Vacation 2008 - Day Three - 10 July

We arrived in Portland last night at 6 pm and by 10 pm we had unpacked for the night, frequented the Old Country Buffet and crawled into bed.

Today we moved to our two-week vacation home on the lake. This cabin on Sebago Lake is owned by very good friends, Paul and Gloria Coffin, and is a beautiful as it is simple. The master bedroom features a 15 foot window that opens from the bottom and is latched to the ceiling leaving a 15 by 5 foot screened opening that looks directly out on the lake. It also faces east to catch the rising sun across the lake.

There are two docks and about 75 feel of waterfront. The lake, also the water source for Portland Maine, is deep and wide. 350 foot deep in the middle and four or five miles across at the widest places. The camp cabin sits on the end of a peninsula that reaches about 3 miles into the lake. What a beautiful venue.

After unpacking the car I sat in the swing-for-three and fell asleep to the sound of water, breeze and Ski-Doos. An hour later I threw my first hook into the water. Nothing came back - I mean nothing came back - no hook, no leader, no sinker. I still have the pole and reel.