Day 18

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=120 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0ec8dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Michael Czarnecki</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|</B><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael Czarnecki"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id77.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 1"><U>Day 1</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id78.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 2"><U>Day 2</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id79.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 3"><U>Day 3</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id80.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 4"><U>Day 4</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id81.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 5"><U>Day 5</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id82.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 6"><U>Day 6</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id83.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 7"><U>Day 7</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id84.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 8"><U>Day 8</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id85.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 9"><U>Day 9</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id86.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 10"><U>Day 10</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id87.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 11"><U>Day 11</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id88.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 12"><U>Day 12</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id89.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 13"><U>Day 13</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id90.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 14"><U>Day 14</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id91.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 15"><U>Day 15</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id92.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 16"><U>Day 16</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id93.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 17"><U>Day 17</U></A>   |   <B>Day 18</B>   |   <A HREF="id95.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 19"><U>Day 19</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id96.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 20"><U>Day 20</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id97.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Day 21"><U>Day 21</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id98.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wrap up"><U>Wrap up</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Books Available"><U>Books Available</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me"><U>Contact Me</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=360 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0ec8dfc3.jpg"> <div> <I>Day 18</I></div> <div> <IMG SRC="3c1f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Great Blue Heron along Route 1.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3d7f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Sculpture by Jesse Salisbury at entrance to Bartlett Winery, Maine's first, established 25 years ago. </div> <div> Good talk with the owner, Kathe and some nice wines tasted - Peach, Blueberry and Mead. All of the wines I sampled were dry varieties and all were excellent. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3c3f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> path to winery</div> <div> natural park-like setting</div> <div> phoebe calls from tree</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3c5f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> A couple of more sculptures, these in Milbridge. Many of the sculptures I've seen are from the 2007 Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium sponsored by Schoodic Arts for All. It is a bienniel event. I'd love to be up here when they host the 2009 symposium.</div> <div> Information about the 2007 Symposium can be found <A HREF="http://www.schoodicsculpture.org/home.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.schoodicsculpture.org/home.ht"><U>here.</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3c7f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Moss and ferns, Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3c9f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Larch, or Tamarack, needles, PMNWR. One of my favorite conifers. The needles turn golden in autumn and then drop off, to be replaced every spring. I believe this is the only conifer to do that.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3cbf4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Yellowthroat at PMNWR. Their song, heard often on this journey, is "witchery, witchery, witchery witch."</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3cdf4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> PMNWR. Typical scenery since getting downeast.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3cff4af0.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="431" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Lobstermen setting out a line of traps. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3d1f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> This red squirrel kept just ahead of me on the trail, stopping to pose for pictures. PMNWR</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3d3f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Another nice campsite, this time at Sunset Point Campground, a few miles south of Harrington.</div> <div> Pleasant and peaceful.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3d5f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> View from the pathway along the edge of Sunset Point Campground.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>