Dan's Tackle Box

Maine

Waiting for the ferry to Peaks Island, Portland
Maine

Ferry landing. I heard the adjacent dock is a fine place to fish.
Maine

We rented golf carts form Mike's Carts
Maine

Maine

Maine

Battery Steele trailhead
Maine

Beavers have dammed up the area, and there is a nearby manmade moat that protected Battery Steele
Maine

The 300 foot long Battery Steele fortress, built in 1942, is the longest battery in the United States. It took close to 200 men to operate. Then it housed two Mark II battleship guns, the heaviest in the naval artillery at the time. These guns were capable of firing 16 inch diameter, 2000 pound shells, 25 miles away. A nearby plotting room was equipt with an early mechanical computer used to triangulate enemy position. Mines, nets, underwater microphones, and magnetic submarine detection equipment were deployed in Casco Bay to defend against German uboats. The German submarine U853 snuck through though and sunk the USS Eagle in 1945.
Maine

Gun in place
Maine

The Mark II gun
Maine

Emplacement and entrance
Maine

There is a lot of graffiti, some of it impressive
Maine

Maine

Inside the battery
Maine

There are a few dark, haunting rooms deep inside. Among some of the interesting items we found were a burned out mattress, a cross country ski, desk, and an open underground hatch that we were way too scared to go in.
Maine

Peaks Island cairns timelapse

Maine

Visiting the town of Cape Elizabeth
Maine

Portland Head Light is also known as Cape Elizabeth Lighthouse
Maine

There is a clifftop walkway called Marginal Way at Perkins Cove in Ogunquit
Maine

Along Marginal Way
Maine

One day it rained which is supposed to be good for fishing, I thought. Here is Perkins Cove and its drawbridge. I quickly fished a few docks this weekend but didn't catch anything.
Maine

5:22am sunrise at Wells Harbor
Maine

Webhannet River in Wells
Maine

Funtown in Saco
Maine

Breakfast at The Egg & I restaurant in Ogunquit
Maine