Portland Maine

We finally have the whole family together again!

I picked up Catherine from the airport on Friday (from Miami). Saturday we picked up Ian at the airport (from South Dakota). Sunday we drove to Wilkes-Barre to pick up Leah at her Royal School of Church Music camp, after enjoying an Evening Song.

Since then, we saw Mark Twain's home, and then made our way to Portland. We head to Acadia National Park for a couple of days, before we'll head to Niagara.

While in Portland, Catherine indulged me with a side trip to Allagash Brewing (one of my Gracelands...), then it was back to the hotel and finally to the Portland Head Lighthouse.

I have an app that was predicting a photogenic sunset, it was wrong. It was still beautiful - cool breezes with a rising tide made for a wonderful time.

Cheers,

Marc

Sunflowers!

I dropped off Ian with his Boy Scout Troop this morning for their summer camp. He was recently elected as an Assistant Senior Patrol Leader...and the Senior Patrol Leader isn't going, so Ian is in charge of his Troop. I think he will actually have a good time, since they are a good group of Scouts.

After taking care of the lawn, Leah and I pick some peaches from our two peach trees - and I had to try some sun-warmed, fresh-picked peaches (this is one of those cases where natural law mandates it!)

Afterwards, I had read about a couple of fields of sunflowers that were in bloom, so we drove to check those out. It was somewhat busy, and the fields were just past peak, but it was still pretty.

And pretty hot!

Cheers,

Marc

Happy Independence Day

I know I'm a couple of days late, but happy Independence Day everyone! We laid low around here, dodging some afternoon thunderstorms. But all in all, we had a great weekend.

The kids went to a friend's house and swam in their pool while I sweated just riding the lawnmower.

This is the last week both kids will be home until August. Ian starts his Boy Scout summer camp this upcoming weekend. I pick him up and bring him back for his pilgrimage with his youth group, then take Leah to her choir camp. When we pick up Leah, we'll be heading to Maine for our family vacation. It's been a while since I've been on vacation, so I'm definitely looking forward to this!

Cheers,

Marc