Day 8

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Again, a mostly RV site with tent sites available. Once again, like at Ocean View, a nice wooded site. I based myself here and have been going out to explore Pemaquid and the surrounding region. A comfortable, quiet place that has been a pleasure to camp at. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2c6f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Pemaquid Point Lighthouse.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2c8f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> above rocky cliff</div> <div> where soil gathers in pockets</div> <div> rosa-rugosa</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2caf4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Iris blooming in another pocket on the cliffs.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2ccf4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Another flower I'm not familiar with that was growing in the rocks.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2ce19770.jpg" border=0 width="281" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Another Rachel Carson site. 1/4 acre tide pool and then 40 acres of woods inland.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2d0f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Bunchberry flowers in the Salt Pond Preserve woods. I hiked the trail that wandered through the preserve. </div> <bR> <div> hiking woodland trail</div> <div> pause for just one brief moment</div> <div> buzz buzz swat swat swat</div> <bR> <div> (The above haiku was conceived on the trail but not written down till I got out to the road!)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2d186740.jpg" border=0 width="646" height="372" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Red-throated Loon, not in breeding plumage. First one I've ever seen.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2d3f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Dunes at Pemaquid Beach. They are very protective of the dunes, for the last 10 plus years or so anyway. Prior to that they were just there, used by everyone and the dune habitat was nearly destroyed. Now, with strict restoration policies the dunes are returning to a natural state.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2d5f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Another view of the dunes, with the beach off to the right.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2d9f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> I visited Damariscotta Mills fish ladder, maintained for the alewives who migrate up from the sea to breed in the lake. I knew the run had ended but wanted to see the fish ladders. Henry Beston wrote about the alewives in <I>Northern Farm.</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="2dcf4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> Lower part of the fish ladder.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2def4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Near the dam up top.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2e0f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Notice the Four Bushel limit!</div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>