Where am I?

[Nancy Hill]

Is it time to play a game again? (Thanks to Gary for starting this idea).

Where am I? Answer in white text so others can't see your answers. (To do that, use the underlined "A" above and use the down arrow to change the color of your answer.)

1) What island was this house on? (Hint - this house no longer exists and the story of its removal is interesting)

2)  Hint - same island as #1. Where might you launch to get here?

 

3) Where is this launch and where are we going?

4) This is an easy one if you've been here. If you haven't been here, you should go! Where am I and what is in the building where I am standing?

5) Where am I and what I am looking at in the distance? 

6) Hint for #5. You can camp here!

 

7) Low tide makes for a long walk. Launching at low and returning at high is preferable! What harbor are we launching into?

 

#8 What harbor is this? The photo in #9 will give you a hint.

 

9) If you look closely, you will see something in the distance above the fog. What are you looking at? It is what you would see in the photo in #8 if the fog had lifted a bit. 

10) Last one for extra credit. Impress me. We paddled in the fog one day and stayed close to shore. We paddled around the outside of an island, and returned by portaging over a sand bar that enables one to drive out to the house on the island at low tide. The island is not too far from a place called Carrying Place Cove, but not the one you are thinking of. How many "Carrying Place Coves" are there in Maine? What is the name of the island? Where might you launch to get there?

Edited December 5, 2020 by Nancy Hill

[Inverseyourself]

Someone tell me where this is, please. I want to go!

[gyork]

1, 2. My friend Jordan and I were delighted to paddle near this arch, the only one I remember along the Maine Coast.

3. Ocean Pt. Linnekin Neck, with Ram I. Light in background. I suspect you were headed to photo #4, Damariscove, but can't tell where you were headed, based on the launch photo!!!

4. Museum on Damariscove, with view to privately-owned, abandoned lighthouse.

5. SW view to Brothers (single island), from campsite on Halifax.

6. Yes, comfortable enough with a pad!

7. Haven't paddled here???

8, 9. Cutler Harbor with spooky USN radio towers looming over the fog bank.

10. Haven't paddle here. # of Carrying Place Coves? Lubec, this one. Ploby more! Carrying Place I.? See a house on island but no roads nearby? Dune buggy? Launch from Addison or S. Addison 

 

HIGHLIGHT MY REPLY TO EXPOSE MY DEFINITIVE ANSWERS AND GUESSES.

Edited December 6, 2020 by gyork

[Nancy Hill]

Very good, Gary! I guess you have to go to #7 someday. You'll need a passport.

You got half of # 8/9, but the wrong harbor.

For #10 you got the launch right, but not the name of the island.

-Nancy

 

 

 

 

[mhabich]

Where’s this one?

[gyork]

A perfectly timed "carry" on a glorious day paddle, post-interruption by a passing squall, as part of a (modified) NSPN "Annual."    44° 12.959', -68° 38.889'

Edited December 6, 2020 by gyork

[Nancy Hill]

My original guess was between Greenlaw Neck and Stinson Neck. Found this while looking for the answer. Very interesting: https://www.ellsworthamerican.com/maine-news/discover-deer-isle-along-ancient-canoe-route/

I have not been to that exact spot, so my answer is somewhat of a guess, but I have used Gary's clue to make it a more educated guess.  Gary's latitude and longitude point to the narrow land between Greenlaw Cove and Deep Hole

 

Edited December 6, 2020 by Nancy Hill

[prudenceb]

How do I post or get answers others have posted on an iPad?  I don't see the underlined A Nancy refers to in first post.  I was confident I knew a few of these places but can't figure out how to check!

[Nancy Hill]

Oh, that's a good question, Prudence. When I am on the NSPN website on my computer, I have a long row across the top of my reply box where I can do lots of things (bullets, indents, font size and color). When on the site on my phone, I only have B (bold) I (italics) U (underline) and the link symbol. The rest of the choices are not there, so perhaps it is something like that on your iPad. Hmmmm....perhaps someone with an iPad knows how to change the font color. If I want to see the white answers, I just click and drag across the missing text (as if to highlight it).

-Nancy

 

[gyork]

16 hours ago, Nancy Hill said:

passport.You got half of # 8/9, but the wrong harbor.

Bucks Harbor makes more sense.

[Nancy Hill]

That's right, Gary.  If you haven't been to #7, then you won't be able to guess. The harbor is Head Harbor on Campobello Island.

[mhabich]

3 hours ago, gyork said:

4 hours ago, Nancy Hill said:

Oh, that's a good question, Prudence. When I am on the NSPN website on my computer, I have a long row across the top of my reply box where I can do lots of things (bullets, indents, font size and color). When on the site on my phone, I only have B (bold) I (italics) U (underline) and the link symbol. The rest of the choices are not there, so perhaps it is something like that on your iPad. Hmmmm....perhaps someone with an iPad knows how to change the font color. If I want to see the white answers, I just click and drag across the missing text (as if to highlight it).

-Nancy

 

 

"reply box" is the key.  Quote the message you want to decode and the A should be there, at least on many browsers.