Tom, I have had very good luck with my Astro - as I use it. I did notice this spring that it seemed to point slightly off the known dog location. Recalibrating the compass solved the issue. I only go through about 4 sets of batteries in a season. However, I have no photos or maps installed. Other folks I know with maps installed complain about short battery life.

I have just watched my pal, fellow member, Keith Bedard, wash the dishes. We had a lovely Pinot Grigio with two ribeyes, and 4 'patridge breasts.
We jumped a mess of woodcock yesterday, so ran into town for a stamp, and, naturally, never saw another.
Some people count flushes, but if I ate 'flushes' I wouldn't be looking for new holes in my belt. We count dead birds, and while we missed a bunch, all were on the wing, and ended the day with three very plump birds. Several 'neighbors' on the road, feathers flying, claimed to limit out. I did see lots of proof on my wifes' cousin's front porch.
BTW, we're in the part of Maine that has chickadees on the plates, not lobsters.

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Edgar, can you get over to Kineo and pick up some hunks of flint for some of our members who want to use it for knapping arrowheads and such?





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The shuttle stopped running last weekend, for the season. The guy who runs the boat lives just up the road. If I see him tomorrow I'll ask him to gather a few good pieces, as he also works for the guy who owns the golf coarse. I have a few smallish pieces.

There is a beautiful cove that is easy to get to by boat around the Northeast side of Kineo where I found a lot of good sized chunks under the cliffs several years ago when Kathy and I drove in from Kokadjo. We had to park the 4x4 rig and walk the last mile or so.





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Im sure you mean this spot they call 'Pebble Beach'.

Pebble beach

Yup, that's it. Not much of a beach but lots of "pebbles"- it drops off into very deep water pretty quickly.

Just a tad to the left of your picture is as far as we walked. Our way was obstructed by a wall of rock and deep water.




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Ironically, a bird hunting friend who lives up here in the summer just stopped by. I asked him about Kineo flint and he said its not really flint at all, but Ryolite. The Indians used it for all their tools just as they would flint.
My friend actually lives in Baltimore and just retired Professor Emeritus, head of earth science at Johns Hopkins. He may be a PGCA member soon.

And, resultant of your recent post, I found this...

http://www.mainewoodsdiscovery.com/2...8/kineo-flint/

Apologies to Tom for muddying up his thread - A Moderator is welcome to move impertinent posts to a separate thread.





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