Down East in Maine

After Bangor, Phil and I headed "Down East" to the farthest Eastern section of Maine. We stayed at a beautiful spot near the "Reversing Falls."

This is an area of huge tide flows - 20+ feet between high and low tide. Here's high tide -

And here's low tide!

The area has some great wildlife. I saw this bald eagle across the water.

And we saw some seals, but they disappear fast and I got a lot of pictures like this.

This dragonfly attached himself to Phil and wouldn't let go.



But why is it called "Reversing Falls?" Here the tide is going out -



And here it is coming back in. Maybe it should be called Reversing Rapids, but it is still pretty impressive.

Here's another picture of high tide -

Versus low tide.

We drove further east to the candy-striped West Quoddy Head Light, built in 1858, replacing the original one built at the order of Thomas Jefferson in 1808.

While there, I got to be the easternmost person in the US, according to the sign there. However, I wonder about those Aleutian Islands on the other side of the 180 degree longitude...

Driving back to Lubec, we got a look at the Lubec Channel Light.

We had to go down some side roads to get a glimpse of it, and found some interesting things along the way.

We also wanted to get a look at the largest whirlpool in the western hemisphere. Named "Old Sow," it was really hard to see without being on a boat.

We also visited Eastport, where we saw a big fisherman.

But Phil liked this one better.

And Phil got his lobster.