Out an' About

This KOA Kampground, Augusta/Gardiner, is one of the smaller KOA parks that we've been at, but probably has one of the most personable owners. Henry Grover and his wife have only been the owners for about a year and you can tell they have been working hard. I had said earlier that they actually got us a site amongst all the trees where we could get satellite reception.

We are right across the road from the old, but nicely painted concrete swimming pool. The smaller connected pool is shallow and seems to have been very popular with the younger children. It was chilly and rainy today, so it's the first time we've seen the pool empty.

If you looked closely at Auntie Violet's picture above, you may have notice a couple of tree stumps. Henry says he has cut down a lot of trees that were impinging upon the RV sites, but that he's got a lot left to go. He has had a couple of his buddies make chainsaw art out of some of the stumps. This eagle is a couple of sites away from us --

I really like this owl that is up the road aways from us. The belly feathers look almost real --

We have gone from the trees in the deep south almost covered with Spanish moss to these Maine trees that are decorated with colorful lichens --

We went out this afternoon to find a post office so that I could mail an early birthday gift to Granddaughter Claire and a CD of the Newport Mansions to Son Sean. It was a pretty rainy drive, but we checked out the little towns of Richmond, Gardiner and West Gardiner. There are some absolutely gorgeous old homes (even if seen through a rainy windshield!). This one had these four sided tower-like structures on each corner...

I'm not sure what style of architecture this one might be, but it is certainly ornate. I think I'd like to have that room on the top floor -- but it doesn't look very big.

I think this one may be what they call Federalist style. It is beautiful!