Tag: Travel

Do I really need a suitcase?

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I no longer desire to travel many places I haven’t yet been but would rather revisit places where I’ve been, either in person or, in the case of Tibet or Japanese temples, in my thinking and study. I also recognize that could change, given different economic circumstances and an influx of free time.

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In the years since I noted that, the list has shrunk even more. As has the number of favored people who remain.

I am thinking I’d like to travel more intently closer to home. So much is overlooked.

A moment in the life

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Late afternoon at the former West Quoddy Coast Guard lifesaving station. The boathouse, lower right, sits at the edge of Lubec Channel, with Campolbello Island, New Brunswick running above it. A bridge, barely visible here, connects Canada to the United States, with the town of Lubec continuing along the water. You may even detect the “sparkplug” lighthouse sitting in the water. The city of Eastport, where we live, can be seen beyond the bridge.

 

Doctor T at sea

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The world of wooden sailing vessels has many devotees, and they have a trove of stories linking captains, ships, first mates, cooks, builders, designers, and much more.

Dr. T, as Garth Wells dubs him, is a passionate Penobscot Bay habitue  each year from San Francisco. He has a sharp eye for the waters, too, as well as some strong opinions.

Sailing with him aboard the historic schooner Louis R. French has been a delight.

For more schooner sailing experiences, take a look at my Under Sail photo album at Thistle Finch editions.

Deer Island Lighthouse

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Across the Western Passage of Passamaquoddy Bay from Eastport, Maine, this small beacon flashes red at night. It’s also a warning of proximity to the Old Sow, the biggest whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere, and mostly on the Canadian side of the channel, as you can see here in one of its calmer phases.

To explore related free photo albums, visit my Thistle Finch blog.