tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23761039779714368182024-03-18T10:15:51.939-04:00One Dog's WriterWhen this blog began, Bailey Tuckerman Kent was an 8-week-old Bernese Mountain Dog living in the western mountains of Maine with his writer dad, Rich. These are their stories.... and don't forget, click on most photos to enlarge.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger851125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376103977971436818.post-61303964022262995762024-03-18T10:14:00.001-04:002024-03-18T10:15:11.726-04:00Saying Hi to Neighborhood Pals and a Burst of Energy! <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Jz8DBZJseM0TtMkzwb4OV6fN4eGUUM536BBv7HWIv-r9tbm6xnhuFagTjpqoVUiDhPotrvDuhvmUNRycv4fRd_rUvPTzNDWuv7M5noKc8b0Xpmi50lidLA6m0RFAmIJsFfrWyBp8kWgoFmkTI5cRcoHI2NXgT2SQQp1wcjb9Ik-_xd6b-DNMgLgRfhkS/s4032/3.%20031724%20Kobe%20and%20Finn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Jz8DBZJseM0TtMkzwb4OV6fN4eGUUM536BBv7HWIv-r9tbm6xnhuFagTjpqoVUiDhPotrvDuhvmUNRycv4fRd_rUvPTzNDWuv7M5noKc8b0Xpmi50lidLA6m0RFAmIJsFfrWyBp8kWgoFmkTI5cRcoHI2NXgT2SQQp1wcjb9Ik-_xd6b-DNMgLgRfhkS/s320/3.%20031724%20Kobe%20and%20Finn.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finn and Kobe</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p>Depending n the walk we take in the neighborhood, we see a different crew of dog friends. Two of our favorites are Kobe and Finn. Other favorites include Duke and Stella, Delilah, Anna, _______ (I'm blanking on the big hound dog's name), and so many nameless dogs who bark at us from their windows where they spend most of their days. </p><p>Last night, I checked in with my brother, Fred, about food for Bailey. He suggested beef broth on the burger I fry for Bailey, He lapped it up. I gave him the same this morning. And what happened? I was answering email and heard a bark... and another. Bailey came prancing into my room with Charlie, his toy chicken. It's the first time in 2 weeks that he's tried to play with me and his toys. So very cool to see the old boy back, even for a morning. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjovOuwi8TlguelRmAkmwI4_HDiTaQcJJ41_7KAgBBC2sOiRqp5Aa-7yt-gRT4BPJXYK817uxqtnTcwTdLyM_fyeAAuN-StQSOhHTHV_IRlHJDYRs0DzbMTouA3xOULRHvTfjpTqJCjuaX0vb46NMD1FWEIM2Nz275h0cBrJigcrySr_DBzmfPb3u59BW_v/s4032/1.%20031824%20Neighbors%20and%20Play.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjovOuwi8TlguelRmAkmwI4_HDiTaQcJJ41_7KAgBBC2sOiRqp5Aa-7yt-gRT4BPJXYK817uxqtnTcwTdLyM_fyeAAuN-StQSOhHTHV_IRlHJDYRs0DzbMTouA3xOULRHvTfjpTqJCjuaX0vb46NMD1FWEIM2Nz275h0cBrJigcrySr_DBzmfPb3u59BW_v/s320/1.%20031824%20Neighbors%20and%20Play.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Let's play! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdVexyaOpWkJj3TTmd0n_zVp5pzcYIFJbkeQnNiyrfQonQzY21GaSFpbvJtY7MxsiGFOXiJJiJ_5YJWk0E7b0WEmZ0lyDXrbpYjuPRDIb6-uYmp6-sefwJtpsPvehn5Cl6OzNJvejk2H0gaYGIM-EOmpBfV-Avepu90C2iTcMzAyO5BrZze78enUuG84uL/s4096/2%20031824%20Neighbors%20and%20Play%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdVexyaOpWkJj3TTmd0n_zVp5pzcYIFJbkeQnNiyrfQonQzY21GaSFpbvJtY7MxsiGFOXiJJiJ_5YJWk0E7b0WEmZ0lyDXrbpYjuPRDIb6-uYmp6-sefwJtpsPvehn5Cl6OzNJvejk2H0gaYGIM-EOmpBfV-Avepu90C2iTcMzAyO5BrZze78enUuG84uL/s320/2%20031824%20Neighbors%20and%20Play%20.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bailey and Charlie the Chicken</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376103977971436818.post-12376988495149105242024-03-17T20:13:00.002-04:002024-03-17T20:13:30.060-04:00Still my writing assistant<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzrXm8qirZBA8Kbu3k97AJ-koMv_Jd9k_Stc2m3LYF6n9KKkRHJ4UKE_F8S32DDy1d5ct2cbXhjbJHXRjei5Lfhkt7epB_sWHubgXINM1snMwH0szuwvwIHblSyUNPp2GNIx9q1CpquStS0fqpPjxQ50_J4OE68ojwyypBhRI_03tCDursYEkUPMd5peGt/s4032/12.%20still%20my%20writing%20assistant%20Bailey%20and%20Rich%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzrXm8qirZBA8Kbu3k97AJ-koMv_Jd9k_Stc2m3LYF6n9KKkRHJ4UKE_F8S32DDy1d5ct2cbXhjbJHXRjei5Lfhkt7epB_sWHubgXINM1snMwH0szuwvwIHblSyUNPp2GNIx9q1CpquStS0fqpPjxQ50_J4OE68ojwyypBhRI_03tCDursYEkUPMd5peGt/w400-h300/12.%20still%20my%20writing%20assistant%20Bailey%20and%20Rich%20.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the dining room</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p>I moved downstairs to write a two weeks ago so Bailey wouldn't have to go up and down the stairs so often during the day. Now, it's just one up and one down each day. Because of his hips that may be coming to an end, too. I didn't mean to look stern or sad in this picture above; I just thought smiling might be wrong... like on our last hike back on March 3rd. </p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcf_z-DnrTdIkwbK9tAv_aG0gw_jPXvQ_lIpqz2lQC1Y1XfGioW6QbK97rE3dZ9EjF_XNrrHYJBHH_EZieewU0LjlI0wudSNLSV1FIh8nAeoTyzXDnKfJqIlo64JMgZJTZBq8wVy6XePS-LpiotsnufddOfyIm_L292plmAhGbcys_wjNmN0Y10MNS1F1O/s3088/6.%20Final%20Hike%20Rich%20and%20Bailey%20030324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcf_z-DnrTdIkwbK9tAv_aG0gw_jPXvQ_lIpqz2lQC1Y1XfGioW6QbK97rE3dZ9EjF_XNrrHYJBHH_EZieewU0LjlI0wudSNLSV1FIh8nAeoTyzXDnKfJqIlo64JMgZJTZBq8wVy6XePS-LpiotsnufddOfyIm_L292plmAhGbcys_wjNmN0Y10MNS1F1O/w300-h400/6.%20Final%20Hike%20Rich%20and%20Bailey%20030324.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Last Hiking Selfie, I suspect. </div><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376103977971436818.post-70402749265852187772024-03-17T20:08:00.003-04:002024-03-17T20:08:31.290-04:00The Great Escape<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxRl8KcHrVXZ6S9i_Nb6n_4rlwyJrti3IGeieQqV95z3VDMZfHSa4ty-2z24ei164ebAs-TmqoCp1gQchwEV5fDUgeWy7mRgkOgF5xTjdG8XxJJET2Gxu1BJFr43NJMPXu3BfZkFKyq562yQ8Jt3xXgiOcXPa70i6lQKuQaryYB47Ev2Op5D3lIbgGpFNI/s3705/10.%20The%20escapee%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3705" data-original-width="3080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxRl8KcHrVXZ6S9i_Nb6n_4rlwyJrti3IGeieQqV95z3VDMZfHSa4ty-2z24ei164ebAs-TmqoCp1gQchwEV5fDUgeWy7mRgkOgF5xTjdG8XxJJET2Gxu1BJFr43NJMPXu3BfZkFKyq562yQ8Jt3xXgiOcXPa70i6lQKuQaryYB47Ev2Op5D3lIbgGpFNI/s320/10.%20The%20escapee%20.jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Escapee. </td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>Bailey seems to like to wander these days. Twice, he's gone down into my neighbor's yard to hang out in the sunshine. Maybe he misses the adventure of the trail. I write a bit more on this phenomena a few blogs later. I've read about old dogs and their need to be outside as they grow old. He spends more time outside now sitting in the snow than he ever has previously. He looks a bit lonely but at the same time looks interested in what's happening. I now tie him with a clothesline rope... he's not skillful with that as you'll see below. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU945NCPhnG9VwcpSID1s7l3A0XZ9gEXVKT9QsLzoYNSHoOLR0pky1xR6o2cOXE_Zk7cmbZ6_IQkmItKIIIq0yUcQX6XDA6nxnD5fP4OniVXQJL4L8wWNYiq3vJ8y08hQn4KqplDycu_FmhgrA21JABHyiYblZRPwzF06bHoXfpNQY4ccPh43mDSTXz6Hv/s4032/8.%20Bailey%20in%20the%20backyard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU945NCPhnG9VwcpSID1s7l3A0XZ9gEXVKT9QsLzoYNSHoOLR0pky1xR6o2cOXE_Zk7cmbZ6_IQkmItKIIIq0yUcQX6XDA6nxnD5fP4OniVXQJL4L8wWNYiq3vJ8y08hQn4KqplDycu_FmhgrA21JABHyiYblZRPwzF06bHoXfpNQY4ccPh43mDSTXz6Hv/w300-h400/8.%20Bailey%20in%20the%20backyard.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All on his own in the backyard. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69nhAaeXFwAHK88LPKnhU0HVr4Ag17smNSnHY2ZadrQcpamMKxipYwMsuz95dK9pKzu_B_24Wd37KLX6mUG6jFeNE_3qFzorJBwCer7hGlve00GGgCVFFum6r_jgUsyl6cyXa8H1_zrryKKNDUOOHi0IYXMmANZg-kAi81crLjCxHkvinnIpodm2keMPz/s4096/13.%20Bailey%20and%20Rope.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69nhAaeXFwAHK88LPKnhU0HVr4Ag17smNSnHY2ZadrQcpamMKxipYwMsuz95dK9pKzu_B_24Wd37KLX6mUG6jFeNE_3qFzorJBwCer7hGlve00GGgCVFFum6r_jgUsyl6cyXa8H1_zrryKKNDUOOHi0IYXMmANZg-kAi81crLjCxHkvinnIpodm2keMPz/w300-h400/13.%20Bailey%20and%20Rope.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not a master with the rope. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ18_Z5klt64Ovg9zzt8F1fPnm44PL5fkLfpRPyohFWRuuJBSp3Wit_iIMBosPlHqsQG-urMlyEigJMPF7KzsofQ5wV_zZKPRtVCOlbCjyKxMbosgWgVkfcIf_A8NZdciRUVRxTErrwVG3fcKnG45k2mByf2IGLYi011Z4ThU8e_ydN9qYDZ3HRb9ZTa_A/s4032/031624%20Bailey%20ill%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ18_Z5klt64Ovg9zzt8F1fPnm44PL5fkLfpRPyohFWRuuJBSp3Wit_iIMBosPlHqsQG-urMlyEigJMPF7KzsofQ5wV_zZKPRtVCOlbCjyKxMbosgWgVkfcIf_A8NZdciRUVRxTErrwVG3fcKnG45k2mByf2IGLYi011Z4ThU8e_ydN9qYDZ3HRb9ZTa_A/w300-h400/031624%20Bailey%20ill%20.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He looks some pathetic in this picture. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376103977971436818.post-79870947434202101552024-03-17T20:02:00.000-04:002024-03-17T20:02:01.353-04:00Medicine<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-BPO3ZYrmivjiQCbTeXTK5a0H1lXlVJ305LnBgXNMsqNFziQ4IyaNJSjTU8FSzJQNZUyFxq8TVpYPnVaeg75_L0HW8JPnzOq7djrLa_eXGxR1mgeiYk3CczK73wZ6NTBAZWI2OH7UtW6SZDHlMABVii1njsrl3o1ehuTiFHdUP9LyLTckRZEot8skUqKY/s4032/11.%20Medicines.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-BPO3ZYrmivjiQCbTeXTK5a0H1lXlVJ305LnBgXNMsqNFziQ4IyaNJSjTU8FSzJQNZUyFxq8TVpYPnVaeg75_L0HW8JPnzOq7djrLa_eXGxR1mgeiYk3CczK73wZ6NTBAZWI2OH7UtW6SZDHlMABVii1njsrl3o1ehuTiFHdUP9LyLTckRZEot8skUqKY/w400-h300/11.%20Medicines.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Medicine line up. