Blue Whales Delight Whale Watchers in So Cal and Maine

Posted by Pamela Leavey on September 14, 2011

I just had to share this video from NBC Evening News about the pod of blue whales that have been delighting whale watchers in the Los Angeles area.

The blue whales were once almost extinct but they have mande a huge comeback and NBC News reports that a blue whale was also “spotted by whale watchers just off the coast of Maine last Sunday.”

Maybe we’ll hear of sighting by one of the more local whale watching boats here on the North Shore sometime soon.

You Can’t Get There From Here: A Trip to Eastport

Posted by Pamela Leavey on June 13, 2011

Three weeks ago I took a trip to Eastport Maine with a friend. The weather was mostly rainy, misty, foggy, but I still managed to take a lot of wonderful photos:

My photo gallery of the Eastport trip has a slideshow here.

You Can’t Get There From Here

Posted by Pamela Leavey on June 10, 2011

In the foreground, Eastport, ME; in the background, Lubec, ME.

Eastport to Lubec, 10 minutes by boat, 1 hour by car. You can’t get there from here.

Oh Deer…

Posted by Pamela Leavey on June 9, 2011

This beautiful deer was foraging along the trail at Shackford Head in Eastport, ME when I was there two weeks ago…

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You Can’t Get There From Here

Posted by Pamela Leavey on June 8, 2011

You can’t get there from here…

This beach in Eastport, ME is on the south end of the island, facing Lubec. Lubec is about 10 minutes by boat or an hour by car… It’s one of those places that truly epitomizes the saying, “you can’t get there from here”…

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You Can’t Get There From Here

Posted by Pamela Leavey on June 6, 2011

Eastport, Maine ~ © Pamela J. Leavey 2011