Canoe Trip and Hurricane Lee
Scott and I ready to begin our canoe trip with Spednic Lake in the background. Last spring I joined our oldest child, Sheila, in Sweden for an Inn to Inn hike celebrating our 50th and 70th birthdays over a year late due to COVID. Now it was son Scott's turn to do an outdoor adventure with me to celebrate his turning 50 earlier this year in February. I flew to Portland, Maine on Monday, September 11, and met Scott and his wife Kristy at the airport as they had just returned from a trip to Virginia. Their home is less than an hour away in Harpswell, Maine where we would go before heading to Bangor to join Smoking Rivers Canoe Guide Service for a six day canoe paddle down the St. Croix River from Spednic Lake to Kellyland. The St. Croix forms the boundary in this section between Maine and New Brunswick, Canada, so we would have an international experience. Just leaving Sacramento on my way to Portland, Maine. Black Bears to greet me at the Portland Airport. These are certainly