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Bailey has pills for his heart arrhythmia, his liver, and his arthritis. Two weeks ago when he was coughing a lot because of his collapsed trachea, I fed him Tussin DM to stop the coughing. What a mess as I tried to toss a little cup of the raspberry liquid down his throat. He'd spit it up and drool. Poor boy. Eventually, he stopped eating his kibble, and he also stopped coughing a lot. Maybe crumbs of the kibble got stuck in his throat. </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376103977971436818.post-45180738271825741742024-03-17T19:55:00.004-04:002024-03-17T19:55:34.954-04:00Food<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cheese & Crackers</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWxUjEv9_qVwbNqUcaSUaK9E6-9g3S4ognAlRjUJ1K8_16N8OAMb44whqUDhLVl-eUAdvO1ENDnqNr7zRDRmjhTgxcmseHgCP9vxPi3WIp8A4gCoQQ3UPVtP9ykvb_UB9cMmWgVy6KZ03B9Pt6A3fNbupDftMVH8gjUzxB2huuNOhGyGXP2dK-JhJr2y4d/s4032/1.%20crackers%20and%20cheese.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWxUjEv9_qVwbNqUcaSUaK9E6-9g3S4ognAlRjUJ1K8_16N8OAMb44whqUDhLVl-eUAdvO1ENDnqNr7zRDRmjhTgxcmseHgCP9vxPi3WIp8A4gCoQQ3UPVtP9ykvb_UB9cMmWgVy6KZ03B9Pt6A3fNbupDftMVH8gjUzxB2huuNOhGyGXP2dK-JhJr2y4d/s320/1.%20crackers%20and%20cheese.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">What's been difficult these past 2 weeks has been finding food that Bailey will eat. He may well just feel miserable, so nothing tastes good. Or, he might be old-guy picky. I know that feeling. He'll eat some hamburger, and he definitely <i>loves</i> dog biscuits. One discovery has been that disgusting cheese in a can spread on a Saltine Cracker (above)... he loves them. </span></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgImqgH3LAQi0cVHsHbTKukg2igoFYHEE5xz_V5m9cd3Yf6icegM6MBqOuJUqSAPb9o7nHnXGWhtuq1wqKcf_k22TWemeIWUTgPPRGMx8aFIQ1D5Ocl7qeKVTPmNapQYUKlPGMoOTeINkenxXdFrVvOVUzDCX1H8l9ozDHHqLQGfxHsW9qbCLCkb3p_OTyu/s4032/4.%20trying%20different%20foods.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgImqgH3LAQi0cVHsHbTKukg2igoFYHEE5xz_V5m9cd3Yf6icegM6MBqOuJUqSAPb9o7nHnXGWhtuq1wqKcf_k22TWemeIWUTgPPRGMx8aFIQ1D5Ocl7qeKVTPmNapQYUKlPGMoOTeINkenxXdFrVvOVUzDCX1H8l9ozDHHqLQGfxHsW9qbCLCkb3p_OTyu/s320/4.%20trying%20different%20foods.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pork loin... yum. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheXSmkw6ciWey82Cb24Co9TSVqfmm0IvgpoDPwQVjPpVPjLrTt2ci3dvoxktnpdLmnLw9i_1ZW_9e-i61TTOuYVKA3ia4lJc9OTW4zQeqYY-HkXN2dlULq7X75DmGERKOPxWmTX7iLflTHHoegs-9HNRQhe1VX9aOZgg1jemRF5vqi_k6b0LXOcrwCLybS/s4032/7.%20different%20foods.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheXSmkw6ciWey82Cb24Co9TSVqfmm0IvgpoDPwQVjPpVPjLrTt2ci3dvoxktnpdLmnLw9i_1ZW_9e-i61TTOuYVKA3ia4lJc9OTW4zQeqYY-HkXN2dlULq7X75DmGERKOPxWmTX7iLflTHHoegs-9HNRQhe1VX9aOZgg1jemRF5vqi_k6b0LXOcrwCLybS/s320/7.%20different%20foods.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>The Smorgasbord</i></b>. <br />Trying different foods, including yogurt, which he used to <br />love; chicken, rice, and cheese</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEiYmybkOPmJxxErZd0sApJTKAX9GcpWuI-l2Z1BXAhayF09YfpW1oPGQFlcMpByFPaA8Q1YA6q6tpEzozUNy-6bbwzQ2RNWE0tg9_JcArS9B2adg-RjsjY6GwPd59wLEESI5UpOkyiGjBfdVdHKCc8tFoGe3P3iUqn34R7AVM28pdS37nEOgFdxGRJiWb/s4032/9.%20cooking%20burger.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEiYmybkOPmJxxErZd0sApJTKAX9GcpWuI-l2Z1BXAhayF09YfpW1oPGQFlcMpByFPaA8Q1YA6q6tpEzozUNy-6bbwzQ2RNWE0tg9_JcArS9B2adg-RjsjY6GwPd59wLEESI5UpOkyiGjBfdVdHKCc8tFoGe3P3iUqn34R7AVM28pdS37nEOgFdxGRJiWb/s320/9.%20cooking%20burger.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fresh Burger for the boy. </td></tr></tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376103977971436818.post-55771822448622050462024-03-13T18:48:00.009-04:002024-03-14T09:51:42.630-04:00Bailey's Last Hike<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNS40Bh4-dg-tJxMEQZZ80eqT2u2JeuUfey5CGXddcVX8ZnourwJDDqiocSGq3tAsXSJOfQNvSVUdhX6d1gCh0tkJh2rgfYStmtumT586nYiRlV9zq0eW-iiY0pS0PXpAJZSZoid1SpPVrThs_a_tG-YQfDKuBRakJ_nYGD6RBXFcRVE4aqexpGX8HgWLS/s1095/8.%20030524%20Bailey%20ill%20.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1095" data-original-width="768" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNS40Bh4-dg-tJxMEQZZ80eqT2u2JeuUfey5CGXddcVX8ZnourwJDDqiocSGq3tAsXSJOfQNvSVUdhX6d1gCh0tkJh2rgfYStmtumT586nYiRlV9zq0eW-iiY0pS0PXpAJZSZoid1SpPVrThs_a_tG-YQfDKuBRakJ_nYGD6RBXFcRVE4aqexpGX8HgWLS/w280-h400/8.%20030524%20Bailey%20ill%20.jpg" width="280" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's Bailey as heart disease and <br />hip issues take their toll. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p>Over the past nine days, Bailey has been battling numerous health issues. On <a href="https://baileykent.blogspot.com/2024/03/early-spring.html" target="_blank">Sunday, March 3</a>, we hiked up into the saddle at <a href="https://www.alltrails.com/explore/recording/whitecap-mountain-via-yellow-trail-565e8a4" target="_blank">Whitecap Mountain</a>. The next day he spent most of his day with Sharon at daycare. He sat in a snow bank. As I sit here tonight, I'm thinking that Sunday hike may have been his last. I'm not saying he's going to die tomorrow; he's ill, that's for sure. I hope he'll get back to the point where he's a retired hiker and old gentleman...a.k.a., a good dog. Time will tell. </p><p>He sleeps 90% of the day and is struggling with his hips. He's finicky about eating, though this evening I cooked some pork loin for him and he <i><b>liked</b></i> that. I've been to the Vet's 3 times and they're great. One step at a time. I had the hard conversation about euthanasia on Thursday, but Dr. Mickols said, "We're not there yet." I asked her technician what Bailey could eat... she said, with a small smile, "Whatever he wants." </p><p>At this point in his illness, Bailey is sitting outside in snowbanks a lot. Sometimes he's looking around as life floats by; at other times, he's sleeping. I keep an eye on him out through the dining room window where I usually do my morning reading. This morning, I got up from my chair five or six times to check on him. More time passed and I looked out again, no Bailey. I looked through all the various windows around the house and then grabbed a pair of shoes to run around the house in the snow. </p><p>In the distance, I saw him trek through the woods into my neighbor Cindy's yard. He lay down in the sunshine on her front lawn. I stepped through the trees and bushes and got to him. He looked at me like, "Really? Can't a guy just take a nap?" Hand on his harness, I led him down to the road and up Prospect Avenue to our driveway. Not sure if this a sign of aging and dementia, or boredom from not hiking for 10 days. </p><p>Last Friday, he walked 2 miles, including a loop at the base at Black Mountain Ski Resort. Other days, like today, he's walked less than a mile. Not that anyone needs to read this, but he didn't poop for 6 days.</p><p>As I write here in the dining room, he's asleep on the carpeted floor. He's had a good dinner of pork loin and a big handful of dog cookies. I had hot dogs, beans, and apple sauce. We took a 30-minute ride in the van to charge up the batteries. Nowadays, he rests on multiple cushions between the driver's seat and the passenger seat. I scratch his ear and feed him dog biscuits. </p><p>This decline has been fast, but not unexpected. I'm selfishly hoping he makes his 14th birthday in May, but I won't let him suffer. He's too much of a good dog to end his life that way. </p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzqx0nZXn7R1K5OAGRDoa6xEwf18Pds3Kuf6BjJlXxqGW13Lxu4REIFWcdfrBRI1GZMWf3QlqCb2zoQaO_rXpSp9SIYtZZUIUYGl_5GHWNgcaznxCicdgXRYZlCjmlleHphLjGLt1z8qn7a5GdpHKeOKwcJIkBqFETLewF0SMUrCtGbIfqoCK3PGbR-xCw/s4032/1%20Bailey%20Fall%202020.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzqx0nZXn7R1K5OAGRDoa6xEwf18Pds3Kuf6BjJlXxqGW13Lxu4REIFWcdfrBRI1GZMWf3QlqCb2zoQaO_rXpSp9SIYtZZUIUYGl_5GHWNgcaznxCicdgXRYZlCjmlleHphLjGLt1z8qn7a5GdpHKeOKwcJIkBqFETLewF0SMUrCtGbIfqoCK3PGbR-xCw/w300-h400/1%20Bailey%20Fall%202020.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of my favorite pictures after hiking Whitecap.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglIvnGD2eNrq1Z9Wyciyq5QMyg-wYsL-oNZBgdztWOu93Lv3-Ob77vbCjI2Iq7QL0IlochasQV-jyq68kAwJP4DZLZire9luxpGQgkAxX4N90YoBmcaCTDVYfN7bfXglX6Kh6ct9P_6as7IEgwL6HhmMsjJZwsRfiKhoj5b1gOdSA9LD-MZ3GOciCJO5u7/s3056/1.%20Bailey%20smiling%20on%20Mystery%202023.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2098" data-original-width="3056" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglIvnGD2eNrq1Z9Wyciyq5QMyg-wYsL-oNZBgdztWOu93Lv3-Ob77vbCjI2Iq7QL0IlochasQV-jyq68kAwJP4DZLZire9luxpGQgkAxX4N90YoBmcaCTDVYfN7bfXglX6Kh6ct9P_6as7IEgwL6HhmMsjJZwsRfiKhoj5b1gOdSA9LD-MZ3GOciCJO5u7/w400-h275/1.%20Bailey%20smiling%20on%20Mystery%202023.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hiking Mystery Mountain, December 2023. He looks so damned <br />happy in the picture. Probably knows a treat is in his future. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwjGwQdZLle9fTQOME3xc0SJc-kKLOlCyuCfB59prSpeEbER7q8CYWQOflalyyDBt2cLJSHDLKVpgDwQTvqLs6tvHEIB7MJ-YjVPecjML5jMggaayhu-0UAvOJkQAWPxYr2R4vuuXFKZhxSkOBoDghBaWp5pRCQvSYQ-ZSkYzxDnDBRgLObblLhNnNTA8G/s3021/2.%20Whitecap%20Bailey.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2913" data-original-width="3021" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwjGwQdZLle9fTQOME3xc0SJc-kKLOlCyuCfB59prSpeEbER7q8CYWQOflalyyDBt2cLJSHDLKVpgDwQTvqLs6tvHEIB7MJ-YjVPecjML5jMggaayhu-0UAvOJkQAWPxYr2R4vuuXFKZhxSkOBoDghBaWp5pRCQvSYQ-ZSkYzxDnDBRgLObblLhNnNTA8G/s320/2.%20Whitecap%20Bailey.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the first time Bailey looked like an old dog to me. <br />Must have been around 2021. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXYmaYAS1e9pxkVfoESxXk0TmQsyb9M9xmRCGpZoYFKejOTEjLlalGJ99zmA5KG4lCJwU2NkWdRVPmSqzROrb-SHnXAWrhrmd8fUjsukycndztF3V9TWQh5G_kL5LT7tPA8gs0qAoCrvkA3Dq04KlgCUuMZPIM3HanISqrnzw9thtao5ARMP7_mwRhjdFy/s3456/DSC06942.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="3456" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXYmaYAS1e9pxkVfoESxXk0TmQsyb9M9xmRCGpZoYFKejOTEjLlalGJ99zmA5KG4lCJwU2NkWdRVPmSqzROrb-SHnXAWrhrmd8fUjsukycndztF3V9TWQh5G_kL5LT7tPA8gs0qAoCrvkA3Dq04KlgCUuMZPIM3HanISqrnzw9thtao5ARMP7_mwRhjdFy/s320/DSC06942.