It has been awhile since I picked up the computer and written anything on these pages! Despite rumors to the contrary, I am still alive and kicking.  Not kicking as hard as I used to, but still some movement!

I could not even begin to put everything down that has happened in the past 6 years.  (Yes, it has been that long since I have done a post on the journal page.)

So rather than try, I shall just ramble on a bit until my fingers or my brain get tired!

I started plowing the Golden Road once again.  It is a job that I enjoy and something that an old guy like me can still handle.

Wrestling bears is for a younger person and I had to give that up a few years ago. 

I start in Millinocket and plow up 92 miles, turn around and come back down.  Usually I make a side trip up the Telos road about 7-8 miles on the way back, but not every trip.

Each and every trip has some sort of excitement, if not for me then someone I meet on the road!  I am sure that there has been more than one person who had a story to tell about meeting the plow truck with both wings and the plow down and no place for them to go.  (If they are going slow as they should be all ends well.)

Then throw in getting stuck or breakdowns and you sort of get the picture.  It is never boring.  I so enjoy opening up those logging roads when there is not a vehicle track to be seen.  Just the tracks of the wildlife crossing back and forth and sometimes for miles up the road.

I have slowed down on the fishing, not sure why, but it seems to be more of an effort than it used to be.  There are evenings that I get tempted, but I usually get my sense back and convenience myself that it is too much work!

One of these days I will venture out on the pond again to try my luck at it again I am sure!


Since the days of COVID I have been opening 4 cabins and 5 campsites.  It makes for an even better experience for the guests and also makes less work for the old guy!!

People seem to enjoy the fact that there are less people around and they have more privacy.  Many of the guests thought that it was quite private as it was before.  (I even had one group a few years ago that found it a little too private for their taste.  They packed up and left shortly after dark.  I got in touch with them the next day and asked it everything was ok.  They said that it was real dark and that there wasn't anyone around at the campsites.  They figured it could not be good to be that alone in the world! 

Perhaps I will sit down in the near future to hammer out a few more words.  If not, just make your reservation and I will be more than happy to update you!