Maine sunset

Last night’s sunset;

Typical Maine sunset with loon in foreground.

led to overcast skies all day today.  There was promise of sun in the afternoon so I took the morning to go into Augusta and run some errands.  The list of things I forgot has grown daily, oh well.  Mostly creature comforts for our “dirtbag chalet” as some refer to truck camping.  Picked up a full size 2.5” memory foam mattress with cover for our sleeping platform.  Internet has immediately become an issue, so I picked up a 4G USB modem from Verizon.  Had good connectivity this afternoon, but has failed in evening.

While I was out on errands, Tyler cruised down river with our friend Ed McIntryre and checked out the beaver dam.  They found the massive beaver lodge and took a picture to share.

Photo by Tyler S. Bonin

 

We’ve spent the holiday weekend with Ed and Bobbi at their place in Maine. (Google map: 44.290562,-69.510372 )  Monday we take the scenic route to visit cousins Keith, Reece, Cole and Finn.

It has begun....

This morning we awoke to a picture perfect Maine summer day.  The lake was like glass.  I forget how beautiful and perfect it is here until each time I return. 

Photo by Tyler Bonin

I took to a few projects on the Jeep: carpeted all my access panels on the sleeping platform, fixed replaced missing/stripped screws in rear tail light lens and installed my engine temperature gauge under the dash.   I was unable to figure out where to mount the sender, as at this time I discovered I had forgotten to download the factory manual for the Jeep on our laptop.  It is safely on the hard drive at home.

I found I also forgot Tyler’s guitar and trip journal.  I half thought about returning for them, but again there is so much we want to see out west that I am afraid to backtrack.  I will pick up a journal and a kazoo, problem solved.

Oh yeah, we saw an awesome moth…………really.

 4”+ wingspan.

Polphemus Moth

Got to move

On Friday I came to the realization that if we didn’t get moving soon, we would run out of time on the other end.  With lots left on the Jeep that I wanted to get done we hastily packed and got moving.  We said our goodbyes and hit the road at 5PM on one of the heaviest traveled holiday weekends.  Surprisingly, we hit very little traffic and made the 213 miles to Maine in about 3:30.

Capped......

Got the cap on with help from our awesome neighbors.

We are on our way!