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First check up in July 2010. <br />He likes that lady doctor. :-) </td></tr></tbody></table><br /> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376103977971436818.post-57130522147902645782024-03-03T20:43:00.003-05:002024-03-03T20:43:34.052-05:00Reader report and revision<p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS1KPoc2e-8_7o-6AfsoVP2JkULHT4QoDJQRknIjtU8m0M8fvO8JY0iORkxhzvUhfJ893DeAHagSO6VtRnikrPaFyzI3OPYSvJazT9ocVY4iSf0Jzte35S6DxGdJEiCMoUmI5oBePxtZ2PXLeWHy5FPKiUqSUypcEvn7G-5vDb1gD3klRXSybNAUz2Ko-T/s1160/Rich%20kent%20and%20Anne%20Miller.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1160" data-original-width="1088" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS1KPoc2e-8_7o-6AfsoVP2JkULHT4QoDJQRknIjtU8m0M8fvO8JY0iORkxhzvUhfJ893DeAHagSO6VtRnikrPaFyzI3OPYSvJazT9ocVY4iSf0Jzte35S6DxGdJEiCMoUmI5oBePxtZ2PXLeWHy5FPKiUqSUypcEvn7G-5vDb1gD3klRXSybNAUz2Ko-T/s320/Rich%20kent%20and%20Anne%20Miller.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anne and me in 2017 at the Maine Writing Project's <br />20th Anniversary Celebration </td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>My friend and former doctoral student, Anne Miller, agreed to read a new draft of my novel, <i>Sing On, Maine United!</i> Anne's a curriculum coordinator as well as an expert on young adult literature after a good deal of time as a high school librarian. She took over my young adult literature class back when I had my hands full, and she became a real star in that role. </p><p>Here's Anne's response to my draft book:</p><p>Hi Rich,</p><p>I have just finished reading Sing On and want to say first, yes, absolutely, it has legs!</p><p>The focal characters - the team - come across as living, breathing teenage boys with all the contrasts that define being an adolescent - boundless energy and the ability to sleep anywhere, bathroom humor and astonishing maturity, quick to judge and just as quick to forgive. </p><p>Although at moments I wished the setting were present day because today's readers will be baffled at life without cell phones, I concluded by the end that the setting works. The boys really don't seem different from today's teens. Their playfulness and camaraderie, and love of soccer are authentic and will speak to current teens. I think athletes will appreciate the sporty parts of the story, whether they are soccer players or not. I enjoyed the chapters about the games and could mostly follow the more specific details about soccer. It was the actions and reactions of the players that interested me most, like Jimmy's flip throws and the excitement they generated, the way the teams would swap players at the half, and the appreciation for others' skills that came through in journals and team discussions.</p><p>I see Andrew as the main character, at least for the first half or so until Louis is mugged. Andrew is incredibly likeable - almost to a fault. If he is the protagonist, who or what is the antagonist? Is it Coughman? I thought so at first, but Andrew doesn't really have any more conflict with Coughman than the rest of the team. So, is Louis the main character with the problem to overcome . . . anger, sadness, lacking social skills, a mom who is unstable. . . the crisis of the mugging turns both he and his teammates around, seeing each other and their own actions in new ways. I was riveted by this part of the story and the outpouring of kindness when the boys sing in the tube station to raise money for Coughman. </p><p>I would enjoy seeing Amanda's character developed a bit more. More of her thoughts and emotions as she plays the older sister to the team might be appealing to a female reader. The budding romance with Dante could also be developed. I had visions of a bunch of the team sneaking out at night to meet the Italian girls, running in to Amanda and Dante who are on a date, then realizing Coughman was missing and they find him in the park . . . </p><p>The whole team is so well behaved - a little more mischief from kids who are essentially good but who are, in fact, teenagers, might enhance their relatability (is that a word?)</p><p>Back to Coughman's mom for a moment. She is kind of the villain, isn't she, apparently having made Louis' life miserable. His dad mentions "getting her help" after the crisis of the mugging. Has he known before now that she has a mental illness or has it just become evident to him? Is Louis figuring it out? It is clear that her terrible behavior stems from the illness - something that wasn't talked about or understood very well in the 80's. Could Louis come to understand this a bit more, perhaps with guidance from someone who has experience with a friend or relative with mental illness? </p><p>Georgia/George is really interesting! S/he represents one piece of the big city picture that is so new and exciting and shocking an scary and fun for the Maine boys. I like how George and his family become part of the team at the end. </p><p>And lastly, I love the singing soccer players and the characterization of these all - star athletes as multi-talented, multifaceted people. Their music brings people together and heals wounded and broken hearts. Did you have a team that really sang together like that? Real or not, it's very cool and just lovely. And a YA story should, in my view, ultimately be uplifting and hopeful, and your story is all that and more. </p><p>Sing on, Dr. Kent! You've got a gem here and I look forward to seeing it on bookstore shelves!</p><p>Best,</p><p>Anne </p><p><br /></p><p>I felt inspire by Anne's comments, and as a result I added about 2000 words to the manuscript by building Amanda's character, writing a scene where 3 of the hockey-playing, soccer boys get caught out on the town with four Italian girls (Hmm, where did that idea come from?), straightening out Mrs. Coughman's illness, and adding a draft "Author's Note" at the beginning of the book to help ground 21st century readers: </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Author’s Note--Draft</b></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p>This story takes place in April of 1989. That month, the first pocket-sized mobile phone appeared. Cost? About $3000. Not surprisingly, very few people owned portable phones at the time. In 1989, the concept of the World Wide Web came on the scene. Although the Internet materialized in 1983, public access to the Internet didn't occur until 1991. And texting? No texting. How did we stay in touch? We left notes on the kitchen counter, and phone booths could be found all over the place and especially in big cities like London. In April of 1989, a fatal human crush at a soccer match in England killed nearly 100 people.</p><p>I also had Bobby or one of the guys make fun of Andrew for being just a hair bit too perfect. It's a playful addition. </p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376103977971436818.post-9442163482765562962024-03-03T20:28:00.001-05:002024-03-03T20:28:18.942-05:00Early Spring<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxam10cGs4pCoFs5VA3uERKn9SCHfWLGK8qaODoq61FZCSR3TEfkb8vQ_Sb4nWC_oY2WIX1gRKNJq-qz-HBHGSddtBcMi0KA6R0gKBvtc09uRNfCcRkbOyzRrLvXonPt73MKN6PWja9OaSZYVa6UGTAlSHh_1pCTD2wUfNyeuUjLMapajkT-xL27WoMDrW/s3088/16.%20030324%20Whitecap%20Bailey%20Rich.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxam10cGs4pCoFs5VA3uERKn9SCHfWLGK8qaODoq61FZCSR3TEfkb8vQ_Sb4nWC_oY2WIX1gRKNJq-qz-HBHGSddtBcMi0KA6R0gKBvtc09uRNfCcRkbOyzRrLvXonPt73MKN6PWja9OaSZYVa6UGTAlSHh_1pCTD2wUfNyeuUjLMapajkT-xL27WoMDrW/s320/16.%20030324%20Whitecap%20Bailey%20Rich.jpg" width="240" /></a></p><p>We hit 53 degrees today on Whitecap. The Yellow trail is weighted down in ice on the hills, but on the gentler slopes and and snowmobile trails, the handpicked snow allows the microspikes to work flawlessly. On the way down the Yellow trail, I held Bailey upright with a leash connected to his harness to prevent him from slipping on the icy downs. I battled sections of the trail where I'd posthole, but for the most part, we both did fine. </p><p>About 10 days ago, we visited the vet and she recommended I feed Bailey protein like beef, chicken, and turkey, along with low-fat, low sugar, yogurt. 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He just pooped. <br />A happy dog. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFWw4IGKxfJmD8SF4-_sT_eGZZkLofmVRwPAnb5FLxXxdXa_fEaH0AVnT3tpXaoFL_ZQsjOaD0QopeP-otyhnfllXKsmajCds00I8nTj_Az1eWKNhgi44nk_nvkxV8rny8phTo4mBS2VFQmZ1PIR5ksrSAXg5a-6E9D7cDoSP7IPGL9SQdfqsnJUCEiM10/s4032/15.%20030324%20Whitecap.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFWw4IGKxfJmD8SF4-_sT_eGZZkLofmVRwPAnb5FLxXxdXa_fEaH0AVnT3tpXaoFL_ZQsjOaD0QopeP-otyhnfllXKsmajCds00I8nTj_Az1eWKNhgi44nk_nvkxV8rny8phTo4mBS2VFQmZ1PIR5ksrSAXg5a-6E9D7cDoSP7IPGL9SQdfqsnJUCEiM10/s320/15.%20030324%20Whitecap.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376103977971436818.post-18958119423921124282024-02-07T15:31:00.002-05:002024-03-04T20:29:32.622-05:00Surprise<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxUARfufR54Zlfddv99fx79jmg4WiRdVKjF71kHc2nNnyf_Owl7_cz3H8Ld7ncYuz190qH41_V9uwtdZuCD9Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p>Just when I think hiking is ending for Bailey, he surprises me. We hiked Whitecap Mountain for the 700th time (or there about). I figured we'd make it to the 1.5-mile mark. But, surprise-surprise, "Chester" (Matt Dillon's stiff legged partner on <i>Gun Smoke)</i> trekked the full 4.5 miles. He's not in pain, because he has no problem crying if something is a problem. He even ventured off trail twice into the deep snow seeking out an enticing smell. So, there we go... he's still hiking. 