Maine 2020...Let’s Get This Going.

[Bionic]

So we just got back from driving in the SUV,  searching for moose, in our spots we know have good success in past years.  At 11pm we started to see moose, we got back to the hoise at 1:30am.  We saw 5, and 3 were bulls.  One we didn’t see horns, but a big pouch between his legs...one was a small like fork horn i guess you would call it, and one was big enough to have blades.  The largest with blades was skittish, could get turned around quick enough.

On this one particular road we were on, it is extremely desolate.  10-20 miles at a time where there is nothing at all.  It is a great area to drive in, but my point to this is, we were driving slow at 25mph in a 55mph zone....see headlights a long ways behind us, probably a quarter mile back, hard to estimate since this is very flat of an area with long straight-a-ways.  Well we see a moose on the opposite shoulder, trotting in our direction of travel.  As we were seeing this, the headlights behind us are rapidly closing in.  I say to Jenn that this guy is flying.  So i was looking for a pull off to let him pass, so I decided to just put my blinker on, and pull over...Well he must have been doing 65-70mph, he caught up so fast.  Then I see his driver side headlight flash, then the passenger side headlight flash right after! At that point he was not moving....That moose must have ran across in front of him.  That moose, and driver were both lucky...then as the truck was passing us, you could tell he was at a good 3/4 throttle, or more...just flying.  It’s scary to be honest.  I remember one time years back, I was just getting here, on this same road, but miles further out.  I was traveling at 35 in a the 55, because I know it is heavily populated moose country.  We I had a moose run out diagonally from my passenger side heading in the direction I was traveling.  I had a 2000 Civic at the time, years ago, no antilock brakes, so I was dragging the tires, the moose fell in the road, his hooves were caked in mud, and it made him fall.  Thank god I missed him completely! I will never forget that.  When I see people doing 65-70, or whatever they are going, I cringe.  I don’t know if they just feel in a pickup truck, that they are high enough that the moose wont cone into the cab, of what...but still.

[GreeneHunter]

First its Shrimp now its Lobster Rolls ...... Your Killing me Smalls !   LOL

[Robhuntandfish]

awesome pics!

[SportsmanNH]

 

All your pics are the proof why its called " Gods Country " up there .

[Bionic]

5 hours ago, GreeneHunter said:

First its Shrimp now its Lobster Rolls ...... Your Killing me Smalls !   LOL

Shrrrraamp and Losssssster wolls! Lol

[Fletch]

Good stuff!! Looks like you 2 are having a blast!!

[Bionic]

Went on a 3 hr boat cruise, and the boat literally played the Gilligan’s Island theme song,  when we were out in the widest point of the lake, which is 18 miles wide, lol.  I did learn an interesting fact, a home we see year after year, that is indescribably amazing, as far as the view from that home, etc...was a widow in which survived the Titanic.

Edited September 4, 2020 by Bionic

[Bionic]

[Otto]

Did you buy the dining set?

[mowin]

OMG...  You too are having to much fun too be legal. Lol. Keep the pics, and your memories coming.  You realize, 10 yrs + from now this thread will be something you two will remember and and cherish. 

[Bionic]

9 minutes ago, Otto said:

Did you buy the dining set?

No, sir.  I did like it a lot though.  Plan is to build a new kitchen table from small logs at the house, and then use old weathered barn boards for the top.  The boards are all from our family barn where my grandpa, and great grandparents lived, and ran the farm.  Will buy chairs similar to what’s pictured though.

[Bionic]

3 minutes ago, mowin said:

OMG...  You too are having to much fun too be legal. Lol. Keep the pics, and your memories coming.  You realize, 10 yrs + from now this thread will be something you two will remember and and cherish. 

lol, yes we are!  
 

yes sir! This is my 17th time here I believe, and it never gets old in the slightest bit.  We plan to buy a small piece of land up here in the near future.  Plan to retire up at the northern end of the lake, if it doesn’t change too much by then.  At 55 I will have 37 yrs in with a NY state pension, everything gets a for sale sign then except the vehicle driven up here!

[Bionic]

[crappyice]

That’s one bad ass birch in pic 1!!!


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[BizCT]

Ever see any bobcat? I know Maine has a strong population of them.


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[Bionic]

26 minutes ago, Biz-R-OWorld said:

Ever see any bobcat? I know Maine has a strong population of them.


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Ummm, not that I can recall.  Just moose, bear, coyotes, tons of fox.  I've only seen like 5 deer here in 17 yrs.  No deer seen this trip yet.  We are headed out in about an hour to go look for moose! Hopefully you bring me good luck in seeing a cat!

set your alarm for 2 for updated pics haha

[Bionic]

No moose sightings on our 11-12:30 nightly run

[Bionic]

Had an amazing ride today, 50 or 60 miles, forgot to check, but tripmeter was set.  Great smooth trails, all sorts of badass side by sides, and ATVs running the trails, and nice people everywhere! I love how you see folks out enjoying themselves on $100 beater ATVs, and other guys with $30k 4 seater side by sides, and everyone is down to earth! I love it, no arrogance here.  

[Bionic]

[mowin]

Looks like a big bear left his calling card.  Keep the pics coming. Now I can't wait for February. Will be our 19 yr going to the island ice fishing...

[Bionic]

1 minute ago, mowin said:

Looks like a big bear left his calling card.  Keep the pics coming. Now I can't wait for February. Will be our 19 yr going to the island ice fishing...

Yes sir, wayyy back in. 
 

Tell me more about this island, please, sir.

[mowin]

7 minutes ago, Bionic said:

Yes sir, wayyy back in. 
 

Tell me more about this island, please, sir.

Buddy and his wife own the acre+ island on west grand lk.   It's in Whitney cove.  My profile pic is from the cabin window.  

Edited September 7, 2020 by mowin

[Bionic]

Just now, mowin said:

Buddy and his wife own the acre+ island on west grand lk.   It's in Whitney cove.  

Good for them, I envy that.  Someday...

Do they still live in NY, if you don’t mind me asking?

[mowin]

19 minutes ago, Bionic said:

Good for them, I envy that.  Someday...

Do they still live in NY, if you don’t mind me asking?

No, they live in Holden Maine.  Story goes, but not true. Is the great grandparents owned the land.  State decided to dam the stream. Told everyone to vacate.  Two yrs later the next generation went to look and discovered there cabin was intact and on a island, and they retained the deed to it.   

Further investigation reviled the great grandparents purchased the island without any structure.  

Makes for a great story, but the family knows the truth. 

[Bionic]

1 minute ago, mowin said:

No, they live in Holden Maine.  Story goes, but not true. Is the great grandparents owned the land.  State decided to dam the stream. Told everyone to vacate.  Two yrs later the next generation went to look and discovered there cabin was intact and on a island, and they retained the deed to it.   

Further investigation reviled the great grandparents purchased the island without any structure.  

Makes for a great story, but the family knows the truth. 

Wow...thanks for sharing.  
 

either way good for them