Being editor of a newsletter gives one literary
license…or at least that’s what I purport. Here are some random
thoughts and insights which I hope you’ll chew on and enjoy.
It’s been a long winter and a wet spring. Ice-out this
year was April 17, the day the last chunks of black ice dropped out of
sight. Winter activities on the lake are great fun…there’s ice-fishing,
cross-country skiing, skating, snow-mobiling and snowman building.
Families come from near and far to experience Maine winters…skiing the
western Maine mountains is especially exhilarating. Visit next year to
experience the serenity of winter on Tripp Lake.
Mud season (Spring to the rest of the world) held on
and on …our basement was flooded for weeks after ice-out. That and
heavy rains which followed, gave us the latest camp opening in decades.
However, this winter brought us a special joy. Our
son and his family returned to Maine from Maui and have settled on a
farm in Cumberland County. Our days of vacationing in Maui are over,
but closer is better. All our kids and grandkids are now on the eastern
seaboard.
The Tripp Lake Long-Range Watershed Management Plan,
completed last year, is something every person in the watershed should
read. It’s time well spent for it contains a wealth of information
about our area. Beautiful, colored geologic maps paint the pages along
with a brief history of Tripp Lake. Most importantly, the booklet lists
issues and concerns which are important to all our residents, and which
should be addressed in the near future. Approximate costs for work are
noted and agencies within the County which offer help are also listed.
This is a Plan for the future of Tripp Lake. Without implementation,
all our hard work will have been for naught. If you’d like a copy, call
Babs or Linda . They’ll also be distributed at the Annual meeting. Read
the material and decide what you’d like to do to help. Please let us
know.