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At one point I turned up a hill to head toward the alpine slopes, but Bailey just stopped. He looked at me as I continued running, and then he headed back to the ski area's parking lot. He lay down at the back of my car in the shade and waited for me. The mountain manager, Jim, thought I might have had the big one, but a few minutes later I appeared running down the alpine slope. Bailey never did that again, and I would never again just let him head off on his own. </p><p>Today, I warmed up the van to take it out for a 30- to 45-minute spin to charge up the chassis battery and the house batteries. I take it out once a week or so, depending on the weather. I brought Bailey out onto the driveway once the van was warmed up; I opened the sliding door to let him in; he just stood there looking from a distance. I walked toward him to guide him to the van but he walked away to the garage door. A first. No ride was the message. </p><p>Inside the house, I fixed him a bone and left him chewing away while I drove up toward Andover. When I got back, he was happy to see me. </p><p>Bailey's back hips hurt him. Jumping in to the car or van is tough. Even jumping up on the couch is a struggle. The last two weeks he's been up a lot at night gagging and coughing with his collapsed trachea--that means I've been up, too. As much as I hoped to do some kind of spring trip with him (Georgia? AZ or California?), I'm afraid that may not work for him. BUT! We'll see. He might rally with warmer weather. As my Christian friends say and their bible expresses, "For everything there is a season..." (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8). </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376103977971436818.post-26039086403319153132024-01-31T14:50:00.005-05:002024-01-31T14:50:56.745-05:00A Pristine Day on Whitecap<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaUJfhHm1FvOYVwqYupAb1QjMetQBbpn2G0An_tQVz-BLLEYgNBXyLDGEDH4OPuSjVVshTwJcKbcgqQ140iDXBXNZpsvsJHuSTvpbVjCee-BC1wp6M6JVKqMHUUaajcmra6eD2Q_Y2OPKKChVcKaXDwoe90W9E5X9EquxXMBnQ1d49u2a7fS63r0-d2kpV/s4032/13.%20013024%20Whitecap%20alone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaUJfhHm1FvOYVwqYupAb1QjMetQBbpn2G0An_tQVz-BLLEYgNBXyLDGEDH4OPuSjVVshTwJcKbcgqQ140iDXBXNZpsvsJHuSTvpbVjCee-BC1wp6M6JVKqMHUUaajcmra6eD2Q_Y2OPKKChVcKaXDwoe90W9E5X9EquxXMBnQ1d49u2a7fS63r0-d2kpV/w400-h300/13.%20013024%20Whitecap%20alone.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old Speck in the distance. <br /><i>Click on photos to enlarge. </i></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>On the 29th of January, Bailey and I hiked up <a href="https://www.alltrails.com/explore/recording/red-hill-trail-934b535" target="_blank">Red Hill</a> (My AllTrails Hike Review). It's a combination of back road and snow mobile trail. On leash, Bailey kept right up with me. I was quite please. On the 30th, Bailey went to Sharon's daycare while I sat in on a meeting and then (!) headed up Whitecap to the western overlook on Yellow trail. What a good time with just microspikes. The temp was 20 degrees but zero wind! 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text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyOzVkBVzyWZJBUJE7rzsfPMaVDMtCJ0Ex5Nce7hqITB4C8kE-LSGv_SajzHVqV1bM8YvpNy9yhyZ3C3BsYug' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /> <p></p><p>Honestly, I'm not complaining... today's hike in the new wet snow proved to be great exercise. Other hikers and back-country skiers had packed part of the trail, so that made it doable for these two old dogs. We met a couple of skiers and on the parallel trail, Yellow, we could hear skiers trekking up the glades' access path. We only did 3 miles, but it proved to be a good challenge. In the video above, Bailey had gone off trail into the deep snow. No idea why he did that because post-holing is tough work for him. </p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYldY1zOOYh1cGs6vQBY_PbpAo_SQsIpulXNJAjkOoGjJphoQi5_q2htxM0LSoYmdi6qgbTBIRI0C8N4pDqtNRyr0JMp_vyYfyllEkeRQscep7dkKDoYft2Io2ACWj5GAAwOKqcs0w-iDq05-fAisefUrM9h3hcyw4xqPH5UxDR_X5r3Bz4I9d9yx0iglL/s4032/1.%20012724%20Whitecap.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYldY1zOOYh1cGs6vQBY_PbpAo_SQsIpulXNJAjkOoGjJphoQi5_q2htxM0LSoYmdi6qgbTBIRI0C8N4pDqtNRyr0JMp_vyYfyllEkeRQscep7dkKDoYft2Io2ACWj5GAAwOKqcs0w-iDq05-fAisefUrM9h3hcyw4xqPH5UxDR_X5r3Bz4I9d9yx0iglL/s320/1.%20012724%20Whitecap.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBpC6c_Su8L5DcB86g-jOGZsDJQ5gQyVityWPyt6Y1vNLb-5d9AeYAakrXpgDUafsFFhT7sJLhfsdB0DDjuuMY6mBQh_UMMfHN37w3koHCLmNJgI9wO6FAAcgnp6WbmE5haYcMqu1DRxtCA05sjdm-1hjZBgtq58vgFjch6lHpuJi1NHXLuKZGaIypauPD/s4096/2.%201.%20012724%20Whitecap.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBpC6c_Su8L5DcB86g-jOGZsDJQ5gQyVityWPyt6Y1vNLb-5d9AeYAakrXpgDUafsFFhT7sJLhfsdB0DDjuuMY6mBQh_UMMfHN37w3koHCLmNJgI9wO6FAAcgnp6WbmE5haYcMqu1DRxtCA05sjdm-1hjZBgtq58vgFjch6lHpuJi1NHXLuKZGaIypauPD/s320/2.%201.%20012724%20Whitecap.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9OldFjZn5xQ1NmMWl1-P662BZbMbLuYVJW4VE-RaHXRSuOgthvfgFaey_x6kByLdn52NIQ_QCT0h11bjguYHRYMzPIbJn-S-46sQM5865ssW7UIMPH7Qw4JI2PuCdnPQhQ6WSxjJlWhshQ2VqrEuV7BON-WMl7Nq1GtIjOnzFDzEBf1sP2x2aK6zA6SOl/s3088/3.%201.%20012724%20Whitecap%20Bailey%20Rich.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9OldFjZn5xQ1NmMWl1-P662BZbMbLuYVJW4VE-RaHXRSuOgthvfgFaey_x6kByLdn52NIQ_QCT0h11bjguYHRYMzPIbJn-S-46sQM5865ssW7UIMPH7Qw4JI2PuCdnPQhQ6WSxjJlWhshQ2VqrEuV7BON-WMl7Nq1GtIjOnzFDzEBf1sP2x2aK6zA6SOl/s320/3.%201.%20012724%20Whitecap%20Bailey%20Rich.jpg" width="240" /></a><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376103977971436818.post-25434291201452573752024-01-24T09:40:00.004-05:002024-01-24T09:41:21.317-05:00Anne & Joe... getting an electric Mustang in your 80's... Why not? <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0gS4BuAviEtcpiK4p5GTgdY0c78kABZqyJs67BW7cOIw8FKDm8O7ecDNxsgcSuRdVsPYEBu0PMBhDwks2O2jvubppw7hGnW4rZjh2RCtK6keKdCv_1bli3OB8EwBxCwPBzzu59KtP0S-8Qwja4CVRxeANYwtX8FRWER2O3tTBvQCsmJf0xjEq46Z6mc7C/s4096/Anne%20and%20Joe%20The%20Mustang.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0gS4BuAviEtcpiK4p5GTgdY0c78kABZqyJs67BW7cOIw8FKDm8O7ecDNxsgcSuRdVsPYEBu0PMBhDwks2O2jvubppw7hGnW4rZjh2RCtK6keKdCv_1bli3OB8EwBxCwPBzzu59KtP0S-8Qwja4CVRxeANYwtX8FRWER2O3tTBvQCsmJf0xjEq46Z6mc7C/w300-h400/Anne%20and%20Joe%20The%20Mustang.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The EV Mustang! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Click on photos to enlarge.</i></div><br /><p></p><p>Anne and Joe continue to amaze. This time, purchasing an electric Ford Mustang. Honestly, I think these two should teach lessons in life and living. Off to the theater, the cinema, a concert, to lunch... inviting friends over for visits... serving clients at the Food Pantry each week on Wednesdays from 3pm to 6pm... and now buying an electric vehicle. I study their lives and aspire to the energy and enthusiasm they have for life. </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376103977971436818.post-53920382220744120032024-01-22T19:11:00.004-05:002024-01-25T17:32:40.688-05:00Coffee with Bill and his Girls<h1 style="text-align: center;"><i>Friends from the fields and slopes</i> </h1><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPox0DP_3s-OXI8LRL0ZGparxyP5W2a_osb-eP5KIS4TnNenyYDGh91NE27VrIo9wCdoM4pMYQhASMLZviLWDtIEAmihYxpT8VWmRKLHd3eE_E56cn9L9kVVWlC_4xkA9aYt4F6znnnXlSe4DXBfKJIb_jN0MIiumwGMotnok1LTK84NKqgAzEwYXlkeBK/s3585/418241826_404854855270789_8089738849882903436_n.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3585" data-original-width="3344" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPox0DP_3s-OXI8LRL0ZGparxyP5W2a_osb-eP5KIS4TnNenyYDGh91NE27VrIo9wCdoM4pMYQhASMLZviLWDtIEAmihYxpT8VWmRKLHd3eE_E56cn9L9kVVWlC_4xkA9aYt4F6znnnXlSe4DXBfKJIb_jN0MIiumwGMotnok1LTK84NKqgAzEwYXlkeBK/w373-h400/418241826_404854855270789_8089738849882903436_n.jpeg" width="373" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bill and I coached for 21 years at Rumford HS and <br />Mountain Valley HS. I also brought my high school English <br />students to his 5th grade class to do some writing and tutoring<br />with his kids. Bill, his wife Mary, and daughter Terry took <br />several Maine Teams of girls to England with me as well. <br />We've had a long-time friendship. He's a true gentleman. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Bill and his two girls, Terry and Mary Ellen, visited this morning after a mass that celebrated Bill's late wife Mary. We had coffee, pastry, and loads of fun conversation for a couple of hours. I asked </p><p>I posted the photograph above and the caption below welcoming Bill's former students and athletes to say hello to their 92-year-old former mentor. Six hours later, 80 student-athletes and friends "liked" the photo and many wrote comments. (Bill, if you're reading this, I'll follow-up with any more comments tomorrow.)</p><p>Here's the Facebook post that has prompted now 84 people to respond: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRod2MekLo7YvVmcjav8CLLG74x_MqP_4b6B27qZN23EGlGXWtu0yrETZiMXQYYqOmdlhyphenhyphenXk5zZEmOHj03TSivRt1Vrb9hjJFvd29q7GgbvZOg5Uv-ZufxT5ESXAXR7n_5Ook60G4btTK9-3HvDyQCXgshowFRsv2LFS6HPJjbbxpVoAUJFog6aONV8WkB/s1360/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-22%20at%207.07.04%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="1158" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRod2MekLo7YvVmcjav8CLLG74x_MqP_4b6B27qZN23EGlGXWtu0yrETZiMXQYYqOmdlhyphenhyphenXk5zZEmOHj03TSivRt1Vrb9hjJFvd29q7GgbvZOg5Uv-ZufxT5ESXAXR7n_5Ook60G4btTK9-3HvDyQCXgshowFRsv2LFS6HPJjbbxpVoAUJFog6aONV8WkB/w340-h400/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-22%20at%207.07.04%20PM.png" width="340" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>By 7pm this evening, here are many of the comments and the people who gave a shout out to our Mr. Morgan: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The temps had gone up 20+ degrees, so we were at 35 degrees on the base of the mountain. Felt like spring hiking. Today's hike wasn't a good one for Bailey, so he hung out with Sharon and Emi. