The Lesson of Sagadahoc Bay

O.K. I admit it. I was wrong. I almost missed one of the highlights of our travels.

We pulled into Sagadahoc Bay RV Park. I took one look around and announced to Ed that I wanted to leave. Forget that we had paid for three nights. Let's just blow it off and get out of here. Ed stood firm. He said we could manage a few nights even if the bathhouse was too far away and not clean enough, there was basically no management to this park, and I just didn't like it. Then the mosquitoes came out, it rained, and I couldn't get the wi-fi to work. Funksville for me!!

We're over on the right next to the blue house. Ed took this photo from the shore.


The next morning the sun had come out, the mosquitoes were gone, and we began to appreciate the shore and the pretty bay. Note the rocks out in the water. This was 7 a.m.

Those rocks looked a little different at 10 a.m.

The most amazing thing happened at low tide...for about 3 hours the entire bay emptied out and we could walk about a mile into the bay.

Sue and Scott , their daughter Emily, and Otis, their Old English Sheepdog who immediately became Finnegan's best friend introduced us to the morning stroll on the "flats." We shed our shoes to walk on the ocean floor and strolled out to meet the water before it began chasing us back. Finn could run free...and run he did. He came back full of sand, completely wet, and the happiest Kerry Blue in this universe. He romped off to meet other dogs and didn't mind at all when he hit a soft spot and went right under the water.

We met the most wonderful people in this park. Jean and Ken MacLean are Mainers...they actually moved to Maine. Most people move from Maine. We enjoyed an evening in their RV and got some terrific travel information from them.

This is Jean and me with Diane Miller - one of the most generous and kind neighbors one could ask for. Finn went through our screen door and Diane provided me with dog proof screening to replace what was torn. How she ever managed to just have it with her... Clancy belongs to Jean and Ken and Guzzi is Diane's pal...and Finn's.

We took that morning stroll into the water each of the 3 days I would have missed if I'd had my way to leave. This photo is way out as the tide is beginning to return.

Emily and Sue with Otis and Finn. Otis could outrun Finn. They chased birds together.

I like this photo. We took it before we started back. Those little white spots on the right are the RV's.

Finn took a special liking to Emily because she walked him out the farthest.

He liked her so much...that he annointed her... Couldn't believe I got it on film. It became the reason we made an appointment for some minor surgery for him. Seems he's having an early adolescence... He has really good hips...:-)

Finnegan and Guzzi...

...best friends forever! (You can see the RV's off in the distance.)

We think this is the best vacation Finn has ever had!! We've liked it a whole lot too.