my travels in pixels

Cobscook Bay, ME 2 July - 7 July 2016 Sunset on the b For once I remembered to book our campground for a major holiday as we would be here on the 4th of July, American Independence Day. When we were looking there were only a couple of sites left for us and none were flat. So we rang the park and he assured us that site 21 was pretty flat. He was right. What a pearler of a place. This would have to be one of the nicest places to camp that we have ever been. Our site as large, grassed, private, and protected from the wind and the weather was perfect. Lindsay has had a bit more experience at photographing these and it shows I tried photographing these flying dots, these are a lot smaller than the ones in the USA We often ask what wildlife there is when we arrive in a new area. Some white tailed deer and raccoons we were told. There was a lady who dialed 911 the other day as there was a raccoon in her tent. Not what 911 is really for. They rang the campground and g...

Acadia National Park Along the east coast Southwest Harbor still looking for those reflections Acadia national park is near Bar Harbor in Maine. Even though I looked a long time ago, we couldn’t book a campsite in the National Parks campgrounds as they were full. I rang an RV park that had good reviews and they said they didn’t take bookings but they had 400 sites so it shouldn’t be a problem. We got there on a Monday and drove round and round this huge campground. Lots of sites yes, but not a lot for us. We finally settled on one that gave us plenty of room, although it was on a bit of a slope. Luckily we didn’t arrive on a weekend or we might have had trouble getting a spot. As people can choose their own site, you get smaller campers taking spots that should be reserved for much larger ones. Like Zion and Bryce national parks, there is a free shuttle bus to try and persuade people not to drive their cars. As an added incentive one of the stops was at our ca...

Boothbay Harbor, ME What a lovely area this is. Ram Island Light We have taken time here to slow down. Apart from walking around the town, having a beer at the local pub looking out on the water, we took a boat ride out in the harbor to see the puffins at Eastern Egg Rock. All the puffins left here and they decided in the late 70's to try and encourage them back. They put a number of mating birds here, left some wooden replicas to make it look like there were a large colony here. It took a number of years before the first chicks were born and now they have 150 mating pairs. It was called Project Puffin and is the first restored Pacific Puffin colony. Looking back into the harbour Burnt Island Light Laughing Gull Cuckolds Light Atlantic Puffin The first time we have seen a group of puffins We couldn't go on the island and shooting these tiny flying footballs from a moving base so far away from them was very difficult. They fly at 4...