Well, I am debating whether I can manage without taking my iPad Mini this summer. I already know I can’t live without my binoculars and GPS and SPOT and phone and probably my camera, at least for the latter part of the trip. So here’s my first “phone-only” post!
We’ve been away for the first bit of April vacation, so yesterday morning was my first paddle on the open waters of the lake, totaling 6.6 miles.
Going out, I was headed into the wind, but got quite a push from the current on the usually placid river, about 1.5 mph. On the way home, thank you wind! Birds galore: swallows, flickers, buffleheads, an osprey, Canada geese, and a pair of very vocal loons. I thought I heard a kingfisher, but have yet to see one this year. I may add a couple more photos from the camera after this experimental post works. More soon on our explorations earlier this week…
Laurie Apgar Chandler 
City girl wants to know what that spring still life is.
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Hi, city girl! Those are alder catkins, the male flowers of (probably) speckled alder, which often lines riverbanks in Maine…with a few downy feathers in the background. They caught my eye as I was paddling by and I went back to get a photo. To keep from drifting away, I was holding a nearby branch in my teeth!
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