Perseids Tonight

South Burlington, Vermont

We are back at Jenny's house once again.  Tonight however, we're camping out for a special event -- the peak of the Perseid Meteor Shower.   You may think that we get to watch meteors often while living on a boat.  Wrong.   We only sleep up on deck on rare occasions.  The reason for that is mosquitoes.   Here in the Northeast however, the mosquitoes are voracious only around dawn and dusk.  They are only pesty mid-night.

We'll go to Button Bay State Park and camp on the shores of Lake Champlain.  That alone should make it worthwhile.  We'll pitch our tent as usual, and go to bed at dusk as usual, but I'll set an alarm for 1 o'clock.  Then we'll pull our sleeping bag out onto the lawn and gaze at the sky for a while.   Probably, we'll move back in the tent before dawn.

Here are some recent pictures.

Friends Frolicking, Cobscook Bay, Maine

A shop in Eastport, Maine, sells candle holders made out of pure rock salt. Very cool.

We love the scenery around Cobscook Bay, Downeast Maine.  Look at the two chairs this couple have in their front yard.

We came upon kids picking blueberries in a rest stop.  The kids offered to show me all the geocaches hidden in the area.  I congratulated them, "How did you kids find those things.  They were very well hidden."  The kids said, "We're smart."  They are indeed smart, but it is unbecoming for kids that age to be so puffed up.

We came upon two lovers on the beach on the Bay of Fundy.