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilG3h30GrSMrJE857Wov1-Ab5Hp6lOE4GS-SKKnkaebtL1n_PBsLjOsrPwz9JwfzDQOhVWRd-aCWZEjRR7iClwSvPzrI0n6LSzruw5HmPm3fA1BXsbs1CDjA9nSvjUKy1ngwMKiVLTZxJLjIT3NnS-Sh43asrgPwmtXDR5jACCETxdGVtvoPVbAaA5UjNp/s4096/1.%20Hiking%20Black%20Mountain%20012224%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4096" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilG3h30GrSMrJE857Wov1-Ab5Hp6lOE4GS-SKKnkaebtL1n_PBsLjOsrPwz9JwfzDQOhVWRd-aCWZEjRR7iClwSvPzrI0n6LSzruw5HmPm3fA1BXsbs1CDjA9nSvjUKy1ngwMKiVLTZxJLjIT3NnS-Sh43asrgPwmtXDR5jACCETxdGVtvoPVbAaA5UjNp/s320/1.%20Hiking%20Black%20Mountain%20012224%20.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv-O8S16GVXKFr1HNM6XK143a5Y0I14p4Dh1DOOuKVluFXZhTHsT2WMKjhaC9JQ3h1aNsQH77Ul6XLT7UkEO50V1ie_OMWy1Ia99nO4FTWNPkinL9onxTOpvVT5N08Nx8niHuXIo9qR3TEEQJ1gOp8GgTOSoiMVyt-Dqy4FEfF5LjjKFaZcxbnr-wIsrCA/s4032/2.%201.%20Hiking%20Black%20Mountain%20012224%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We'll wait a few days before we head up together.<br /><span style="color: #990000;"><i>Click on photos to enlarge. </i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After a 90-minute <a href="https://umaine.edu/retirees/council-membership/" target="_blank">PCRE</a> meeting, I dropped off Bailey at Sharon's, wrote for 2 hours, hiked 3.5 miles on Whitecap in heavy snow, and enjoyed coffee and conversation with Anne and Joe. What could be a better day? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Several people had hiked Whitecap before I headed up. However, they missed a cut off on the Orange Trail, so I got to break trail... over a log bridge. 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDi_iSrAkofKLOzdQoigfH3L7c3h5fJJykhtBU_IkpNnzvUFtPGpY_iihrIXoZQLksv2r4cijfLyujcYHrlp2pXgz-SWP40gMp3Kowzo1yAl_46FXPQ2xOkoW38hOSCFjMs7h3adFFDdxIQIC6Hhq2HJ0Y1GkmPYH3Uk1tNY5f5tKiUYwsvJvr0cqOsie/w300-h400/7.%202.%20Whitecap%20bridge%20cleared.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First bridge cleaned off... kinda. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHdPABF_XRt1cDteYilOPPPYpPnmgxha4lNX7D-KIMS2GJn75rAhur4HVnfc-u6DfubhmA9W8VRvBXqjyvDreCmNKkIduz18lRgykpagjkqVQdosWFQ9hb5Gmw9XwMUbP9e4ICkXSzPf9mGE8AvXeMVqjC6iYGQgKcuTalRNC7Lb2SeL9LEeU2yvM-kd9N/s2048/8.%202.%20Whitecap%20unbrokern%20trailk.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHdPABF_XRt1cDteYilOPPPYpPnmgxha4lNX7D-KIMS2GJn75rAhur4HVnfc-u6DfubhmA9W8VRvBXqjyvDreCmNKkIduz18lRgykpagjkqVQdosWFQ9hb5Gmw9XwMUbP9e4ICkXSzPf9mGE8AvXeMVqjC6iYGQgKcuTalRNC7Lb2SeL9LEeU2yvM-kd9N/w300-h400/8.%202.%20Whitecap%20unbrokern%20trailk.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Orange trail waiting to be broken. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBaMmYzd7wy-V5_Qkw9FP5CkAsaE6tTr5eGR7UwK8yCeh2o6feoMdSkdFIrOkYAp_yrQoQqUOmtw4CNmtsntqT19XsqzWvRAZ8qPi0XXYAzlQlGveaXkSvAfbH_DMqKAAROBpf5KuzT7l0nvnX4UDeKZRHSzaHwBsJk82zJ-M1x95oVok6n_Dnv4NitNfI/s2048/9.%202.%20Whitecap%20Big%20Boat%20.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="723" data-original-width="2048" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBaMmYzd7wy-V5_Qkw9FP5CkAsaE6tTr5eGR7UwK8yCeh2o6feoMdSkdFIrOkYAp_yrQoQqUOmtw4CNmtsntqT19XsqzWvRAZ8qPi0XXYAzlQlGveaXkSvAfbH_DMqKAAROBpf5KuzT7l0nvnX4UDeKZRHSzaHwBsJk82zJ-M1x95oVok6n_Dnv4NitNfI/w400-h141/9.%202.%20Whitecap%20Big%20Boat%20.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I've never seen a boat parked in the Whitecap trailhead parking lot. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376103977971436818.post-34945510289413052492023-12-31T23:09:00.003-05:002023-12-31T23:09:38.329-05:00Michal's Holiday Card<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKzeWR5TcQs1xSsAgITmviIs8xqA41SFVer6mn81ChXslltNx2snrSo4Woiy5yXctQTDvS2wxDkGvL6B6EVaSKI6uFWj4fKpnvQrsy51ZqpQJ2OD121QDPLA4d_zQLpoMrYV39UJLh76ZEMpvL0srNhNZTsUSc4O2Y5JXYOber3HvHEi6l_YeCQxRCL-XI/s2048/0.%20Michal's%202023%20Card.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1534" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKzeWR5TcQs1xSsAgITmviIs8xqA41SFVer6mn81ChXslltNx2snrSo4Woiy5yXctQTDvS2wxDkGvL6B6EVaSKI6uFWj4fKpnvQrsy51ZqpQJ2OD121QDPLA4d_zQLpoMrYV39UJLh76ZEMpvL0srNhNZTsUSc4O2Y5JXYOber3HvHEi6l_YeCQxRCL-XI/w300-h400/0.%20Michal's%202023%20Card.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click on photo to enlarge. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </p><p>We received a fun holiday card from Michal (Slovakia, 2004), Hana, and Simon! Michal was here nearly 20 years ago. Wow! He loved soccer and skiing with the Mountain Valley HS kids. Now, he's all grown up... a dad, even! So wonderful to see his mom and dad, sister and brother. How lucky we were to know Michal and to have him in our extended family. </p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376103977971436818.post-69010508237718841952023-12-31T22:59:00.003-05:002023-12-31T22:59:43.392-05:00Last Hike of 2023: #153<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><i>Happy New Year from our Home to Yours</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij8sLCgJKQ-wtbqIfsiUWIFzJB0dpKsfx9MetPn5MdHI8CLfsJdLltsL3APbe73PnrBMLuJFkQ8SwJG1TLUc_yl34ooeDJvoPI4ZxEd3beixY1fytp5fwnY-3-uosZha_zMPcd2KaJKVS2bx6292tXjYoAqlpGfPRqeSAUWlbGHtuOiqGQfcuQTSxAkP1G/s855/Rumford%20Home%20Christmas%20Lights.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="855" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij8sLCgJKQ-wtbqIfsiUWIFzJB0dpKsfx9MetPn5MdHI8CLfsJdLltsL3APbe73PnrBMLuJFkQ8SwJG1TLUc_yl34ooeDJvoPI4ZxEd3beixY1fytp5fwnY-3-uosZha_zMPcd2KaJKVS2bx6292tXjYoAqlpGfPRqeSAUWlbGHtuOiqGQfcuQTSxAkP1G/w400-h219/Rumford%20Home%20Christmas%20Lights.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWfZUTpOU4ZEm9iDMmYlsdWm28lL1WKbcimTXvpLj6a_al_h2zOL4BjMpMvrASWcY_nMLmcarhH_SBsdKA_A44fuPrc2WdbEK406I4-LdaWHlYGaXoLEIIK0zNad9xnfSqbAw3C00VMjAcGl-4zhZOvAjk6i_4cn6b5qttDCcPakAt5zi6zyIzOlWPdoQA/s2620/Bailey%20and%20Rich%20in%20Car%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2229" data-original-width="2620" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWfZUTpOU4ZEm9iDMmYlsdWm28lL1WKbcimTXvpLj6a_al_h2zOL4BjMpMvrASWcY_nMLmcarhH_SBsdKA_A44fuPrc2WdbEK406I4-LdaWHlYGaXoLEIIK0zNad9xnfSqbAw3C00VMjAcGl-4zhZOvAjk6i_4cn6b5qttDCcPakAt5zi6zyIzOlWPdoQA/s320/Bailey%20and%20Rich%20in%20Car%20.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><span style="text-align: left;">In 2023, most of our hikes were smaller mountains in the range of 3 - 4.5 miles. The rainy summer didn't help but the old bones slowed us down. But nevertheless, we got out there. That's the name of the game: <i>Keep moving. </i></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkCng6HYBg5jA7a_u7c2wIKAhVSKDID6bsal1fGrCJyYL0_e6b74c-H9YFyxyFB_hhkba4LlG7Yn9B0zj_9TX3cN2_vuEAOkO7vBJ3cdeM5qukv2TbnvBOU6gF9OMliuTH9cbGfkrK7TTb5oTA13HjpxRDfGUXq_0QkeAhD7pGV7Sr-f1s9oZ2aa4RIgFC/s2556/1.%20123123%20New%20Years%20Eve%20Mtn%20Bike%20Hike%20%23153.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2556" data-original-width="1179" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkCng6HYBg5jA7a_u7c2wIKAhVSKDID6bsal1fGrCJyYL0_e6b74c-H9YFyxyFB_hhkba4LlG7Yn9B0zj_9TX3cN2_vuEAOkO7vBJ3cdeM5qukv2TbnvBOU6gF9OMliuTH9cbGfkrK7TTb5oTA13HjpxRDfGUXq_0QkeAhD7pGV7Sr-f1s9oZ2aa4RIgFC/s320/1.%20123123%20New%20Years%20Eve%20Mtn%20Bike%20Hike%20%23153.jpg" width="148" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWijlOH9wMXOqoEv2QzdPP5QhyopxJcM4t907Lls9OJRuYBwyI3DUt62VHIyt2NxVWVVfDXWj3RJHL64ThoY04kXoqDZz_aBi-KFdPEDHaGUcPacpqbHuEjr9xMTcPaAN8x_zVS429_451PzQjm1-HzUOx_3NLizwQI8dhSa9NIPsr9WvDyok3C6pHFNlx/s3576/6.%20Mystery%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3275" data-original-width="3576" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWijlOH9wMXOqoEv2QzdPP5QhyopxJcM4t907Lls9OJRuYBwyI3DUt62VHIyt2NxVWVVfDXWj3RJHL64ThoY04kXoqDZz_aBi-KFdPEDHaGUcPacpqbHuEjr9xMTcPaAN8x_zVS429_451PzQjm1-HzUOx_3NLizwQI8dhSa9NIPsr9WvDyok3C6pHFNlx/s320/6.%20Mystery%20.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">See the puppy in the Old Dog? Click on pictures to enlarge. </td></tr></tbody></table></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p>On Christmas and Boxing Day, we ventured out after work, and between football games, to take small hikes on local mountains. These days it feel more like November or April than late December. Right now, I kind of like that, especially after the flood. </p><p>I may have written this earlier on, but I'm too lazy to check, but hiking with Bailey is like hiking with a DEA sniffer dog. He doesn't let much pass by without a probing sniff. Rarely, is he in my sight. When I run into another hiker, I always ask, "Are you bothered by an unleashed dog?" They look around as if to say, "What dog?" "He's sniffing most everything about a quarter mile back." </p><p>Hiking with Bailey these days also gets me thinking about our last hike together. With the condition of his hips, that <i>last </i>hike could be any day now. Last year on Whitecap Mountain, a hiker asked me why he was still hiking once she discovered his age. She went on to explain that her older dog had retired from hiking the year before. "Ah," I said. "Well, Bailey's a mountain dog and this is where he belongs." </p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Whitecap</i></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i>Christmas Day... </i>up Yellow Trail to the Saddle; back down to the Connector Trail and across to Orange Trail and down. </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx7wrNiSNha6yt1969IPgMlAgYHQB03yPf1GEojacKU3llnqkhVkadmWTj2Qx6o9H7yTYjHG2Ic1EMOKRtZOMeMhJlCwUkqwNrMy-4EGNVObnr1FIggVa3pY4jpRFvKghhdaFaZZ_7HgmZeUUDqxLXnxXM-ZZnxY_mATDOXVXwwnVD4pib-LVjWhTsvnwi/s4096/1.%20Whitecap%20Christmas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx7wrNiSNha6yt1969IPgMlAgYHQB03yPf1GEojacKU3llnqkhVkadmWTj2Qx6o9H7yTYjHG2Ic1EMOKRtZOMeMhJlCwUkqwNrMy-4EGNVObnr1FIggVa3pY4jpRFvKghhdaFaZZ_7HgmZeUUDqxLXnxXM-ZZnxY_mATDOXVXwwnVD4pib-LVjWhTsvnwi/s320/1.