Father's Day 2018

This year Father's Day was split in two for me.  On Saturday I had a great morning with Canaan and Addison and Kate made Bacon Cheeseburgers for lunch for us all, a tradition she started back in 2013.  Cheeseburgers are amazing, but when you pile bacon on top, man-o-man it's just splendid!

Sunday after I got out of work we headed north to check out some wind mills up close.  A few weeks back Cousin William had posted some pictures on Facebook of them and he told me you could drive right up to them in Mayfield, so we did just that.

Wesley ready to get this adventure underway

The drive was decent and didn't take very long taking the interstate to exit 133, then 201 cutting over to 151 right to route 16, twelve miles east of Bingham, to the logging road that leads up the hill.  The road is nice and wide and on this day in great condition.

When you drive up you have to keep going past the first turbine to the right and up another hill where you will be be greeted with an amazing view!  It's hard to describe.  This wind farm is part of the largest in Maine with either 58 or 62 turbines depending on the information I found on the internet.

Next we headed towards Bingham on route 16 and they have a lot of signs along the way talking about the steep downhill grade warning trucks to go around and they are not kidding.  For at least 3 miles you are just continuously going downhill, it's really weird.

We found the trail head for Houston Brook Falls right next to the Point Pleasant Transfer station.  It wasn't a difficult hike in about 1/4 mile.  It was downhill the whole way and there was a marked path it was just full of tree roots.

When you get to the falls it is very scenic but not very three year old friendly.  So we just admired the falls for a bit and head back for the uphill walk.  A little more than halfway Wesley was tired of the walking and asked me to carry him, I'm a sucker so I did.

We started towards Phillips to go on a train ride and decided to stop at Pinkham's Elm St Market for lunch.  Back when Kate went camping with her family at Flagstaff Lake they would always stop here for supplies as they pack their own meat here.

Kate had the chicken salad, I had a turkey sandwich, and Wesley was ordered nuggets and fries but basically didn't eat them.  Kate really like her sandwich and mine was very good.  I would order it again, my only complaint is they toasted the bread even though I said I didn't want it toasted.

It was a busy day at the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad, father's road for half price after all.  Wesley loved the train ride, but he didn't care about the time spent at the train station in the woods along the river, he just wanted to ride the train back out.

We were going to check out Dagget rock today as well, but after the train ride I was simply too tired to do so.  Wesley boy was pretty tired as well, Kate drove us home and we both fell asleep on the way.

Later that evening after I took a nap Paul came over and we watched WWE Money In The Bank Event.

It was a great Father's day adventure.

Later Readers!