June 2007

I had to go to Boston last week, so I decided to take the plein air kit and check out "Down East" Maine while I was there. On Friday, I drove up the coastline of Maine and my destination was Bar Harbor, which really sounded like my kind of town. The most amazing thing about Bar Harbor is that the locals can pronounce it without ever using the letter "R".  It is located on Mount Desert Island, which is also the home of Acadia National Park. Fabulous part of the world, I highly recommend going. From what I can tell, lobster and moose are to Maine what armadillos and longhorns are to Texas. Unfortunately, I didn't see any moose, so my moose life drawing will have to wait until next time. I arrived late on Friday and was trying to figure out how to fit in as much painting into the weekend as I could. Saturday morning, I awoke to a bright daylit room and was at first very upset, thinking I had overslept. Then I looked at my watch - it was only 4:45! I forgot that daylight comes quite early up there. In fact, one of the mountains on Mount Desert is the first part of the U.S. to see sunrise. So my panic turned to excitement, and I got going and had my first painting finished by 7:30am. I repeated the morning routine the next day, finishing by 7am, right in time to pack up and drive back to Logan to catch my flight. Add in a great hike up a cliff, a couple of steamed lobsters and the best blueberry pie I've ever had and the weekend was all smiles.