A Day in Friendship

Posted: September 7, 2024 | Author: dana lange | Filed under: Uncategorized |Leave a comment

The first year we came to Maine for a month Russ did it with the idea he would not work his regular job, but write a book instead. Not a page was written, not a day was taken off work. I gave up on the idea of him taking a month’s vacation and thankfully always have plenty to do.

Today being Saturday, Russ woke up and wanted to take the whole DAY OFF! It was unheard of, no work? So we looked at our hiking maps and decided to go to Friendship, Maine. We had been before, but not to this particular preserve and not to the Jameson Point Lobster.

Shay was so excited when we told her she was going. She bowed down to get her harness on and off to the car she ran. She is a great sport about her car seat and she looked out the window all day taking in the sights.

We went first to Jameson and had lunch. Russ had not had a lobster roll all summer so I’m glad it was such a yummy one. Then we set off for the Martin Point Wildlife preserve. We found the trail head with it’s two car parking lot. We were the only car and it appeared we were the only hikers on all the trails for the whole time. It was a lovely hike through a moss covered forest with two different stops for water views, one the ocean harbor and the second a crystal lake.

Shay, at 13 years old loves to hike. She insisted on leading the way. If she stopped to smell the markings and I passed her she quickly gave up the sniff to get in front of me. There was some elevation on this trail, but nothing too terrible. Going down is so much harder on me, but thankfully I did not trip on any of the exposed roots. It was sweet with the forest shade and the cool Maine Day.

After our hike we drove all around Friendship and Cushing deciding which houses we liked best. Both Russ and I agreed we liked the old ones on the water that look like old camp buildings. But they were still two million dollar camp buildings, despite the fact that they looked like they still had knob and tube electric.

We stopped at an honor vegetable stand and bought some corn and green beans. An old man pulled in in his pick up truck and Russ had to help him do the math to figure out how many ears of corn he could buy for his five dollar bill, when the corn was .75¢ an ear. He was old enough that he should have learned that basic math and was not one of those new-math -home-not-really-schooled people. Russ gladly helped him and thankfully he also had a quarter so he could get his money’s worth rather than generously giving the farmer an extra .50¢ tip as he could not get change from the honor box.

We stopped back at Jameson’s for ice cream because Russ saw they had pup cups when he ordered our lobster rolls. A Pup cup there was a cup of vanilla ice cream with two tiny dog biscuits in it for $2. What a deal. Shay was expecting a Dixie cup of whipped cream. She took a long time to eat all the ice cream.

One last stop at the Langais Art Preserve. It was sprinkling so we didn’t do the art hike, but did enjoy the wood sculptures at the trail head. I especially liked the one that was inspired by the Wyeth Painting of Christina’s world, which was painted not far from where we were.

It was a fun filled day off with Russ. I can only imagine how much fun he would have if he took two days off.

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