It’s been great being able to see, smell and touch it anytime we wanted, but all things must come to and end and so we say, “Goodbye dear friend. It’s been a honor”

We have now headed in land where the trees are just finishing their spectacular show of turning colors.

We are presently staying at the Spacious Skies Campground in Woodland Hills. It is one of the nicest places that we have stayed in—so far!

It is inland, but the views more than makes up for the lack of the sea. It is also surrounded by State Forests with a whole lot of nice biking and walking trails.

Tomorrow we leave for, who knows where.

We are on our way home to Texas. Our hope is to get there before Christmas, but no promises. We had a wonderful last few days. Even though the weather has turned frosty Tony and I got to fly our drones over Fort Popham State Historic Site for one last look at this breathtakingly beautiful spot.

Afterward we all had s last breakfast at one of our favorite spots, The Galley Restaurant in Bath, before everyone headed off to there respective homes

We drove south for about 2 hours before stopping to camp at Salisbury Beach State Reservation in Massachusetts. The temperature dipped into the 30’s, but we were created by a wonderful super sunset and the an even more spectacular moonrise.

We will spend a few nights here just to get our camping sea legs back before heading west. Who knows what adventures lie beyond?

With a little less than a week before we depart Maine, it has decided to put on a a few spectacular displays for us. First we visited the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens and were not only greeted by a wonderful array of blooming flowers, colorful trees, but also some very interesting wooden sculptures.

Next we visited the Pemaquid Lighthouse. I had been there a number of times. It is one of the most famous, and one of my favorites, but this time there was something extra waiting for us.

Just as a side note, and as a lesson to all my camera toting friends, I thought that this would just be an ordinary tourist day so I only brought the barest of camera gear. That’s why you can’t see the second rainbow, but I promise that we did!

Then as if to say, “Hey, wait a minute. I have so much more to offer you!” We got to witness this rare nighttime display.

And we didn’t even have to travel to the Arctic Circle to see it.

In the waning days of our visit, I can’t wait to see what else Maine has to offer us.

Kim and I just got done spending 5 days at Acadia National Park. She took a watercolor class and I just wandered around taking photos, e-biking, hiking and just plain sitting and staring out at the natural beauty that is only on the east coast.

Just by coincidence Kim’s class visited and painted the same place that I photographed. Below are two views of The Bubbles (a mountain range in Acadia).

Here are a few more random photos from my time there.

And now we are back in Phippsburg, helping Lia put the finishing touches on her home. Acadia is just a memory. Kim made a lot of fine paintings, and I made a lot of memorable photos. Two more weeks here and then we start are trip home to Texas.