%20Whitecap%20Christmas.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Even though it was a bit muddy, I enjoyed the hike. 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZCMNKcfmCHnoOniXdxDkZv1FR5qAR660c2b_ljECw7TPetoQQ_QbXrrpeHVo1jfkhrRWfM4eh8o5LjLYBaqrZU56wOfPFxOTysK8nlGgRS40oITQZhgZ_xcqFqA3Y7WVqJ0Na41L50KFuAXBZrerbiWKXG7_PCaLcRWDKxDJSRsjwPaWuL-lvgsnUMoY/s1128/Coos%20Canyon%2012-18-23.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1034" data-original-width="1128" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZCMNKcfmCHnoOniXdxDkZv1FR5qAR660c2b_ljECw7TPetoQQ_QbXrrpeHVo1jfkhrRWfM4eh8o5LjLYBaqrZU56wOfPFxOTysK8nlGgRS40oITQZhgZ_xcqFqA3Y7WVqJ0Na41L50KFuAXBZrerbiWKXG7_PCaLcRWDKxDJSRsjwPaWuL-lvgsnUMoY/s320/Coos%20Canyon%2012-18-23.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coos Canyon at the beginning of the flood<br /><i>Click on photos to enlarge. Use a laptop or computer to view, if possible.</i> </td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>We had torrential rains on Sunday and Monday, December 17-18. Currently, December 19, we're on an island as both sides of Prospect Avenue are flooded. Check out how close the water is to the bridge in a photo below. On a selfish note: a stroke of luck, my van is usually parked in a bay down near Community Energy's Variety store. That now has 3-4 feet of water in it. On a sad note: four people in a car attempted to cross a bridge over the Swift River from Rumford to Mexico on Monday night. They did not know about the flash flood and were swept away. Two made it to the shore. Two died--a grandmother and her daughter, a former Mountain Valley HS student. </p><p>The high school is open as a shelter for those who need heat, food, a bed, or clothing. On this Thursday morning... flood waters are receding. Roads have been washed out and bridges destroyed. The crews are working to open roads from, for example, Route two from Rumford to Bethel. A lot of Rumford folks work at Sunday River. It's sunny today but cold, so the utility crews can work on electric poles and ski areas can make snow. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu4lBOavf3tARoQYiT1fCh3Nx0h3x2teCkp1RpmWgNHCGJMoVoHJsxMAfue9UIS4tzxf9lLf_yyESszuiN4Mmw_OPz8pdMlz-QZ6CjC8HxBM-OUm8HOurGWiC37ZEnAgYp5qmJz2QOXqDG_5iVCsdTHaPwsahPhGLxKKWqMaecR4gfjslEPwm0wck4BEfT/s1544/Androscoggin%20close%20to%20bridge.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="1544" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu4lBOavf3tARoQYiT1fCh3Nx0h3x2teCkp1RpmWgNHCGJMoVoHJsxMAfue9UIS4tzxf9lLf_yyESszuiN4Mmw_OPz8pdMlz-QZ6CjC8HxBM-OUm8HOurGWiC37ZEnAgYp5qmJz2QOXqDG_5iVCsdTHaPwsahPhGLxKKWqMaecR4gfjslEPwm0wck4BEfT/s320/Androscoggin%20close%20to%20bridge.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The green bridge onto the island. Look how close the<br />water is to the bed of the bridge. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit1zRdFOYJcrq1Z5yRYo_BK775CjvmJxq-didqNWz4oIs47IUWdUMccVMkbCq3tqx1RyCjWVQvDDF0H9lVywDFA4j_KAFRp7yMZ8cNxdVOP3al3GCnvXwa2t9qbu4qC5fqIX9BfLYDww279ugL6eT2gAhMecM2B-IRpBKHKQ2tSSfkqsJ7k0Yo91-x_Qnm/s2048/car%20wash%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit1zRdFOYJcrq1Z5yRYo_BK775CjvmJxq-didqNWz4oIs47IUWdUMccVMkbCq3tqx1RyCjWVQvDDF0H9lVywDFA4j_KAFRp7yMZ8cNxdVOP3al3GCnvXwa2t9qbu4qC5fqIX9BfLYDww279ugL6eT2gAhMecM2B-IRpBKHKQ2tSSfkqsJ7k0Yo91-x_Qnm/s320/car%20wash%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The reflections make judging the water depth difficult. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyT9INxYovGGMbmCZr9A6F9srgUqBDBD-j8jtKTfARKAVh97HrY2t4ZFSqS1MLpyvDZjPq1XV9WCWO66OSnv4JejAs0NxyoWZW_MxU29y4jVyBTRdd3K1uCxIyovZjt5zK2Y24g8NEKLDIfKTUFoAXpu1q5xk3fIzPc3D0AV6-fr3euhLENUklbLJFpSmp/s2048/Car%20wash%20.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyT9INxYovGGMbmCZr9A6F9srgUqBDBD-j8jtKTfARKAVh97HrY2t4ZFSqS1MLpyvDZjPq1XV9WCWO66OSnv4JejAs0NxyoWZW_MxU29y4jVyBTRdd3K1uCxIyovZjt5zK2Y24g8NEKLDIfKTUFoAXpu1q5xk3fIzPc3D0AV6-fr3euhLENUklbLJFpSmp/s320/Car%20wash%20.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The interior of the building on the left has been under <br />construction for the past 6 months. A new restaurant...<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Ckpa35heaiZQl-TUpdwI8MS-78nCTBVy7XyQ3dNzu_Bt2L1fXi5ShsWCCziS4_hadQnnlx93yPHK8DIRT-4EfOaV7A9FMRY-YYoyWB60gLf3ve9jvhuTIdvyAd5S0hZdO3ZOffcP-eaMPS-FcyQE1vnDtBWoqALCDXl0tNqC5phx5n38_M7pzYayQZMs/s4096/Prospect%20Avenue%20east.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4096" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Ckpa35heaiZQl-TUpdwI8MS-78nCTBVy7XyQ3dNzu_Bt2L1fXi5ShsWCCziS4_hadQnnlx93yPHK8DIRT-4EfOaV7A9FMRY-YYoyWB60gLf3ve9jvhuTIdvyAd5S0hZdO3ZOffcP-eaMPS-FcyQE1vnDtBWoqALCDXl0tNqC5phx5n38_M7pzYayQZMs/s320/Prospect%20Avenue%20east.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dan's auto sales 1/2 mile from my home</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsTt344M3L8o6bRsqodNq7qOCoo-lhw5LcW2qQAADIY5EWy7r_-SnhbHveAYCdYesvG0q31E0b4KlrEibi_OPI_H0Ro_4n8K4Z0AkjCYqA5M9h1rZH9zkE9Sz9co9o49xBYSvxifNWWK5mW9Gdep-jvnqqsWmc_7D81mMBgAYZstWmTX7azAQyKIdX0oHW/s4032/Prospect%20Avenue%20west%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsTt344M3L8o6bRsqodNq7qOCoo-lhw5LcW2qQAADIY5EWy7r_-SnhbHveAYCdYesvG0q31E0b4KlrEibi_OPI_H0Ro_4n8K4Z0AkjCYqA5M9h1rZH9zkE9Sz9co9o49xBYSvxifNWWK5mW9Gdep-jvnqqsWmc_7D81mMBgAYZstWmTX7azAQyKIdX0oHW/s320/Prospect%20Avenue%20west%202.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">West on Prospect Avenue--150 yards from my home.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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Breaks my heart. </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwmSBwHonKFnQ1UlxS1twPPq5HZ6g_v7ONGyQ-g7ysEgdZQeqbCNqjtD6iIqv_9EUAgV2qwoavsB-OjnD8f5HXuMwXZMziBoXFcoOUKG92f24pVkqCrOIkqcaXNnt2Lv-1rNn2HSa7ca5gHzKlwV8F8mtDAa4WyIiKdpOogzg8ecCJ1360MsVHFOBipN4B/s1080/X.%20Androscoggin%20River.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1051" data-original-width="1080" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwmSBwHonKFnQ1UlxS1twPPq5HZ6g_v7ONGyQ-g7ysEgdZQeqbCNqjtD6iIqv_9EUAgV2qwoavsB-OjnD8f5HXuMwXZMziBoXFcoOUKG92f24pVkqCrOIkqcaXNnt2Lv-1rNn2HSa7ca5gHzKlwV8F8mtDAa4WyIiKdpOogzg8ecCJ1360MsVHFOBipN4B/s320/X.%20Androscoggin%20River.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBKR_NZ9qSFKqGoM22BnWAsAgo5KMYho0SxbA9UJ754BFEWYCucl52Xb3AbM-om4k60qyhrHRzMZkLa-PKrt2hRrudWjXEarMgWV2vlU6JsU9h1tVGj6tPooSqQgPrNzTQP3PiJtImCIiYerzej37LK63jVONSKtNP6oIlQXc_2OfOlgRRcrk8JMNYSBCm/s1080/2.%20Drone%20footage%20of%20downtown.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1051" data-original-width="1080" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBKR_NZ9qSFKqGoM22BnWAsAgo5KMYho0SxbA9UJ754BFEWYCucl52Xb3AbM-om4k60qyhrHRzMZkLa-PKrt2hRrudWjXEarMgWV2vlU6JsU9h1tVGj6tPooSqQgPrNzTQP3PiJtImCIiYerzej37LK63jVONSKtNP6oIlQXc_2OfOlgRRcrk8JMNYSBCm/s320/2.%20Drone%20footage%20of%20downtown.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />Drone footage the day after. Note how high the<br />water is to the bridge and to the island itself. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Burt's Point, Webb Lake, Weld, Maine</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Use a large screen on a computer or laptop to view these pictures.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div>The high water swept across Burt's Point and moved stairs, logs, brush, and debris. The water marks on the Edwards and Kent camps look to be two feet up from there base. The Edwards, Kent, and Little House all have silt and mud inside. I'm sure that's the same with the Ogilvie's Burt Camp. <div><br /></div><div>Fred was doing what Fred always does: fixing stuff, including the hole in the Edwards' camp roof from a pine branch, cutting up downed trees, moving this, searching for that. We'll have to have a work party this spring time. The biggest issue is the brush and debris beneath the camps entangled with the plumbing. Fingers crossed the stuff won't damage pipes. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikXlTUTFn9ODAp6desISgXHWhreYrBlV-xEAq_0vgtve34DF092vxFcyyBnGEkQPuprJNDAA3n3DWwNMpcavCWt8Yu17NFcjjUqHRL1E_ct_BJILXTOydOqiIfOPBhB_iKG9fXOjzvHqUNFWeZs0OWMAPYxpIfWBbWeSn44LdW9R6_Zriaqi2ixMSjnw4X/s4032/1.%20Water%20Mark.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikXlTUTFn9ODAp6desISgXHWhreYrBlV-xEAq_0vgtve34DF092vxFcyyBnGEkQPuprJNDAA3n3DWwNMpcavCWt8Yu17NFcjjUqHRL1E_ct_BJILXTOydOqiIfOPBhB_iKG9fXOjzvHqUNFWeZs0OWMAPYxpIfWBbWeSn44LdW9R6_Zriaqi2ixMSjnw4X/s320/1.%20Water%20Mark.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">High water mark on glass</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5EbYXKpp88kSECFclYbrr9QdOm2EfZM7O7m_Jg7bNqiv-7LmXyNcySBzjpzvNqfGiX04KRjJJ68ah2qkwG0qoZUplFUGlqS8DpKx-iAVssXh5KEOi3baRpXe54YgvvEN4Iz5FSC0sBH411LrAy9UjjNrE1it9XmwlwQ4SYw9z0ALfR8iTqc_96NNllaC9/s4096/1.1%20Staircase.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4096" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5EbYXKpp88kSECFclYbrr9QdOm2EfZM7O7m_Jg7bNqiv-7LmXyNcySBzjpzvNqfGiX04KRjJJ68ah2qkwG0qoZUplFUGlqS8DpKx-iAVssXh5KEOi3baRpXe54YgvvEN4Iz5FSC0sBH411LrAy9UjjNrE1it9XmwlwQ4SYw9z0ALfR8iTqc_96NNllaC9/s320/1.1%20Staircase.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ogilvie Bike House</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0HOji51-2QfROPuPAd4McZGx4Ce6oB-2f24UBIR2AMo260pTACfBP3ZC2IXsrmB85y97lp_Ajey8hmreEfEqqr3i2jhEfM0K4xWea_iRcCa6eCnrtjxbUeHIHMjGb-4W7G3R5-vJmGNkPn-4wfWen4nxiCO14Qrx9IiabIjOR-brdGw4xTGBaPB5WiahG/s4032/1.2%20debris%20at%20Kent%20camp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0HOji51-2QfROPuPAd4McZGx4Ce6oB-2f24UBIR2AMo260pTACfBP3ZC2IXsrmB85y97lp_Ajey8hmreEfEqqr3i2jhEfM0K4xWea_iRcCa6eCnrtjxbUeHIHMjGb-4W7G3R5-vJmGNkPn-4wfWen4nxiCO14Qrx9IiabIjOR-brdGw4xTGBaPB5WiahG/s320/1.2%20debris%20at%20Kent%20camp.