This was our first stop of the day. It's the stone boat in Kearsarge. We read the local names of many who were in WW2 and Vietnam war, and Korean war. We knew a lot of the men. Also there are 4 pictures of USS Kearsarge aircraft carriers/warships, the last one being active in the Mediterranean. This memorial site is worth a stop to read about the depression days and read the names. Our 3 great commanders are on the stone ship....aye, aye, sir! The boys are Lowell, Brennan and Warren Torola, (carl and beth's) A start of a fun day.
Second stop was at "ten foot", in the eagle river about a mile before the town...swift flowing water and a deep hole to cool off on a hot summer day. (older kids only, we said)
We stopped at the Eagle River Cemetery. I wanted to show them a very special grave, which I found last time I was browsing there. It is up on the lefthand hill, a grave surrounded by rocks, and on the largest rock was printed "lady 1999"....also another grave with a large lifesized wooden dog, and 3 other smaller ones....with their masters. The dates were of great interest to the boys and we did a lot of "reading"...
We are creeping up to the devil's washtub.....note ice on the cliff! (may 1)
Oh, oh! This is the devil's washtub! After pete's big "story" about this spot, the boys didn't run eagerly to it, but kinda hung back. They were absolutely in awe, to see the devil's dirty water down in that hole. We told him to bring a bar of soap next time.
These are some serious birders watching the migration. They were counting birds, putting times and how many. Fancy expensive binoculars and cameras.
We went to Brockway Mt. to watch the bird migration. we saw dozens and dozens of hawks, falcons, eagles, and cranes flying over.
We then visited the Copper Harbor cemetery after we ate lunch at the Pines. The boys were intrigued with this statue. They also discovered a 100 year old grave. We read many markers with young children, and I explained to them about modern medicine vs. olden times.
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