78 posts tagged “landscape”

Low tide, Maquoit Bay.

Brown and green, gray white and blue ... so December!

These photos were taken from the same spot.

Here's an update on the ongoing erosion at Popham beach, which looked like it had abated last summer. It's definitely getting worse. This photo is looking east, towards the main beach from the shore of the Morse River.

Here's a view of the dune/bank. Clearly there isn't much under the forest holding things together. Recently fallen trees. In the background you can see the roof of the hideous new changing station & rest rooms. The spot where it's located used to be hundreds of yards from the water. They don't stay where they are long once they fall. This is looking west. Some of the trees have also ended up several miles east, along the Kennebec river.

The sun coming up over the White Mountains.

And the Green Mountains (at least some Vermont hills).

A hilltop behind Phil's farm with exotic fauna.

The view east & south from the top of the hill. The view from the camp.

We went to visit our friend Phil at his farm in Vermont. Here's the house -

the view the farmer and the crop

I typically think of burning bush as a weed, but it sure does the fall color thing well.

Here's an interesting leaf - it couldn't decide, so it went bi-color. The leaves this year have a lot of disease, probably from the wet summer. And they've been turning fast, maybe from the dry weather in August and September. But beautiful nonetheless ...

Here's another view from Puzzle Mountain showing some early fall color. It's more or less peaking right now, three weeks later.

We climbed Puzzle Mountain in the Bethel area today. An awesome hike! Nice woods, interesting rocks, great views. I was hoping to post a video of the panorama, but the file turned out to be too big to post here. So here are some stills ...

A few more places visited this week ...

A beach at the mouth of the Saco River, just off the University of New England campus. Nice real estate.

Looking southwest from Five Islands, towards the remnants of tropical storm Danny.

The view from Camden Hills over Camden harbor and out to sea.

 

I've been spending much of my vacation at Popham beach. Summer has finally arrived and the swimming and body surfing have been great ... 

 

On the west section of the beach you have to ford (or swim) across the Morse River to get to the main part of the beach, where the surf is. It looks serene here, but it can have a strong current on the outgoing tide. It's fun to ride on if you walk down to where the river exits the marshes.

 

At low tide, you can walk to Fox Island. But you don't want to miss the window for returning, as it would be a long wait, and the cross currents make it impossible to swim back.

 

Farther out to sea, Seguin Island is iconic to all Popham visitors, and all mariners in this part of the Gulf of Maine.

 

Finally, what the beach looks like from my towel ...

 

Ahhhhh .....

We hiked Katahdin in Baxter State Park on June 13. Turns out it was the nicest day all month! The mountain -

From inside the bowl -

The view east from the trail -

The view south and west from Baxter peak -

Looking north from the Knife Edge -

The Knife Edge - the way we came -

Back at camp -