Over a Rock and a Hard Place

[Lawreston]

Pemaquid Light Station, Maine. That's a LOT of ledge the light keeps mariners off. Photo August 27, 2015.

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[noobJohn]

Nice!

 

[Lawreston]

The 37MB master file would be a problem to post; may be a candidate for a 40" x 60" enlargement for a client at Maine's State House in Augusta.

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[BiffJ]

I've seen it from the rocks and from the top of the lighthouse but never from the air. Nice pic. Thanks
Frank

 

[BigBadLou]

Been there, stood on those rocks. Great place.
Thanks for the picture!

 

[Scott@KTYR]

WOW great photo!!!

 

[BillTIZ]

One of my Dad's favorite picnic destinations.

 

[Lawreston]

- - slightly different view.

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[Pilawt]

Gorgeous photos!

 

[oregonboy109]

Sweet photo. I've always wanted to go to Maine...

 

[Lawreston]

Hi, Bill: Quick grab-shot while returning from Pemaquid to Brunswick; also, trying to beat a front coming in from Lewiston. I think it may be location Southport but not certain. Nice little family weekender in the center, eh?

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[Lawreston]

When you do, my guest room shall be ready and open.

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[Lawreston]

I've seen it from the rocks and from the top of the lighthouse but never from the air. Nice pic. Thanks
Frank

Indiana person: A few miles south of my house, but in a higher taxation area, is a summer cottage owned by an Indiana family. I've been trying to "get" their property; however, the buildings are often close to one another and hidden in the trees, so difficult to zero in on a single property. The first image here(Indian Point), if you put your cursor on the red roof at the top of the clearing, slide down to about 5:30 and there's my target. 2nd image: about dead-center, above the property at seaside, that's the one. There are very few(if any) year-round residents in that section of town, if you get my drift.

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[BillTIZ]

Hi, Bill: Quick grab-shot while returning from Pemaquid to Brunswick; also, trying to beat a front coming in from Lewiston. I think it may be location Southport but not certain. Nice little family weekender in the center, eh?

HR

Nice place to hide away in plan sight. Too big to get into the harbor, looks like it's moored out. Is that a Coast Guard bouy tender moored behind it?

 

[BillTIZ]

Pemaquid Light Station, Maine. That's a LOT of ledge the light keeps mariners off. Photo August 27, 2015.

HR

Everyone should look at Pemaquid Point on Google Earth. There is a lot more ledge that your photo does not show.

 

[BillTIZ]

Hi, Bill: Quick grab-shot while returning from Pemaquid to Brunswick; also, trying to beat a front coming in from Lewiston. I think it may be location Southport but not certain. Nice little family weekender in the center, eh?

HR

Looking closely at Google Earth, that's outer Boothbay Harbor. MacFarland island is just out of camera view to the upper right. The row of piers to the houses and the dock to the upper left is the Boothbay Shipyard. The large dock to the left of the piers is MacFarland Point. Southport would be just across the water out of camera view on the left.

 

[Lawreston]

From bottom to top: Gilbert Head; Bay Point; Kennebec Point; Indian Point. As previously noted, not many locals(if any) own those properties. Population year-round in Georgetown is around 1100; summer time? Don't know, but probably double or triple - families have been coming here for generations.

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[Lawreston]

That's true, Bill, but if I had included all of it the light house would have been a pretty small feature.

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[iflyvfr]

Interesting that there's people climbing all over those rocks, but you don't see them until you blow up the photo. Looks like a pretty spot.

 

[Lawreston]

Thanks; I knew we were "in the area" but I was sitting on the photo platform, not concerned with navigation. I went into my file and did a "Wicked Crop" re your question about Coast Guard buoy tender. Here's the result; doesn't look like a fish catch high on the stern, does it?

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[Lawreston]

I don't know what the tide was at aerial photo time but when the tide is at lowest point there is a LOT more ledge. Do not wear leather soles when on those rocks lest you very quickly learn how to slip and fall. Here's a shot from about a year ago.

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[BillTIZ]

From bottom to top: Gilbert Head; Bay Point; Kennebec Point; Indian Point. As previously noted, not many locals(if any) own those properties. Population year-round in Georgetown is around 1100; summer time? Don't know, but probably double or triple - families have been coming here for generations.

HR

A lot of ni$e property out there. Not the best place for wintering over.

 

[BillTIZ]

Thanks; I knew we were "in the area" but I was sitting on the photo platform, not concerned with navigation. I went into my file and did a "Wicked Crop" re your question about Coast Guard buoy tender. Here's the result; doesn't look like a fish catch high on the stern, does it?

HR

Hard to tell what it's purpose is. Looks like the mid deck has a cage and covered with green tarp?

 

[weilke]

Hard to tell what it's purpose is. Looks like the mid deck has a cage and covered with green tarp?

Crabber with pots on the deck covered with a tarp.

There is a commercial shipyard in Boothbay harbor.

 

[denverpilot]

Great photos. Total landlubber here, but I love talking to the folks who take radios to the lighthouses and put them on the air as special event stations. Most have beautiful full color photo postcard quality QSL cards for confirming their contacts.

 

[Lawreston]

Everyone should look at Pemaquid Point on Google Earth. There is a lot more ledge that your photo does not show.

Bill: same flight, different perspective:

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[BillTIZ]

Bill: same flight, different perspective:

HR

Yes, that view makes it seem more vertical than it really is.