ALL ABOUT MAINE!!

Charla and I are going to depart on another adventure this weekend to the lovely state of Maine.  As I was doing some research I found some wonderful facts about the great state.  I thought I would share them with you.  I have been beginning to look at possible places for me to go to next....Portland ME is on that short list.  I hope I like it!

DID YOU KNOW...

State Capital:  Augusta

State Cat:  Maine Coon Cat

State Nickname:  Pine Tree State

State Fish:  Landlocked Salmon

State Motto:Dirigo ("I lead")

State Insect:  Honeybee

State Bird:  Chickadee

State Tree:  White Pine

State Floral Emblem: White pine cone and tassel

State Animal: Moose

State Fossil:  Pertica quadrifaria

State Gemstone: Tourmaline

State Berry:Wild Blueberry

Maine...

…has 5,500 miles of coastline, and about 2000 islands off the coast.

 

…has the largest wild blueberry crop in the nation, raising 99 percent of all wild blueberries in the United States and is the single largest producer of any blueberries (wild or cultivated) in the US. (Grandma Foster and Evie would get a kick out of this)

 

…is the only state in the continental U.S. to be bordered by only one other state (New Hampshire).

 

…contains 32,000 miles of rivers and streams equal to more than the combined length of the Mississippi, Amazon, Yangtze and Nile rivers.

 

…has over 60 lighthouses.

 

…produces 90% of the country’s toothpick supply.

 

…is where Chester Greenwood invented the earmuffs in 1873.

 

I sure hope you learned something that might help you win the next game of trivia that you play! 

Zip a dee do da

Here are some pictures from out latest adventure.  ZIP LINING!!!  yes you might ask "what are we thinking doing this in the winter?"  Here is what we are thinking.....we are only here for a little while so why not?  That has pretty much been our motto for this assignment. 



if only you could see how high we actually are



Do Re Me....

So much has happened since the last time I posted. It is just now that I have time to sit and write.  Can I just say I love living in a hotel?  There are many things to love about it but nothing tops the laundry!  The dreaded task of doing laundry is so much nicer when you have 4 machines to use at one time!   It no longer takes me all day to do the laundry or force me to go shopping for new clothes!  Anyway back to the fun stuff I have been up to.  We have been pretty busy the past few weeks!  A week or so ago we took a road trip to Conneticut.  We stopped in Hartford, New Haven and then headed up the coast.  The area is pretty but the people proved to be a little snobby!  (with all their private beaches and private roads and all)  We set out to find lighthouses but that task was not all that easy.  Since they don't have addresses per say the GPS can't find them very well...who would have thought.  We did the best we could.  We stopped at the USS Nautilus on the way back home. Here are some pictures from that leg of the adventure. 

Climbing through the hatch in the submarine

CT state house

I got a kick out of this head stone

Sunset in CT on the private beach...shhh don't tell!

Look we found a lighthouse!





We also went up to Stowe VT and saw the Trapp Family Lodge....you know from the Sound of Music.  We went to the tour and ACTUALLY MET MARIA'S YOUNGEST SON!!  Then we went snowshoeing around the property.  It was really cold that day but well worth it.  The chapel that one of the brothers built took him 7 years to build because he had to haul all the rocks up there himself.  Crazy I know!

Trapp Family Lodge

This is the chapel that took 7 years to build



Snowshoeing in Stowe VT