Mim’s Missives

I got to travel back to Maine again this year. This time I got to see the awesome fall colors. But first, I was blessed with a reunion with a cousin I hadn’t seen in many, many years: Edward Sampson III in Seattle, WA.

Edward Sampson III

After an all too brief visit with an excellent dinner at a Thai restaurant (can’t remember the name) I boarded an overnight flight to Boston and then bused to Maine. Fall colors came early this year (lucky me!).

Crooked Road

Pond on Crooked Road

Ocean Drive near Bar Harbor, Maine

Pond near Southwest Harbor, Maine

Bass Harbor Marsh, Maine

Marsh at Seawall, Maine

One evening in Maine, after a hurricane had just barely missed Mt. Desert Island the night before, we all decided to go on a picnic. Those crazy Sawyers… So we did the impossible and got all three generations together and drove out to Seawall to one of our favorite spots. On the way, we saw this sign which required a photo op session…

Storm surge at Seawall

The view was beautiful in a stormy way.

Seawall and the Duck Islands

Seawall

Two other favorite spots were visited on this trip. Ocean Drive, a part of Acadia National Park, during the storm…

Ocean Drive, Acadia National Park, Maine

…and Bass Harbor Marsh…

Bass Harbor Marsh, Maine

While in Southwest Harbor, we got to go for a sail on brother Lunn’s recently renovated and launched sailboat. Here are four of the five siblings, l to r: Mim, Anna, Lunn, Karen

Sawyer siblings