Maine Has Things Other Than Lighthouses!

Maine. It's not just for lighthouses and lobster, you know. It has beaches. During our 2004 trip, most of them were blanketed in fog, but that's cool with us.

This spot was eerie. The photo above was taken looking toward the shore. We could hear the surf - kind of all around us out on this sandbar - but we couldn't see it. The lone seagull in this shot followed us around, looking at us quizzically and without fear.

[Maris] wanted this shot, because "Carnivorous Whelks" is the coolest-sounding thing ever.

Look what else lurks in the fog! Half-built US Navy destroyers at the Bath shipbuilding facility. The big gray piece in the foreground is an entire cross-section of ship, waiting to be moved into place. Massive structures, made kind of ominous in the fog and mist.

Cook's Lobster House in Bailey Island - Bring your Visa card, because they still don't take American Express.

At the border of Maine and New Hampshire, this is the Wood Island Lifeboat Station. I mostly just loved the light on the rusty old roof.

Trains! Old ones! An old switcher, belonging to Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad. Bath, Maine. [Maris] shot this one for me!

Old, old Chevy fire truck in Deer Isle. Photo by [Maris].

Hearse! I don't know. I might have made [Maris] shoot this one, just because it's so old and well-preserved.

My intrepid baby car, chasing empty lobster traps. There really is something for everyone!

More later, including a couple of Maine's most famous lights...