Lucy and I went on a field trip to Pemiquid, Maine to visit the Rachel Carlson Pond. This is the famous lighthouse that is often used in calenders and postcards of Maine. I imagine it is really beautiful here. We could honestly not see the ocean that was ten feet in front of us. The fog was as thick as pea soup. We could hear boats traveling past us in the ocean and I am sure they were huge, but we could not see them. Also, it was very, very cold here this day. 60 degrees and windy. At home it was 88 degrees, sunny and humid. We were only about 60 miles away from our home, very strange how the weather can be so different on the coast. Lucy had a great time searching the freezing pond water for creatures like this little sea urchin she found. We found lots of baby lobsters, crabs, star fish, and a sea cucumber. We learned where this famous pond got its name. I guess a lady named Rachel Carlson came to this place in the 60's to write a book about the environment and how the use of chemicals to kill mosquitoes was also killing the eagles by making their egg shells so thin they would break before hatching. I guess her book was the beginnings of the environmental movement.
Lucy and I went on a field trip to Pemiquid, Maine to visit the Rachel Carlson Pond. This is the famous lighthouse that is often used in calenders and postcards of Maine. I imagine it is really beautiful here. We could honestly not see the ocean that was ten feet in front of us. The fog was as thick as pea soup. We could hear boats traveling past us in the ocean and I am sure they were huge, but we could not see them. Also, it was very, very cold here this day. 60 degrees and windy. At home it was 88 degrees, sunny and humid. We were only about 60 miles away from our home, very strange how the weather can be so different on the coast. Lucy had a great time searching the freezing pond water for creatures like this little sea urchin she found. We found lots of baby lobsters, crabs, star fish, and a sea cucumber. We learned where this famous pond got its name. I guess a lady named Rachel Carlson came to this place in the 60's to write a book about the environment and how the use of chemicals to kill mosquitoes was also killing the eagles by making their egg shells so thin they would break before hatching. I guess her book was the beginnings of the environmental movement.
1 comment:
Sounds like a cool place.
We never went there when we lived there.
I'll put it on my list for the next visit.
~~Nik
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