Day 19

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Kim and Leon create a bit of Downeast Folk Art, painting on found wooden objects washed up on shore. My favorite was the Fiddleheads.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="3e1f5b50.jpg" border=0 width="501" height="181" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3e3f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Porter Memorial Library in Machias. Interesting historical information about the library can be found <A HREF="http://www.porter.lib.me.us/history.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.porter.lib.me.us/history.html"><U>here.</U></A> Libraries are a treasure of society. Great resources and now with the internet world great places to connect on-line. There have been numerous libraries along the coast that I've checked e-mail, updated the website, checked weather conditions, often when they've been closed. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3e5f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Burnham Tavern in Machias. The oldest building in eastern Maine, dating to 1770. The DAR has had title to this building for almost 100 years. It has been altered many times since being built and only a little is original. But the DAR is trying to get an endowment to help preserve and maintain this building. It is important structure historically. I hope they succeed.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3e7f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> A Brown Creeper in the woods at the Cutler Maine Public Reserved Lands. I see  these birds only occasionally. They are quiet and blend in with their surroundings well. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3e9f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Rock, moss, fern. Ageless companions. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3ebf4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The view from where the trail, 1.5 miles in, meets the coast.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3edf4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> And further beyond. This is a trail I want to come back and hike in its entirety someday. Nearly four miles of trails along the coast. Rugged and far removed from crowds. the three hours I spent there I didn't see another person till I came back to the parking lot.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3eff4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Yarrow on the edge.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3f1f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Cutler Harbor.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3f3f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The towers are from a decommissioned Navy installation, a relic from the cold war. When in operation the blinking red lights were visible for miles and miles away. I remember seeing them from Grand Manan Island.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>