We continued our drive through the town of Milford, stopping briefly at an overlook of a giant dam.
The Milford Dam was completed in 1906. It's 20 feet tall and stretches 1,400 feet across the Penobscot River.
Choose wisely. ... The power plant uses the water to create electricity using five turbines, each producing 1.6 megawatts of power.
When we entered the town of Hudson, we got an unexpected surprise... the 45th parallel! The 45th parallel is located halfway between the equator and the north pole.
The area was first settled around 1800. In 1824, the Jackson plantation was established. A year later, the town was incorporated as Kirkland. The name was changed to Hudson in 1854 after Hudson, Massachusetts.
Me at 45 degrees north in 2025 ... and at 45 degrees south in New Zealand 2013
We continued our drive north towards Moosehead Lake.
The countryside
Decorations abounded for the upcoming 4th of July celebrations.
Small towns
Eventually that rain we were expecting arrived.
By the time we reached Greenville it had stopped raining.
Walking through the charming town
Moosehead Lake is New England's largest lake with an area of 117 square miles and more than 200 miles of shoreline.
The writer Henry David Thoreau crossed it in 1853 and 1857, once on a steamship and once in a birch bark canoe.
We grabbed some lunch at the Dockside Inn and Tavern.
An amazing pickle! ... Now this is what a good veggie burger looks like!
We then drove up to Lily Bay State Park hoping to do a nice walk. Unfortunately the only trail we found led through the campgrounds. Everything else was just docks and boat launches.
(right) A fake coyote looks out over the lake.
A side lagoon
A dabbling duck
When the Canada geese arrived, they bumped a few of the resting ducks out of the way.
