Tag: Marsh Smith

Turkey Tracks: Remembering Winter

Turkey Tracks:  August 21, 2013

Remembering Winter

 

Those of you who have read this blog for any length of time will know that in the midst of one season, I love to harken back to its opposite.

Friend Marsha Smith, a pioneer of Citizens for a Green Camden, sent me this picture of her adorable grandson, Devon, last winter.  And I saved it for just this moment when we are in the dog days of August.

Devon's frozen shirt

As an experiment last winter–probably around the time we had the blizzard which dumped up to five feet of snow on us, Devon hung out his t-shirt for a few minutes.

It froze solid–which you can tell by his expression that he loved.

Turkey Tracks: Camden Snow Bowl: View From the Top

Turkey Tracks:  January 5, 2013

Camden Snow Bowl:  View From the Top

My friend Marsha Smith–a founding member of Citizens for a Green Camden–for which she works tirelessly and for which she has done so much good work–sent me this picture of her 9-year old grandson–taken at the top of Ragged Mountain.  The recent snow meant folks could ski the whole mountain, which many of them are doing as often as they can.

Look at the view from the top!

That’s Megunticook Mountain to the north; Penobscot Bay is out there; and Hosmer Pond is the white, frozen expanse below Ragged Mountain.

Devon, Marsha's grandson

It takes a good 10 minutes to ride the lift all the way up–which I have done in the summer–so the downhill run must be so much fun if you ski.

Cl;early this young man is already an accomplished skier!

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