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kent c amp</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDZcrM-M6i4aUEfMphF5aBAGW1CqbPhionj0uQCHsVQt5MLRy4ttxKKkc7bs4nLqtNFnaIGn3Lo74BFbbYVfBQxn27xN-PZ8io-0Zcy1IMgZw9UPXxuXExJqJlz0d_kEIkAdZlmRlfBMO63d0zgm8V9dTOZ3UA6CmpN0qQf488Td4YUxpeeHLTWbIduCrz/s2807/3.%20wood%20piles,%20Fred's%20handiwork.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2283" data-original-width="2807" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDZcrM-M6i4aUEfMphF5aBAGW1CqbPhionj0uQCHsVQt5MLRy4ttxKKkc7bs4nLqtNFnaIGn3Lo74BFbbYVfBQxn27xN-PZ8io-0Zcy1IMgZw9UPXxuXExJqJlz0d_kEIkAdZlmRlfBMO63d0zgm8V9dTOZ3UA6CmpN0qQf488Td4YUxpeeHLTWbIduCrz/s320/3.%20wood%20piles,%20Fred's%20handiwork.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fred's handiwork at $14 per hour. Price goes up to $15 on January 1st</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifaO_J6E8lwsMc1ti2yL119vud26CPGcJg9fzz69MN8Z-K4KxyltxBHrkI3RrFYKGki3uYpBE6f7zJouZywX7R_V7BuW2fJ87q_9ziXMYkR9lc6OfomHxfuGxw1qNmG6U8ipV30LEdqnZ0f58AEYdyCSmOVIvA8UdE81GJlOqPpUlaZFYjp-zwrL-HysRv/s4032/4.%20Fred.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifaO_J6E8lwsMc1ti2yL119vud26CPGcJg9fzz69MN8Z-K4KxyltxBHrkI3RrFYKGki3uYpBE6f7zJouZywX7R_V7BuW2fJ87q_9ziXMYkR9lc6OfomHxfuGxw1qNmG6U8ipV30LEdqnZ0f58AEYdyCSmOVIvA8UdE81GJlOqPpUlaZFYjp-zwrL-HysRv/s320/4.%20Fred.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigIbiEGWXAleuJxvIgpkiKPuRucDWGnjXSGej_WsEquc82zOAj6hMp4GwIq9QB1uLXe7KPMzkj5zC4vzpoFHQc3IkxtKqEAleqjK1rK88bWLxd39xO3b307Dk1zxuuAgB46o-EC4eQlN85af1n-l0LqU35oKEQJuGxctXWs0xW8kC1i1i9Z-WsPPN9IIp7/s4096/5.%20ice%20shot%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaSEKHSBjzwC9T61CQQfLJBDSS9RZ2X9Fx824LT7p1r-pBIw6yd5tWtj2PMD9Zox6PHFGCcTlZ_rkWVy1TfgVIt903Yd3d5yYrchwg3_DwRP_inVWMSMvBcWNqeaB5EOVVR3IHJJGdEIkAJxf5bcNv0xb_KqZw8enuxT30NRxJSaMTXPcXsOlaErIZmIQp/s320/8.%20high%20water%20mark%20.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">High Water Mark--thin dirt mark</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrTQbssU8L-ZpSj3M-cizhBFuqUZ0nSdDShw1A9No47fDtMBPEbWxW4qanc1IDXkIEcm1gy5wxcRiQVfrzcPjsc_1VtYeWQE1nfGxKBRqEv8bBOZ-XFOYIFRcUh6FaiUQ-M1PCh7GJx49eTrKYN0NzCvdZWkfqlzzq6li8oAlamhocwt4lNTdawkcKbN0K/s4032/9.%20Fred%20sawing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN5oDtxLwVVjW7oVMptTn1RE25CKW5WlPy7PTjjK5B-9dhWtA6ZuuJtk7TdGJpWGtSGY8WmRgSPM_Or-heX75-r85QprSWGZMVGsj2-3o9Y74SxTVg9GMCJsarDo0En5FGMZmFasIoDMAo3dqC2X4ZjwQqweGiY51XmGqS8O-XuKTyUlDqyUio5Qb6qc55/s320/10.%20silt.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Silt. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjJppdwUx6WPN7KsZKLHdQtn5llMvHv8UUwKUS7u4UJxS_uJiJ0jd50EICe5nH5OmJjdSGQ5fjBdvubvDiqPi3I2QEXDcaByABGV9hiBGm7GxkIlw93oBDPcssGO2-EuS9uJxK0_0qNGYg67d9l81nixeNSSzIQzLB2kDvI1qnoRFju_O5Sv0Zosx1FIwn/s4096/11.%20silt%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjJppdwUx6WPN7KsZKLHdQtn5llMvHv8UUwKUS7u4UJxS_uJiJ0jd50EICe5nH5OmJjdSGQ5fjBdvubvDiqPi3I2QEXDcaByABGV9hiBGm7GxkIlw93oBDPcssGO2-EuS9uJxK0_0qNGYg67d9l81nixeNSSzIQzLB2kDvI1qnoRFju_O5Sv0Zosx1FIwn/s320/11.%20silt%20.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front porch. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc5I4lOcZFzwvGRYmj7X8zVl1B9pNgGbUEdFlM5qboGDBgGKTMSS0h-anq7j7Nfq_UxrHRkKyvyguPQ7i8Ca2-UZQ8OirnEC4CSSr9p_v7gJJVmNhbbT2VM-EY97Bj9AkhUssCl8lsLQ8nHof6FB7ZT3kZb3cca_f5YPfC5fVTnocO1WRESY-qZZW15ePZ/s4096/12.%20Kent%20camp%20silt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc5I4lOcZFzwvGRYmj7X8zVl1B9pNgGbUEdFlM5qboGDBgGKTMSS0h-anq7j7Nfq_UxrHRkKyvyguPQ7i8Ca2-UZQ8OirnEC4CSSr9p_v7gJJVmNhbbT2VM-EY97Bj9AkhUssCl8lsLQ8nHof6FB7ZT3kZb3cca_f5YPfC5fVTnocO1WRESY-qZZW15ePZ/s320/12.%20Kent%20camp%20silt.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fred fixing his mouse catching machine. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbMMFedOs8amkN-VIHSLQ2fWEiDQ493XmucGm0oY-oEgmQMQJ94m4Fl96uj3ibPJ3tDW28q4sXita225W9l2N1P8fEfNw6JL2-fiejyCkm0becW2KeOtOC6ZISpg_PskFOEKsd_glUdu7N1zYjIRPGtrGEVvEQOcCpB-LNE5tzWbKQp29lYbVMmNDbgf3s/s4096/13.%20Bailey%20helping%20Fred.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbMMFedOs8amkN-VIHSLQ2fWEiDQ493XmucGm0oY-oEgmQMQJ94m4Fl96uj3ibPJ3tDW28q4sXita225W9l2N1P8fEfNw6JL2-fiejyCkm0becW2KeOtOC6ZISpg_PskFOEKsd_glUdu7N1zYjIRPGtrGEVvEQOcCpB-LNE5tzWbKQp29lYbVMmNDbgf3s/s320/13.%20Bailey%20helping%20Fred.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bailey assisting Fred</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLbrNYJOs13jTCVogzG3lkhLKRtEiIPSgxPlyZPD-yFOK18k6rXIJ6G3Ny2xAXjGwy1CrTZgE_2DOrloD8FZwB2BoQzfhVXM6-bSwGiqLjoCLBjbLXohOYR_MHWhA4mCkfMB51jblpVtydeOFw-lCwFIcl3TsUJDam4UIIc-yyElR6moFDlw2vpNDfYOCd/s4096/14.%20Fred%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLbrNYJOs13jTCVogzG3lkhLKRtEiIPSgxPlyZPD-yFOK18k6rXIJ6G3Ny2xAXjGwy1CrTZgE_2DOrloD8FZwB2BoQzfhVXM6-bSwGiqLjoCLBjbLXohOYR_MHWhA4mCkfMB51jblpVtydeOFw-lCwFIcl3TsUJDam4UIIc-yyElR6moFDlw2vpNDfYOCd/s320/14.%20Fred%20.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cheerful hired help</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmie9GNI5Opdx51EfpropHEdepmvIXH9gpzUKHwXaIeXa96L-Ab9urBe40Fz73Dti4QQ9jYLmoNKisXvZFVJMbpxBhr3tNWf5nzezynQZ7LI17ckq6fsMFZNcE83Wk2ekFRPHCDqbCjanOjaaVZhNzAg3Z9SgTjedieDvkAbzlQvby6vFdKt6PxrJ97oZX/s4096/15%20debris.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmie9GNI5Opdx51EfpropHEdepmvIXH9gpzUKHwXaIeXa96L-Ab9urBe40Fz73Dti4QQ9jYLmoNKisXvZFVJMbpxBhr3tNWf5nzezynQZ7LI17ckq6fsMFZNcE83Wk2ekFRPHCDqbCjanOjaaVZhNzAg3Z9SgTjedieDvkAbzlQvby6vFdKt6PxrJ97oZX/s320/15%20debris.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Debris at Edwards'</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwNY0vhHsvkB9WdNx7Z2QsrQ6JjnSbM1_3ywhzH6HDNui2D1dTmotft5mGKvRspOZmT54zgyzxx99Tb4Oz9Tqg3y0i8cbIA33mCdmtAXt_gEukQ15nOIBZno619VYdWDMri4uz7iQ-yVFcJ2hxV6aX03UMlz8Nn28Vc7V1_hX5sc7MiowBpxiJoo2wxDyX/s4096/16.%20Basketball%20hoop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4096" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwNY0vhHsvkB9WdNx7Z2QsrQ6JjnSbM1_3ywhzH6HDNui2D1dTmotft5mGKvRspOZmT54zgyzxx99Tb4Oz9Tqg3y0i8cbIA33mCdmtAXt_gEukQ15nOIBZno619VYdWDMri4uz7iQ-yVFcJ2hxV6aX03UMlz8Nn28Vc7V1_hX5sc7MiowBpxiJoo2wxDyX/s320/16.%20Basketball%20hoop.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Basketball backboard</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9J1kCu3ZH97HbEpvlT8DZLp75_JyDEktADH1oksQDNAaSzvOtRCMY0eo9P8l4424UZxilJo0ivBpZ7m5og0_jKf5NrU_0qKoZLvClCDROy_bYwRhwam0x-qgsXzDX4GQWM1NQrlyBkiN8xd8lNlzbfQnx1ZCD8KZB1jOUbM2Faf-vNvwSXRfChTGDNbZI/s4096/17.%20Remaining%20ice.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4096" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9J1kCu3ZH97HbEpvlT8DZLp75_JyDEktADH1oksQDNAaSzvOtRCMY0eo9P8l4424UZxilJo0ivBpZ7m5og0_jKf5NrU_0qKoZLvClCDROy_bYwRhwam0x-qgsXzDX4GQWM1NQrlyBkiN8xd8lNlzbfQnx1ZCD8KZB1jOUbM2Faf-vNvwSXRfChTGDNbZI/s320/17.%20Remaining%20ice.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flood remnants</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRndzS6NlA7y6ZLev-BBvC4swizSNWvnKrKbekTZBf8ZZ6GcUYH8c6zfwE25dKlGkzI4_ODvTa-Q0LerFGMv-wqU683BSGlgiHEVSMHEzcKokpo0M8XTaHebqosma-zmqWd4bDD3_vDEgeF5xucQ371OR1MLNtGKOYTpCAyqR2OZgjN0OAqBiwvz_GJ9m0/s4096/18.%20tree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4096" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRndzS6NlA7y6ZLev-BBvC4swizSNWvnKrKbekTZBf8ZZ6GcUYH8c6zfwE25dKlGkzI4_ODvTa-Q0LerFGMv-wqU683BSGlgiHEVSMHEzcKokpo0M8XTaHebqosma-zmqWd4bDD3_vDEgeF5xucQ371OR1MLNtGKOYTpCAyqR2OZgjN0OAqBiwvz_GJ9m0/s320/18.%20tree.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bike House. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPLDK2g-jvjqId32ZQDeSAy0qWloRFTocH2OMlYAknhI48qBZjPCaZB7dlv8WaKEC6kt-Dw_s6PPFy9zV7Bi24Co5enwXBoA0Gct2ZqxfmPV6vfk0YXIGcJVw79_eAOm2n01_FvvEb8iOa7y6MYrcfG4BUx4lkZgZqop82N9aQ7rYnuVDWhIzmuZ0gq2vY/s4096/19.%20debris%20in%20brook.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1998" data-original-width="4096" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPLDK2g-jvjqId32ZQDeSAy0qWloRFTocH2OMlYAknhI48qBZjPCaZB7dlv8WaKEC6kt-Dw_s6PPFy9zV7Bi24Co5enwXBoA0Gct2ZqxfmPV6vfk0YXIGcJVw79_eAOm2n01_FvvEb8iOa7y6MYrcfG4BUx4lkZgZqop82N9aQ7rYnuVDWhIzmuZ0gq2vY/s320/19.%20debris%20in%20brook.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Debris near brook</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpPs3UTCi7hwWFSTS5Vf_u-EpDMK-rWvW1Q_HgA3yG14zOX2MFNhfWnV12g65EnzXlE3ZwcyATFLsbvfxJUN8Q36eeug7WZz6re93hzJnznO9ZduyA18rfJ7fdBwn0hgBLGLu9kTQjeFrfr01lnxp9iLcSxms7TUULFZsBp6l988o4VGCH66ANc_S0F1q0/s4032/20.%20Wood%20pile.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpPs3UTCi7hwWFSTS5Vf_u-EpDMK-rWvW1Q_HgA3yG14zOX2MFNhfWnV12g65EnzXlE3ZwcyATFLsbvfxJUN8Q36eeug7WZz6re93hzJnznO9ZduyA18rfJ7fdBwn0hgBLGLu9kTQjeFrfr01lnxp9iLcSxms7TUULFZsBp6l988o4VGCH66ANc_S0F1q0/s320/20.%20Wood%20pile.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fred, Fred, Fred... :-)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnVpGMcxwMnfqYrY9fiJeyMMi6LBr-bPCEGkQTODR8Fa36pMmGADdQVD529w4sErFi2wNyjjDqO9qomOug9rfVLdutRD-LncqeTF7JrusymhrxNVW7ouIxXx1xkKqrTFeytxaFnZeT9PoyeJ_efM1BchL7RHqZ_hNhuWS_mx2Itnos1Jb1AXCgw7hGnA0C/s4032/21.%20debris%20field.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnVpGMcxwMnfqYrY9fiJeyMMi6LBr-bPCEGkQTODR8Fa36pMmGADdQVD529w4sErFi2wNyjjDqO9qomOug9rfVLdutRD-LncqeTF7JrusymhrxNVW7ouIxXx1xkKqrTFeytxaFnZeT9PoyeJ_efM1BchL7RHqZ_hNhuWS_mx2Itnos1Jb1AXCgw7hGnA0C/s320/21.%20debris%20field.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Debris behind Kent camp</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvemVthVbBE3nPdYuMwlNiQkrBFiEX4AMIRvD_3t3JLjVJuzaj2TfUtVIlCfyM1z1N6gpzlKcuSRZJV70A-kJX1Kc-putNBf7rBXj72maI5vFuG-slbUfodFI08Bmc_0axZ2AJDRP_Zw0sLF_3rL1Xitfy4xYxtLvOTDBiefX_yNpIKYI2Bf9fYsLSwMnn/s4096/19.%20debris%20in%20brook.