Papoose Pond

While in Maine for Stina’s wedding, we stayed at the VRBO home of the Bazyk’s — good old friends of ours from back in our Boston days. Their vacation home — a very rustic, very isolated log cabin in the woods — is only about 20 minutes from my sister’s house, so it worked out perfectly. We had never been to the Bazyk’s “Maine House” before, but had heard a lot about it. And it definitely lived up to all of the stories we had heard! I must say, never in my life have I slept in such a remote location (and that is coming from a girl who grew up in rural New Hampshire!)— we were almost entirely cut off from the rest of the world– and truly in the backwoods of Maine. The cabin is right on the edge of a small pond– Papoose Pond. There was not another human being within eyesight or earshot. The fact that there was no internet, no cell reception, no phone service (except for local calls), no t.v., etc….  made it quite an adventure unto itself, and a very good break from reality for Braydon and I. We were there by ourselves the first night, and then for the rest of our time my parents and Sadie stayed with us there. The kids had a blast sleeping in bunk beds, exploring the cabin and the woods, canoeing and kayaking, hunting for bull frogs, and picking flowers from lily pads. The drives to-and-from the wedding events were stunning in places (especially all of the beautiful Maine lakes and fields). And the kids were up so late every night that they got to see the dark, dark nights with the bright, bright moon on the very still pond under incredibly starry skies. A highlight was when a loon popped up just a couple of feet from Kyle’s kayak one day– and then popped back under and swam underneath his kayak. Another highlight was that our first morning there we awoke to moose tracks in the sand at the edge of the pond! (as always, click on any photo to enlarge)