Last Summer in Stinky Town

Being back home in Stinky Town after spending nearly a month away is strange. Yesterday, I walked around my neighborhood of six years and kept thinking I was in San Francisco - but the people and storefronts looked so out of place. Last night, on the way home after a movie, I heard a seagull and I was back in Maine for a moment. Then, the other noises drowned it out and the humidity reminded me of where I was. New York always reminds you of where you stand.

My last summer in Stinky Town ended not here at all, but on the ends of both coasts.

California:

Sustenance

Michelle

SF Botanical Gardens

Bay Bridge

Stinson Beach

Greens

Michelle's menagerie

Drink

Champ-o

MLK

EnoMatic!

Ndambirkus

de Young

Santa Cruz


Maine:

Dad, St. John's School 50th Reunion

The Dancing Thibeaults!

Cindy & Dad

Ray & Dad

Camp

Flea Market with Mom and 'sis

Stow-a-way scarab

Pemaquid Point

Little boat ride

Kayaks on Damariscotta

Critters

Drive through Bristol

L.L. Bean supply run

Tina's Dad, Jon, enjoys a brew

Listening to loons at night

Big boat ride

Pretty boy Jake

Death of a vegetarian

Windjammers in Camden Harbor

Lobster crate races!

Ernie explains lighthouse keeping

Hike to beach (low tide)

Funky fungi

Plovers

Black-Backed Gull

Little lobsta

Ocean lover

Hike to road (high tide)

Re-entry: NYC