June 2nd, Saturday – Housekeeping; Test Your Knowledge of All Things Maine

Today we’ll take a Maine trivia quiz and learn some fascinating facts about the State.  So today, again, started out slow, if you haven’t noticed a pattern here already, we usually never rush into any given day.  I mean, why?  We’re on the road of retirement so unless we need to be somewhere early morning, we just start out in slo mo and stay that way throughout the day.

First things first, today was housekeeping day.  Meaning the floor got vacuumed.

The sinks were scrubbed until they shined nice and white and bright.

And all the cabinets top and bottom were wiped down until they too began to shine.

Other things were also attended to so that now our home is all nice and spiffy again.  Momma always said cleanliness is next to Godliness.  Yea momma!

After this we also brought our books up to date, added up our cost for campgrounds and fuel to date and were quite pleased.  Sure amounts to a lot less than what we were paying each month for our mortgage and taxes in total.  This is sure the way to go.  Besides which, the full-time RV life is tons of fun!

Now, let’s test everyone’s knowledge regarding the great state of Maine.

• Maine has 3,478 miles of coastline – more than California and only Florida and Louisiana (mostly bayou) have more miles of coastline.
• Maine is the only American state with a one-syllable name.
• In case you had to be told, it is against the law in Maine to step out from a plane while it is in flight.
• Don’t get too tinsel happy. You can be charged a fine in Maine for leaving your Christmas decorations up after January 14.
• Maine has its own desert, which spans 40 acres outside the town of Freeport. The desert originally developed as a result of over-farming in the area.
• Almost 90 percent of the country’s lobster supply is caught off the coast of Maine by the 4,600 licensed lobstermen – that’s nearly 40 million pounds.

• Like any food that’s available in great abundance, lobster once was shunned as a poor man’s food. In Colonial days, only paupers and slaves lowered themselves to eating the plentiful crustacean that piled on the shoreline in heaps. The rest of the unwanted lobsters were tossed to the pigs.
• Maine is the single largest producer of blueberries in the country, responsible for 99 percent of the crops in the United States. The town of Cherryfield is known for being the blueberry capital of the world.
• Maine is the third biggest producer of pure maple syrup in the country, Vermont being the first and falling just marginally behind New York State
• Maine produces 90% of the country’s toothpick supply.

• Acadia National Park is one of the most visited U.S. National Parks, with over 2 million annual visitors. The Park was first established and opened  in 1916.

• John D Rockefeller Jr. funded the majority of Acadia National Park.s carriage roads and trail systems between 1915-1933.
• In the movie “Forrest Gump,” Forrest makes Marshall Point Lighthouse a stop along his cross-country on-foot voyage

So there you have it.  Today was a great day.  Warm, windy and pleasant from start to finish.  Days like this are easy to take.  Night is now here but the clouds, unfortunately, have again moved in so star gazing is out of the question.  Darn.  Not to worry there will be other days in the next couple of weeks.

We also received an email from our friends Hoag and Max with some really fantastic news about Max’s brother, Jeff.  That news just made the day even better in so many ways.  Jeff, we’re with you every step of the way and will always keep you in thought and prayer.

In closing a thought for all of us to take to heart:

As always,  if you are coming to the end of your day with concerns and worries let me suggest that you turn them over to God.  After all, He is going to be up all night so why not let him handle them for you.

Time now for our evening prayers and eventually some shut-eye.  Till tomorrow.

These are the voyages of  Graybeard and it’s occupants, four paws and two humans.  Our continuing mission: to explore as many new states as possible, to seek out new acquaintances and make new friends, to boldly go where we have not been before