinner held there, so we wanted to take advantage of that, as well as look around the museum.

We went into the main part first, to buy our tickets, then we made a beeline for the food line. We had brought our raincoats with us, and they came in handy! It started to rain as our plates were being filled.

I don't have a picture of the food to show you, but they gave us beans (cooked in a bean hole,) a hot dog, coleslaw, a biscuit, and gingerbread.


This is where they were re-heating the beans. The gray things around the fire are the "ovens" where they baked the biscuits.


See the bean pot sticking out of its hole? They're cooking in there!

After we ate, during which the rain poured and thunder rumbled, we walked around to the other buildings. By this time, the rain had pretty much let up.

One of the first buildings we went into was the blacksmith shop. They had a man shaping metal in there, which was interesting. There used to be a blacksmith shop on our property years ago, so it was intriguing to see what it could have looked like.

This was a reassembled camp, with cooking supplies in the middle, and a place to sleep off to the left.

This was the bunkhouse; in the picture is the lower bunk with lanterns hanging from it.

This would have been the table where the lumberman ate. The next picture shows the table settings, close up.

This was a Model-T Ford; I was hoping to sit in it, but that was nigh impossible, since it was so old.


some sort of tractor with a plow

an enormous slingshot


This boat was used during the last log drive in Maine, in the 1970's

We went into all the other buildings, including one with pressed leaves and an old bearskin coat, but my camera ran out of batteries, so I didn't take any more pictures!😒

Despite the rain, it was a worthwhile adventure...stay tuned for another adventure later this month!