August 11, 2006

Memorial Weekend Part 2 pics

Acadia National Park

Mrs. Han Solo, Amanda, Stephanie
Amanda spins (not dancing)
Ocean
Stud
Footprint

Memorial Day weekend Part 2 of 3

I know. I have sorely neglected my blogging. I was spiraling after Client Flintstone and was a bit into some darkness. Now that I am coming out of the darkness and shadows, I can blog again.

Here's part 2 with pics of my Memorial Day weekend excursion....

Amanda (Stephanie's old roomie) lives in Bangor, which is not too far away from the Atlantic ocean. I had been to the Atlantic last year with Sherri in New Hampshire and was really excited to see it again. I think Bangor is about the same size as Burlington, only it looks bigger because is is so spreadout like a typical city in SoCal. It also had more big chain stores and restaurants, though it did have it's quaint old town areas. We didn't explore Bangor very much as we had many other adventures to pursue. There were two big highlights of the trip - Acadia National Park and Fort Knox.

We went to Acadia National Park, which is near Bar Harbor (I kept calling it Baaah Haaabah much to everyone's annoyance...) It is BEAUTIFUL there. It was much like the coast in the Northwest - rocky beaches, forest. Not like Sunset Beach or Huntington Beach. There was a nice, winding road which took us up through the park and down to the beach. On the winding road towards out destination, a deer jumped from the steep hillside and ran across the road right in front of us. That was my first deer sighting since I moved to Vermont. I know, you are thrilled. Luckily we didn't hit it or this would have been a very different story.

Finally we arrived at the beach and spread out our stuff. The water was a bit nippy, but Amanda dared me to get in. I wimped out and only dared to get in at my knees. But as I was showing off how daring I was, I tripped over rock and fell - kersplat! in the chilly water, thus soaking the rest of me. As Amanda and Stephanie were laughing at me (I did look pretty funny) Amanda took pictures. For shame, Amanda. For shame. Really though, it was funny. It was really beautiful. It wasn't too crowded. There may have been about 40-50 people there. We had a good time relaxing, lounging, strolling on the beach and people watching. There was a family about 15 feet from us with two parents and their grown kids (in their 20s). The daughter wore lots of foundation, eyeshadow and had her hair perfectly coiffed. I just couldn't see wearing that much makeup on such a warm day let alone at the beach. Maybe she had a skin condition. Anyhow, the son, who was kinda cute, kept flexing his muscles for us. It was hilarious. We were watching him watch us. At one point he asked his mother if he was toned or rock solid or something dumb like that. Later he was played frisbee with his father and flexed in between frisbee tosses. The temperature began dropping pretty quickly as the sun started to slip away, so we decided to head out. I couldn't have asked for a more lovely day in Maine.

All photos will follow. For some reason, I can't seem to post the pics to this day's blog...

August 09, 2006

Memorial Day weekend Part 3 of 3

Finally, the last installment of Memorial Weekend. Sheesh! It's only been three months. Imagine all the other blogging I have to do. I have much to catch you up on.

Here's the end of my Memorial Day story...
The next day, we packed a lunch and drove out to meet up with some of Amanda's family at Fort Knox. Fort Knox, you say? YES! THE (other) Fort Knox. There are two. Both named after the same general. Only this one was never quite finished. It was built in the late 1800's during the Civil War. I guess to keep the French out? There are role-playing recreations conducted there. I think reinactments are big here on the East and in the South. I never hear about people doing that in Southern California. Maybe because we aren't so proud of running out the Indians, Spanish and French? I don't know. ANyhow, the fort was really neat. We walked all aound it, inside, on top, underground. There were lots of parts that were really creepy. You could feel the dead people haunting it. It would be a good place to go back to with a flashlight. There were some parts that were pitch black. Between Amanda, Stephanie and I, we took lots of really good pictures. Though Amanda's family never showed up, we still had a good time. We had a nice picnic overlooking a river.

On the way back, Stephanie and I found a few more things on our scavenger hunt. For my birthday, they took me out to dinner and gave me a photo album with prints from the trip! I would really like to go back there soon.

MEXICO - where you can buy drugs, alcohol and firearms!


Okay. So this is really the TOWN of Mexico. Still, it sounded interesting, didn't it? And where else but EVIL WALMART can you buy drugs, alcohol and firearms? If you look closely in my hands you will see the loot. It was a very exciting moment for me. For those of you who know me, I try to boycott Evil Walmart as much as possible. But here in this godforsaken place, sometimes one has to lower one's standards and morals. Sad, but true.



Drugs. Alcohol. Firearms. Evil Walmart.
A practically perfect day!