We're settled in Maine

We arrived in Maine Friday evening and I thought I'd post Saturday but I was just too tired for some reason. But we're settled in the cutest small camp and have started exploring around the area. 

The trip up is a 2 day trip and we drove up along with the remnants of Debby. Chris was driving. I81 is always stressful with all the trucks and he had added tension with the bouts of rain and fog. I settled into the passenger seat and thought I might finish the center of this baby blanket. But somewhere outside Scranton I realized that the hook I was using didn't match the color of stitch marker that I use to remind myself the hook size. I use Clover Amour hooks with colored handles. The blue stitch marker I used indicated the H (blue) hook. I was using the I (green) hook! I stopped working on it until I could get to the hotel and lay it out to see if I really did make a mistake. 

Once I laid it out on the bed it was clear that I had used the wrong hook and had been using it for a while. That red circle shows where I was 2 weeks ago and the blue arrow shows how far back I needed to undo. So that's probably all the work I did over the past month. Darn.
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I unraveled one whole ball and part of another....almost half of it! But it had to be done and it's a charity blanket so there's no deadline. I'll get back on it with the blue hook this week.

The second day took us through Massachusetts and we took a detour to the New England Quilt Museum to see the Paula Nadelstern exhibit. I took a lot of photos and will do a post tomorrow on that visit. 
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When we arrived Friday it was still raining but this was our view Saturday morning. The camp is just a few steps away from the shore of Wilson Pond in Wilton, ME. This is our first year in this area and so far we are in love with this cute little town and tiny camp.
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Here's my sewing space. Fortunately we can eat on the screened porch.
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I was itching to get started sewing on the farm quilt and I've already finished 2 pigs. I love my little Janome Gem Gold that's at least 20 years old. It has a perfect 1/4" seam which is really important with these blocks. The eyes are only 1/2" finished so precision is important.
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Yesterday we went for our first hike I needed a fairly easy hike to test out my foot after all the pain I've been dealing with this summer. After x-rays, one MRI and 2 doctors it seems that I have 1 old injury that isn't bad enough to do anything about, a couple of "deformities" that aren't bad enough to do anything about and, most importantly, weak muscles in my right foot and ankle. I've been working on strengthening exercises so was happy to test it out on a 2.5 mile hike yesterday. It was a beautiful day and a lovely hike. Near the end we were greeted with this funny sign. The trail is at least 6 yards from the "cliff". If anyone gets that close to the edge I don't think this sign will help. But it was kind of funny.
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This is what the trail looked like beyond the sign. No cliff.

We came home and took the kayaks for a long ride and then had cocktails on floats in the lake. It was a perfect day. Chris is off fishing today so I plan on a long kayak on the lake and some more pig sewing this afternoon.
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