Surprise! Surprise! Ed wandered into a book store. He found this wonderful one in Searsport that specializes in art books. He got lost for awhile...
We had parked ourselves at the Moorings RV Park. It met the standard I was looking for: it is right on the water. This is the view from where we were parked...o.k... I walked about 50 feet to take the picture...but this is what we could see from our windows.
The private beach was small in the morning. In the afternoon it looks like this:
Finnegan got his very first taste of seaweed here. He didn't keep it in his mouth for very long. Next door to the park was a pottery studio. I was busy talking to the artist in the studio when Susan Feiner and her husband walked up and said hello. I went completely blank but knew I knew her. She's a fellow docent at MOIFA - and we did a tour together shortly before we began this journey. Take me out of context and my brain cells shut down... That's the best small world story I've got...so far...
We made a stop in Rockland to see the Farnsworth Museum and Homestead. It's a very special place showcasing the work of the Wyeth family. N. C. Wyeth's robust paintings and illustrations, his son Andrew Wyeth's lovely gentle scenes of New England life,and grandson Jamie Wyeth's Seven Sins depicted as seagulls. There also Winslow Homers, works by Louise Nevelson, Edward Hopper and the list goes on and on. Even the building is unusual. 
Next to the museum is the William Farnworth Homestead. The wonderful intact 1840's Victorian home belonged to William and Mary Farnsworth. Their daughter Lucy used her inheritance to build the museum and library as a memorial to her father.
Bath, ME is home to the Maine Maritime Museum. Bath has a history of ship building going back to the early 19th century. The Ironworks Shipyard is still in operation building guided missle destroyers for the U.S. Navy. This photo is of the Ironworks.
These are 200 and 300 ton construction cranes and a dry dock. 
The museum isn't just a building you enter. It is a collection of original buildings used in the consturction of the largest wooden vessels ever built. These boats were sail powered and designed specifically for cargo carrying. The facility was used from about the 1890's until the 1920's when it was shut down due to obsolescence. Everything was designed and built on site and the grounds are open to tour. This is the interior of the main building.
We made a stop in Rockland to see the Farnsworth Museum and Homestead. It's a very special place showcasing the work of the Wyeth family. N. C. Wyeth's robust paintings and illustrations, his son Andrew Wyeth's lovely gentle scenes of New England life,and grandson Jamie Wyeth's Seven Sins depicted as seagulls. There also Winslow Homers, works by Louise Nevelson, Edward Hopper and the list goes on and on. Even the building is unusual. 
Next to the museum is the William Farnworth Homestead. The wonderful intact 1840's Victorian home belonged to William and Mary Farnsworth. Their daughter Lucy used her inheritance to build the museum and library as a memorial to her father.
Bath, ME is home to the Maine Maritime Museum. Bath has a history of ship building going back to the early 19th century. The Ironworks Shipyard is still in operation building guided missle destroyers for the U.S. Navy. This photo is of the Ironworks.
These are 200 and 300 ton construction cranes and a dry dock. 
The museum isn't just a building you enter. It is a collection of original buildings used in the consturction of the largest wooden vessels ever built. These boats were sail powered and designed specifically for cargo carrying. The facility was used from about the 1890's until the 1920's when it was shut down due to obsolescence. Everything was designed and built on site and the grounds are open to tour. This is the interior of the main building.
The largest wooden sail ship ever build was the Wyoming. It was built on this site. The bow is represented in the sculpture below. The shop was close to 400 feet long and had 6 masts. Compare the size of this bow to the building it stands near.
This small wooden schooner was built around the turn of the 20th century. It's docked as an exhibit on the museum waterfront
The lofting building is where the hulls were shaped. It is an enormous space.
The machine shop was home to wood shaping machines and metal forming machines. Here they fabricated all the pieces of the hulls and fittings. It is also enormous.
The amount of lumber used in construction of wooden ships just boggles your mind. No wonder there is no longer any large scale logging left in Maine.
This small wooden schooner was built around the turn of the 20th century. It's docked as an exhibit on the museum waterfront
The lofting building is where the hulls were shaped. It is an enormous space.
The machine shop was home to wood shaping machines and metal forming machines. Here they fabricated all the pieces of the hulls and fittings. It is also enormous.
The amount of lumber used in construction of wooden ships just boggles your mind. No wonder there is no longer any large scale logging left in Maine.This drawing is part of the plans for a 6 masted wooden cargo schooner. I especially liked this drawing.
Visiting this place was a great experience.
Visiting this place was a great experience.
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