Journey to points North

Easily the most adventurous and most spiritual day of my time in Maine! I had never left the immediate area of inner Greater Portland (you like that?) and I explained to my parents, who love an adventure as well, that anything outside of the area is new to me. We decided to start in Freeport and make further decisions on our trip later. In Freeport there are many outlet stores, and the L.L. Bean 24/365 store is there. Nothing too exciting there. Next we decided to go to a group of island south of Brunswick. Map. Notice Portland in the lower-left and Brunswick at the top-center. You will see below Brunswick the islands of Orrs and Bailey. It was short journey, we expected it to take longer. But we got to a point called Lands End at the tip of Bailey. The moment we got out of the car and stepped towards the coast, I felt a feeling of home and a sort of justification of my move. That is where the photo was taken, and

the mist evoked a mysticism inherent in the coast. Along the way down to the island, I saw a view straight from the works of Hokusai, a great Japanese printmaker. Wikipedia. I did a search of his work for something comparable, but I could not find much, mostly disparate elements from several prints that could be combined, by pastiche, to construct a composition of Mackerel Cove. Picture. There was a lot of fishermen out, which is an occupation that I am very removed from, having lived inland for all my life, and my visits to the coast in mostly vacation spots. Overall, it was a peaceful area that I could easily reside in. After the island tour, we went to Cape Elisabeth, just south of Portland. The rock formation here was different than the ones at Bailey and even different from Fort Williams. Oh, how I do enjoy the variety of the coastline! Picture.