BBQ, Bugs & Bike Bash In Sweden

It was a hike, bike and B-B-Q weekend (July15-17) at “The Nest Among the Hills.” People showed up from as far away as NJ. We climbed Pleasant Mt. and East Royce Mt. in the Whites. The dogs went along and big Doobs blazed his own trails. Gus was renamed “Tang,” and he held the group in fiendish control by issuing telepathic orders in Chinese. We swam in Kies Pond, shopped in Bridgton, and Jimmy and I took a grueling bike ride over many tough mountains. I was winded; Jimmy was not. He used his titanium special, a bike that weighs 0.4 ounces, and I rode my cast iron personnel carrier (406 pounds). It was hot and the bugs were prodigious, so much so that Marg had to leave Jimbo to fight the skeeters in Taggie on his own. She claims she “slept” in the Mercedes for a couple of hours. Everyone was a good sport about the temp and the bugs, and we had no serious fights. Bill, Laura and Elizabeth drove over from Casco for dinner on Sat. nite. Liz was eating meat--she is no longer exclusively herbaceous! Sara and Dave spent much time and energy disciplining their canine son Doobie. I'm happy to report that he has found inner peace and has agreed in principal to allow himself to be domesticated. He now sleeps with Dave (see foto), leaving Sara to occupy the dawghouse.