Monday, May 30, 2011
So, We're Here
I’m in Maine. I got here late night on Thursday the 19th. Got my stuff that was shipped on the Monday, following. They totally broke a piece of furniture, (a bookshelf thingie for the cats), so I have to make a claim and either have them buy me a new one or give me the $300 that it cost me.
That week I applied to some jobs, went to the Goodwill to get warmer clothes, (I got an entire new wardrobe, (sweaters and things), for $42. I’m set for the winter except for a warm coat...we’ll see how bad it is. I typically like to layer but I don’t know just how cold it gets here and if layering will work.
I also got a really, really nice nightstand, I mean, I see NOTHING wrong with it, it looks brand new, for $19. It’s “real” furniture, not the type you put together and is made of particle board. I don’t think I’ve ever owned a piece of “real” furniture.
I had to get the dogs some Advantix because within one week of being here, I found a tick on the girl. Grrr! I pulled that bastard off and drowned it. Lyme disease is caused by deer ticks and I don’t know one tick from the next so, as much as I hate to use chemicals, until I find a great natural alternative, it’s going to have to be chemicals.
Something keeps biting me at night when I go to bed. Oh, I did get a bed. I slept on the floor in my sleeping bag the first three nights and that just wasn’t going to be something I could do, long term, so I had to get a bed.
Anyway, kind of still learning my way around. I went and got my Maine driver’s license. It’s paper right now, just waiting for the real one to come in the mail. I also had to have the bank I used to finance the car through to re-send me the paper work so I could get my title. They said they sent it, I never got it. They had the right address. I seriously doubt they messed up, I blame it on the idiots who shared a mailbox with me in Miami, (neighbors), because many, many times, they would get the mail and leave it at work and NO ONE would tell me I had mail. It would NOT surprise me IN the slightest if someone, (some bitch I used to work with), threw it away. Not one little bit. Because that’s the kind of shit those people are.
When they send that I am supposed to be able to go to the DMV here and get a title or copy or whatever. Then I can register my car. Unlike Florida, Maine has an excise tax and many people that I talk to in Maine, (on a forum), have been telling me it’s going to be horribly expensive. It was $42. HA! Ooooh, yes, try to scare me away from Maine. These are, of course, the same people who act like a person needs 20 years living expenses just to leave their driveway. They really are doomsayers...but I keep telling them, “If you want something bad enough, you find a way to make it work.”
Granted, I had some help, for which I am forever grateful and was the big reason I was able to do this when I did. Thank you! You know who you are!
Anyway, this past weekend, Memorial Day weekend, I knew that people would not be calling to interview or for hiring so I figured, hey, I live merely an hour away from Acadia National Park, let’s just go. I packed up the dogs and went on Saturday; it was cold, foggy and rainy, (My God I was in heaven), and not a lot of people out because of it. I loved it and we did see some people but not too many. It was very peaceful.
The minimum pass price is $10 and the pass lasts for 7 days. Annual pass is $40 and I may just get one. But, I got the $10 one and since I had 7 days to use it, I went back to Acadia today. Today it was 81 degrees, (ugh, too hot), and there were TONS of people out. I now know that I should go either on weekdays, (depends on working schedule in the future), and/or when it’s cold and rainy and foggy out.
So, this will be picture heavy but these are some of the photos I took on Saturday and then again, today.
Enjoy.
Park Loop Road.This is the main road in the park. Some of it is one way. Very peaceful and quiet and has a ton of areas to pull over and sight see or park so you can get out and hike if you want.
Getting started…
The dogs on their very first ever, “official” hike. They loved every single second of it.
Because I love crashing waves.
Like I just said, I love crashing waves. Especially on a cloudy, foggy day. Paradise for me.
The dogs did not bark at this seagull, only stared at it. That is why I was able to get the shot.
Floating seagulls.
That was Saturday. Monday’s photos are in the extended area....
