Golf and the Museum of Maine

Anothah great day in Maine! No, that’s not a typo. Today Jamey went golfing with Grampy and scored a pretty good 108! Grammy, Avery, Brianna and I explored what Augusta had to offer and had a wonderful time! About 10:00 we took off for Augusta, the capital of Maine (sans camera – so no pix today L), first we looked at the Kennebec river, which connects directly to the Atlantic – we saw sturgeon jumping up in the air, pretty cool!

Then we went to see an old military fort, opened in the 1860’s then over to the museum of Maine next to the capital building. The museum was amazing, and is rated in the top 10 state museums in the country. I really enjoyed the prehistoric 12,000 years to present displays, but the kids enjoyed the lifelike animal biospheres displays best! Avery said “Mom, are those animals real?” I said “yes, they are real, but they are not alive, they are dead and they are stuffed to look real.” Brianna said, “Mom, how did they die?” I replied “I think they probably died of old age.” We moved on to the displays of work in old factories. Avery said “Mom, are those people really working?” Brianna said “No, they died, and they are stuffed!”

We met Jamey’s Uncle Dave and Aunt Sher today, the kids really took to Uncle Dave and called him Unc. We had a great BBQ meal at their house and really enjoyed the adult conversation as we finally set the kids down with a movie for the first time during the trip. The kids have been doing great, and behaving so well! We are so proud of them!

Tomorrow morning we take off for camp, so expect a lot of pictures posted if I can get cell phone service out there – it’s how I get the internet to post my blogs.