A very slim silver lining in the Corvid 19 plague up here may be that full-time residents can enjoy their favorite summer “Vacationland” spots with fewer distractions from tourists and summer residents. On the other hand, we need our $6.5 billion tourist influx and, besides, many of our favorite summer spots are small, secret, or otherwise unknown to outsiders.
Here we see a family, complete with dog, recently enjoying one of their summer spots: where Surry’s Patten Stream empties into Patten Bay, a spot that is especially beautiful at high tide:
Here’s another local favorite photographed recently — the ledges around Sand Beach on Deer Isle:
(Surry and Stonington, Maine)