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1998" data-original-width="4096" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvemVthVbBE3nPdYuMwlNiQkrBFiEX4AMIRvD_3t3JLjVJuzaj2TfUtVIlCfyM1z1N6gpzlKcuSRZJV70A-kJX1Kc-putNBf7rBXj72maI5vFuG-slbUfodFI08Bmc_0axZ2AJDRP_Zw0sLF_3rL1Xitfy4xYxtLvOTDBiefX_yNpIKYI2Bf9fYsLSwMnn/s320/19.%20debris%20in%20brook.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Debris behind Kent camp</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidGsZfilH3_bEFHoAm6s-dgPg0tLRGBUweutHvIMFgH5NrP5xVnKIarTzhuLdvUMAfNfa41b396UbfGw6h5FOBmC7pag93M9myO7AfLQ22pLw555G7kHepZ7Vj2lhO5_wIPMn4niWEStTKdEY4NrE_fhyphenhyphen84fVION8u302TeT2U0A6wQQ6lJmtouMiYCj8G/s4032/22.%20Little%20House.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4096" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvzdR85wv4_DrKbZ3j1MB8k6FdQkexbHv06R-Yvauhy2EAMyhqI1gI8weXvIQ9atWSjOWYC4wNfS1ajgB59PDQ1LBD0F0Wvk9O_5sHzf8mqf-5jV9yXcS3gzKCDYCmuKhhkeGs2Cjp1tFxSzQsZiRRC_Sdtya-x5vgAOjgpNi3_1N8llOxfNFtPfhOFsaB/s320/28.%20The%20Calm%20after%20the%20Storm%20Byron%20Notch%20.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The calm after the storm. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /><div><br /></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div> <br /><p><br /></p></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376103977971436818.post-52341821868769047022023-11-26T19:28:00.002-05:002023-11-29T09:55:11.860-05:00Whitecap. Late Fall. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW_feeoAbBakIlsWZhd3iWN-bCvylZVPoAYAoWFq8a3pgzCIIqIrJdz1Kj9JhdMCHxB7Ggbl9LxP49YWh88-qRcAvNkgsBxY8Pq1xh8MQCkrOD4q9FV9clhzCIA1hsiB_zDZb2kcFBojMuAWi0ag-LJJ5T9ZGMpk_m8rGeHSSl3MrUrjy6M1K9iR1fIPcl/s4096/5.%20112623%20Whitecap.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4096" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW_feeoAbBakIlsWZhd3iWN-bCvylZVPoAYAoWFq8a3pgzCIIqIrJdz1Kj9JhdMCHxB7Ggbl9LxP49YWh88-qRcAvNkgsBxY8Pq1xh8MQCkrOD4q9FV9clhzCIA1hsiB_zDZb2kcFBojMuAWi0ag-LJJ5T9ZGMpk_m8rGeHSSl3MrUrjy6M1K9iR1fIPcl/w400-h300/5.%20112623%20Whitecap.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">The ascent of Whitecap Mountain today felt like a perfect summer day even though the temperatures hovered around 35 degrees. I worried bit about icy spots and Bailey's footing/hips, but he managed the hike well. I didn't see him slip at all. I wore microspikes on the way down, and in retrospect, I should have worn them up staring at about 1/2 way. Not sure if we'll be up this mountain again this winter--we'll see how the trail and this old dog hold up. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw-LX9-vbDZlACu37yudYY6K9-MofzIEjVlcR6bHnV1W1i0NX2jpQCosJYeWCPV6cP76mQvPA4HJUG9akG8co61bNM-beYx5xTAEeBnHZ_b2isuwBzZv2c3cVCDzwVQStp5HBx6spXDvaQVZP_cHgLsoE3-3qssjQvhvrlFoNgZQw80p7YEYc-1xqjbzXM/s4032/1.%20112623%20Whitecap%20Bailey%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw-LX9-vbDZlACu37yudYY6K9-MofzIEjVlcR6bHnV1W1i0NX2jpQCosJYeWCPV6cP76mQvPA4HJUG9akG8co61bNM-beYx5xTAEeBnHZ_b2isuwBzZv2c3cVCDzwVQStp5HBx6spXDvaQVZP_cHgLsoE3-3qssjQvhvrlFoNgZQw80p7YEYc-1xqjbzXM/s320/1.%20112623%20Whitecap%20Bailey%20.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBwCtQo2sa_6rg7vABzsBUWBw1RUAf2FqoSZMpKiZcQYWaKjS60poWWzmYaPp5_4SS2RKSwJ2PPZH6-Inl57h0CxCjsbyr1OD3pdq5U5NzirpU3JWmM2IiOHSH1SNoANfniQIKTNBIX0RplfYQiRsWv9MOadVd_V_wy4DIPv4kz61eWofNhl8iasNkPcIS/s3088/2.%20112623%20Whitecap%20Rich%20and%20Bailey.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I also invited Mexico High School to join us. Then I asked brother Rob and his friends in the RHS Class of 1973 to join in and donated a bench. </p><p>I like the idea of today's kids seeing alumni celebrating their former high school. Who know what impact that could have on a 21st century student. 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I worried that the old dog would slip on the leaves coming down Yellow, so we turned around and crossed on the Connector over to Orange and down. We’ve had 13+ good years hiking Whitecap and many other mountain trails. Those days are slowly coming to an end. We’ll keep doing what we can, knowing any time on a trail is a good time. HYOH, Bailey Tuckerman and Rich"</i></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>These past three weeks since the Germans left have been light hiking days. As you can see by the Whitecap post above, Bailey's slowing down and I'm being more cautious with him. I just bought a rug for the kitchen's wooden floor. Slipping is a problem for his back legs. <p></p><p>These past few weeks we've done Whitecap 7 times, the mountain bike trail (Pennacook Trail) 4 times, Black Mountains XC trail 1 time, Mystery Mountain 1 time, and the Weld trails once. Only one hike would prove to be formidable: Whitecap to the Yellow overlook where Bailey's cairn is. Here are a few photos from these days. We're at 138 mountain hikes for the year. </p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKT-qxVYDzUMpsF-cE2kHrBsvp51pottpEl5sSGDZs5biK8m_8y2BrXXj2EQ8WrEmzZhJTc830rgy0_NQpZXEjj58gqyNNwuNwonw43Gdhvua_RzJTAOYHeE-gxMpA5nbRpALtKqCImIxiIc8eqhV5Ryj5orLrhjksbsIWP5niRQ80NM7emeUgHAdweHJr/s4096/3.%20Bailey%20fire%20111523.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3098" data-original-width="4096" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKT-qxVYDzUMpsF-cE2kHrBsvp51pottpEl5sSGDZs5biK8m_8y2BrXXj2EQ8WrEmzZhJTc830rgy0_NQpZXEjj58gqyNNwuNwonw43Gdhvua_RzJTAOYHeE-gxMpA5nbRpALtKqCImIxiIc8eqhV5Ryj5orLrhjksbsIWP5niRQ80NM7emeUgHAdweHJr/s320/3.%20Bailey%20fire%20111523.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9AK7U0z31TbzzTEp7Tr_jgTcq8IRNmQXzHOgOS6IK70TkPmbcItemM3ZbSggLHgNscvVPAY9bqcu9TnyHRfa5aEkG7RXKFFTvByEkc0WzKmhQN23rVTehMS6m7WF5F0Zy6PVD63qlY9K4yKj22Z2zcnLIuxsPSYXIag_ZY4vTkJn-sVSJ9sd0B7SpFAVe/s4096/4.%20Bailey%20Fire%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Over this long weekend, we welcomed Sonke home to Rumford along with his dad Wihelm (Willi), his brother Marten, and his cousin Stephen. The guys have been on a road trip that started in New York City, moved on to Woodstock, Vermont, and here to Rumford. </span></p><p>During their Rumford time, they've visited the Height of Land, Rangeley, and Weld on a rainy day. They also watched an American high school football game down at our Hosmer Field. The hometown team lost. They hiked Whitecap Mountain, Rich & Bailey's favorite. On Sunday evening, we invited Sonke's American Aunt and Uncle, Connie and Ben Venskus, to dinner here. </p><p>Today, Monday, the four visited the Rumford Police Department and the Fire Department. They toured the town hall and then headed to Sonke's American high school, Mountain Valley High School. Tomorrow, the crew will head south to Boston for two days, then to Rhode Island, and finally back to NYC for their trip home to Germany. What a gift to have their company. </p><p><br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Ek9pzwpWvQeycHtCV1Gh9B7XfpEiXacWBJnsv1zveYxIBmGIXzDte9EfayuA7XbIPeFWbxV9V4qUTMVEZegwG_5UO8-UhZCQ4amz9OzTvGEUa-Otkzvz-fZFApAnDuqQjg54co5S_tiyT7wR058CeFxE93akkXWP8BBLBiMC4JYSAIUZ8Qijy_T1Cf59/s4096/2.%20Connie%20Ben%20Sonke.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Ek9pzwpWvQeycHtCV1Gh9B7XfpEiXacWBJnsv1zveYxIBmGIXzDte9EfayuA7XbIPeFWbxV9V4qUTMVEZegwG_5UO8-UhZCQ4amz9OzTvGEUa-Otkzvz-fZFApAnDuqQjg54co5S_tiyT7wR058CeFxE93akkXWP8BBLBiMC4JYSAIUZ8Qijy_T1Cf59/s320/2.%20Connie%20Ben%20Sonke.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We think Sonke has gained a few inches! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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I have to admit I didn't know whether Bailey would be up for the steep ups of the Yellow Trail of Whitecap Mountain, but he proved to be steady. I think I saw him stumble once. The hike offered up a variety from sun to clouds, light rain to locust (ok, no locust). I really love the picture above that I took with the rain clouds roaming in from Grafton Notch State Park. Wicked cool. I finally got a new phone and camera, so I'm learning the finer points. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2RbRuE2-XKO_CykGKExf-eGo5O_XS1S7i1Hd2fjnQgKiuiIeX8RQfAUVX96v1-Kj2x2nGXEAYtQVnROV73vzc-I6W_7pi2S6ZxU2jmg9yQ5hhynHSuyj_A3FBIPBLhs6iBT7PM7P3wZenUaEZO1bJycCdw3g_m2FuINlrZGOlFig9y-6euEzzmZBxe2CD/s3088/3.%20Bailey%20Rich.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2RbRuE2-XKO_CykGKExf-eGo5O_XS1S7i1Hd2fjnQgKiuiIeX8RQfAUVX96v1-Kj2x2nGXEAYtQVnROV73vzc-I6W_7pi2S6ZxU2jmg9yQ5hhynHSuyj_A3FBIPBLhs6iBT7PM7P3wZenUaEZO1bJycCdw3g_m2FuINlrZGOlFig9y-6euEzzmZBxe2CD/s320/3.%20Bailey%20Rich.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The staircase on Orange Trail</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQ4pRacMIFmTSHfqXP0sAJp31cyzPX8qQtDsVpnIdLD8281zRepkbU6hiXztce8EXgoqb3FPNM2XJ1feBm1aTUT3PswVOXIhxpOv-sQNeSChjsjAUA0tgLqgNOmOLKAon3SDQWo5nBtHZh0ndq_NrkjcA5QebDsB5sHwBTdsyzxEYu837LDLrYp2bENns/s4096/4.%20.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQ4pRacMIFmTSHfqXP0sAJp31cyzPX8qQtDsVpnIdLD8281zRepkbU6hiXztce8EXgoqb3FPNM2XJ1feBm1aTUT3PswVOXIhxpOv-sQNeSChjsjAUA0tgLqgNOmOLKAon3SDQWo5nBtHZh0ndq_NrkjcA5QebDsB5sHwBTdsyzxEYu837LDLrYp2bENns/s320/4.%20.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As for tree colors, we've had a benign fall. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcLLeaXaFMSwZ_0RlU79YOynlWJZX8sHgBmSIXKqvBRYPd1hEJeQHxwjnf2X8LqpF44MfOuuhk9KlaT5O4gOZLnDMiouqbdaaaEe122dIZQSjeBbjSFDjzlJ8rblvNA3ndrEssNUa2zuDAgs1aGeYDD1W6b883j8fgRFCUnc2veq1JFn-PTWJsbesTRJxx/s4096/5.%20Bailey%20.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4096" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcLLeaXaFMSwZ_0RlU79YOynlWJZX8sHgBmSIXKqvBRYPd1hEJeQHxwjnf2X8LqpF44MfOuuhk9KlaT5O4gOZLnDMiouqbdaaaEe122dIZQSjeBbjSFDjzlJ8rblvNA3ndrEssNUa2zuDAgs1aGeYDD1W6b883j8fgRFCUnc2veq1JFn-PTWJsbesTRJxx/s320/5.%20Bailey%20.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Those are blueberry bushes behind Bailey. </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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