After going to Popham Beach, I headed down to Freeport to catch that Rockapella concert I was mentioning. I’m not much of a music reviewer, but in my opinion the concert was awesome.
Even though it’s been years since I first saw them on Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego, they sound better than ever. I guess I didn’t realize that they’d been together as a group for seventeen years. Their diverse song set ranged from ballads to rock, and they of course had to sing the Folger’s and WWCS themes for which they’re famous.
The concert was held right in front of the L.L. Bean factory store as part of their free concert series (Don McLean next week). The small park was packed with people in lawn chairs. Rockapella seemed to really enjoy the audience and the location, even though it turned out to be a little more muggy than is usual in Maine.
I hope I get to hear them again in the future. I bought one of their CDs (In Concert) and took lots of pictures, so I’ll have a good record of the concert. Too bad I don’t have a bunch of Carmen Sandiego episodes taped.
Yesterday I visited Popham Beach, south of Bath in Phippsburg. I have to admit I didn’t really know what to expect. I ate lunch at Spinney’s, a great little restaurant/take-out that reminded me a lot of a less-fancy Lobster Pound in Lincolnville. I had a grilled haddock sandwich basket – excellent – and then left to see the beach.
Parking near Fort Popham was full, so I decided to use my day pass and visit the state park there. Even though it was the Fourth of July weekend, the guides I’d read were right; it wasn’t crowded. There was plenty of room to relax and enjoy the waves coming in (I could only imagine what Old Orchard Beach must’ve been like yesterday). Most of the people seemed to be Mainers, which wouldn’t be that surprising. There were some kids wading, people my age playing Frisbee, and people bodyboarding on the few-foot-high waves.
The dunes in back of the beach echo the water. That’s relaxing and everything until you can’t distinguish the sound from thunder. All of a sudden you hear a large clap and you decide to go to the car and wait out the storm. At least I did. About 80% of the other people left the park entirely. Until the storm really got started people were playing Frisbee in the parking lot with the newly freed space. My prediction about the storm’s length was right; 20 minutes later the sun was out again. I went back out to the beach after standing in the downpour for a couple of minutes (water in the ocean, water from the sky, what’s the difference?).
There were probably about 20 people in my view when I got back, and the number didn’t rise much. The beach is about a mile and a half long, and I love it. I’ll definitely be going back… often… I’m buying a Maine Park Pass today.
Pictures from pre- and post-storm are available at Pine Tree Photography.
I’m on my backup computer source (laptop), thanks to a wonderful glass from the Russellware collection.
I was sitting in front of my computer watching ER, and I decided I wanted a drink. I picked up my glass and it literally broke in two horizontally. The glasses were about 75 cents each… I don’t really care about them. But the water spilled all over my table and behind it, too, covering my surge protector to which all my computer equipment was plugged in and running. It even got one side of my high school diploma wet. Stupid glass.
So yeah, I’m here on my laptop. Yay.
Say hello to my new FirstClass background image. Renee posted the site in the FirstClass new media majors folder.
Rose is very pretty and looks good beside my folder icons.
