Bezabor: (posting from Sugarloaf Ski Resort, Stratton, Maine)
Tuesday, 9/20- I write today from the 'Strokes' golf course restaurant at Sugarloaf where we thought we'd break the routine of picnic-area lunches with a sit-down meal. The availability of a free wi-fi connection made the decision easy. Our little van with the kayaks on top is a bit conspicuous in the upscale parking lot but no one seems to mind. It's windy and raining lightly today but there are still lots of golfers out and we have a wonderful view of the golf course from our multi-windowed corner.
Monday, 9/19 We were still in Rangeley. We stayed the night at the Stephen Philips Reserve and had a less-than-great experience. The guide book told us the rate was $10 for the night and there was nobody around and the office was closed (and had no after-hours procedure posted as most campgrounds do) when we arrived so we camped and then went to the office to pay in the morning. But when I handed over $10, the guy said the rate was $16. I guess I chalk that one up to the guidebook having old info.
We hiked up Bald Mountain at Oquossoc which appeared from the description in "50 Hikes in the Maine Mountains" to be an easy one but the words "trail steepens considerably in the last .2 mile" turned out to be a challenging scramble over wet rocks and roots-- enough so that we almost turned back. But the views at the top on this blue-sky day were magnificent and well worth the climb. We split an apple and watched migrating hawks--- broadtails, I think--- pinwheeling in groups of ten or so around and around in the air currents above us. Somehow it took us three hours to do a hike estimated to take only half that. Maybe it was the dilly-dallying halfway up the trail to chase another pileated woodpecker through the woods hoping to get a good photo. We never did get the shot but did enjoy putting our ears up against the trunk of the tree she was hammering; it sounded like she was just on the other side of the tree.
After lunch in the parking lot we went back into Rangeley to chase down information I had seen at the library about free flights over the lake. But the library was closed so we went to the airport and found nothing going on there. At the Chamber of Commerce building we learned that I was a week off--- it's not this Monday, it's NEXT Sunday. I've got to start writing things down...
Monday afternoon we went back to the Wilhelm Reich Museum, this time to try the orgone energy accumulators. This will take some explaining (see the log entry for Sunday for more info). We learned from our tour of the museum on Sunday afternoon, that the conference center (which was not included on our tour of the Museum) had an accumulator big enough for a person to sit in. We thought this fascinating and so called at the conference center office to see if we could try the accumulator. We were warmly greeted and given a tour of an accumulator room, i.e., an entire room built as an orgone energy accumulator. It was approximately a 12 x 12 room with galvanized metal sheathing on all sides. Inside were four person-sized accumulators, three adult size and one child-size. Our host explained that three of them were "3-layer" accumulators and one a "5-layer" accumulator ('it's much stronger', said our host). We decided to each try the normal strength and extra-strength ones for ten minutes each.
Shortly after we sat down in our accumulators, Labashi said "I feel it already'. She was referring to a tingly feeling you get when your skin is about an inch from the metal. I too felt the sensation but since she was in the extra-strength model and I the normal-strength, I wondered if it would be more apparent in hers.
After our appointed times we compared notes. The extra-strength one did seem slightly stronger in sensation. But we could not say that it had any effect. We both thought that taking the time to sit in the accumulator daily would be similar to meditation.... the mere act of taking the time out could be beneficial.
Tuesday, 9/20- I write today from the 'Strokes' golf course restaurant at Sugarloaf where we thought we'd break the routine of picnic-area lunches with a sit-down meal. The availability of a free wi-fi connection made the decision easy. Our little van with the kayaks on top is a bit conspicuous in the upscale parking lot but no one seems to mind. It's windy and raining lightly today but there are still lots of golfers out and we have a wonderful view of the golf course from our multi-windowed corner.
Monday, 9/19 We were still in Rangeley. We stayed the night at the Stephen Philips Reserve and had a less-than-great experience. The guide book told us the rate was $10 for the night and there was nobody around and the office was closed (and had no after-hours procedure posted as most campgrounds do) when we arrived so we camped and then went to the office to pay in the morning. But when I handed over $10, the guy said the rate was $16. I guess I chalk that one up to the guidebook having old info.
We hiked up Bald Mountain at Oquossoc which appeared from the description in "50 Hikes in the Maine Mountains" to be an easy one but the words "trail steepens considerably in the last .2 mile" turned out to be a challenging scramble over wet rocks and roots-- enough so that we almost turned back. But the views at the top on this blue-sky day were magnificent and well worth the climb. We split an apple and watched migrating hawks--- broadtails, I think--- pinwheeling in groups of ten or so around and around in the air currents above us. Somehow it took us three hours to do a hike estimated to take only half that. Maybe it was the dilly-dallying halfway up the trail to chase another pileated woodpecker through the woods hoping to get a good photo. We never did get the shot but did enjoy putting our ears up against the trunk of the tree she was hammering; it sounded like she was just on the other side of the tree.
After lunch in the parking lot we went back into Rangeley to chase down information I had seen at the library about free flights over the lake. But the library was closed so we went to the airport and found nothing going on there. At the Chamber of Commerce building we learned that I was a week off--- it's not this Monday, it's NEXT Sunday. I've got to start writing things down...
Monday afternoon we went back to the Wilhelm Reich Museum, this time to try the orgone energy accumulators. This will take some explaining (see the log entry for Sunday for more info). We learned from our tour of the museum on Sunday afternoon, that the conference center (which was not included on our tour of the Museum) had an accumulator big enough for a person to sit in. We thought this fascinating and so called at the conference center office to see if we could try the accumulator. We were warmly greeted and given a tour of an accumulator room, i.e., an entire room built as an orgone energy accumulator. It was approximately a 12 x 12 room with galvanized metal sheathing on all sides. Inside were four person-sized accumulators, three adult size and one child-size. Our host explained that three of them were "3-layer" accumulators and one a "5-layer" accumulator ('it's much stronger', said our host). We decided to each try the normal strength and extra-strength ones for ten minutes each.
Shortly after we sat down in our accumulators, Labashi said "I feel it already'. She was referring to a tingly feeling you get when your skin is about an inch from the metal. I too felt the sensation but since she was in the extra-strength model and I the normal-strength, I wondered if it would be more apparent in hers.
After our appointed times we compared notes. The extra-strength one did seem slightly stronger in sensation. But we could not say that it had any effect. We both thought that taking the time to sit in the accumulator daily would be similar to meditation.... the mere act of taking the time out could be beneficial.
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