What we did "Off the Grid"

Catching up after "Off the Grid"
We have been off the grid for 6 or 7 days depending on when I get this posted. Rather than trying to post this in a chronological order I am just going to post the best pics we got.

When we finished our flight we headed towards Indian Pond Campground where we had reservations. We stayed there 3 nights and really enjoyed ourselves. We spent time on the water in our rented kayak and Trox made a number of bike rides. One day we were there it was rainy most of the day but other than that it was nice. We left Indian Pond on Thursday morning and headed south to Moxie Pond and kept going on a road that Trox wanted to explore. As usual his instincts were great and the road was passable but Bunyip would have liked the road better than Merlin did. Speaking of Bunyip, we received an email from Bunyip's new owner and Bunyip got a face lift! I have posted a few pictures of him at the end of this post. For those of you who didn't follow us in Australia, Bunyip was our WONDERFUL home while we toured down under a few years ago.

We found a really nice campsite on private land right next to the Appalachian Trail. Found a really level spot in a grassy area and set up our screen room. The first night we were there we were joined by a group of young boys from a camp in Augusta ME. They were hiking a portion of the Appalachian trail with two adults. They were enjoyable and well behaved. Second night we had to ourselves. We were just across the road from a nice launch site and both of us spent some time on the water. Trox also discovered the joys of blueberry picking - note to Jeanne & Martin - picking wild BBs is very different than the ones we picked in Washington with you! Lucky we had a supply of ice to chill them once he got back to the RV. They were (and are) yummy!

Trox was able to get quite a bit of birding in at both sites as well as on the water around the shore lines and on the islands.

 

 

A puddle full of Blue-Winged-Teal Ducks

Moxie Pond at Lake Moxie Twp

Kennebec River Gorge at Carry Brook

Kennebec River Gorge at Carry Brook

One very dirty bike before its bath

Islands on Indian Pond

White-Throated Sparrow

Another Cedar Wax Wing

Pretty wildflowers

Saw this guy (Garter Snake) next to dump station
at Indian Pond

Glenda's trip on Moxie Pond

Yellow-Rumped Warbler

First batch of blueberry pancakes made with
fresh picked wild Maine blueberries!

Near our campsite was the Appalachian Trail

Merlin at our campsite

HI TROX!

We heard from Bunyip!
Doesn't he look wonderful???

I still have more to post from "Off the Grid" and will try to get that done later today but right now we are going to go out to Big Indian Pond and try out our new toy (more in next post!)