CASTINE

On the road again! This is a view of the road we took heading southeast towards the Atlantic. You go for quite sometime before seeing any signs of human habitation.



In the town of Castine Maine the merchant marine acadamy is located. This is the USST Maine, the T standing for training. We were pretty lucky as the ship had just returned form a two month cruise a couple days before we arrivied and was leaving in a few days for an overhaul. It is one mighty good sized ship.The other picture is of a classroom building on the grounds.


We had a great lunch in this restaurant on the water. Castine is another one of the quaint New England towns. To our surprise, the was only really one "tourist type" store in the town. They do like the tourists though and there were plenty of restaurants.


There are obviously a number of types of boat in the waters near her. The first shows from barge to sea kayaks. Sea kayaking is a big sport around here. We could haved rented a couple next door to where we ate but we are not senile yet! The middle picture is one I caught just before the 4 masted schooner sailed out of sight.




The waters are so blue in this area and it was a beautiful sunny day as we wandered around the town.




On the way home we came across ths rock wall. That is another thing New England towns are known for. When the land was (or is) cleared they have to have somewhere to put the rocks so they became property line wall. Rocks seem to breed in Maine. Dwayn says you clear a field in the spring & there are more there the next spring. We are really enjoying the summer here rediscovering Maine. You know how it goes, when you live therre you never seem to go exploring. We are surely making up for it this summer. Until next post, so long.