11 & 12 August, 2005 - Up the Maine Coast - Surry to Castine, Blue Hill, and Back

Note: the large pictures are in 1280x960 (or 960x1280) resolution and the small pictures are in 640x480 (or 480x640) resolution.

Lis and I took an excursion first to Castine on the Bagaduce River estuary. Castine was first settled as Pentagoet in the early 17th century.

55.4 KB	173.3 KB	The knockabout schooner Bowdoin moored in Castine Harbor. Behind her is the prow of the State of Maine, which is used as a training vessel by the Maine Maritime Academy.
118.2 KB	438.4 KB	A flower bed in front of a house in historic Castine.
73.1 KB	259.0 KB	The Castine Harbor Lodge, originally the Agoncy House, an Edwardian summer home.
100.1 KB	358.1 KB	Trinity Chapel.
87.6 KB	320.6 KB	Another view of Trinity Chapel.
64.2 KB	232.1 KB	An 1830 farmhouse converted to a Catholic church. This is the original site of Fort Pentagoet in the early 1600s.
105.0 KB	380.1 KB	Another house in historic Castine with a flower bed in front.
132.3 KB	480.5 KB	A house hidden by rosebushes.
88.8 KB	351.8 KB	A cannon at the site of Fort Madison.
119.8 KB	446.9 KB	An historic blacksmith shop on the grounds of Wilson Museum.
67.4 KB	246.7 KB	Front view of Dyce Head Light and the keeper's house.
60.1 KB	221.5 KB	Another view of the lighthouse from further down the slope.
59.8 KB	216.1 KB	Dyce Head Light by itself.
101.3 KB	355.1 KB	Stone Cottage built in 1796.
93.2 KB	328.7 KB	Slate tombstone featuring a winged death's head in Castine cemetery.

We took a loop through the Blue Hill Peninsula on our way back to Surry and passed through the town of Blue Hill itself.

78.5 KB	281.4 KB	House in Blue Hill at the edge of the harbor.
41.3 KB	165.2 KB	Blue Hill Harbor.
76.3 KB	291.8 KB	Another view of houses by Blue Hill Harbor.
84.6 KB	301.5 KB	Back view of the Surry Inn.

Lis and I got up the next morning and started on our way home. First we took a few pictures in and around the Surry Inn.

40.7 KB	168.4 KB	Our room in the Surry Inn.
37.7 KB	162.3 KB	View of the room from the other direction.
69.9 KB	259.9 KB	View of Contention Cove (and Patten Bay in the distance) from the back grounds of the Surry Inn.
87.1 KB	320.4 KB	A view toward the head of the cove.
66.2 KB	243.2 KB	Less obscured view of Contention Cove and Patten Bay.
78.1 KB	294.2 KB	Picture of me standing in front of Contention Cove.
101.8 KB	373.5 KB	Front view of the Surry Inn.