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« Reply #375 on: July 03, 2015, 02:31:28 PM »
 A moose head mounted inside the restaurant where we ate dinner.


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« Reply #376 on: July 03, 2015, 02:31:57 PM »
Our tour director was not sure how the custom originated of attaching locks to this fence.




The tradition started I think in Paris, where two people in love would seal the lock on a fence and throw the key in the water, to show that the love bond would never be broken.

But the city of Paris took a dim view of this practice, which was doing damage to the bridge due to the weight of the hundreds of locks, removed them and won't permit people to do it anymore.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_lock

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/12/world/europe/paris-and-lovers-look-to-move-on-after-breakup-with-bridges-locks.html?_r=0

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« Reply #377 on: July 03, 2015, 02:32:19 PM »
Great pictures, Debbie, looks like a very enjoyable trip!

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« Reply #378 on: July 03, 2015, 02:32:25 PM »
The hotel faces west and advertises its sunset views.


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« Reply #379 on: July 03, 2015, 02:32:50 PM »
Interesting photos. In 2010 I stayed with a friend in Maine in the town of Damariscotta.  She drove me around Maine and one lighthouse we visited looks to be the Burnt Island lighthouse. I did not write down it's name


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« Reply #380 on: July 03, 2015, 02:33:57 PM »
The tradition started I think in Paris, where two people in love would seal the lock on a fence and throw the key in the water, to show that the love bond would never be broken.

But the city of Paris took a dim view of this practice, which was doing damage to the bridge due to the weight of the hundreds of locks, removed them and won't permit people to do it anymore.

Ah, good to have that information, Fritz.  I just knew there had to be a story behind it.
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« Reply #381 on: July 03, 2015, 02:35:19 PM »
Great pictures, Debbie, looks like a very enjoyable trip!



Thanks, Fritz.  Enjoyable, yes, and relaxing despite the 5:30 AM wake-up calls.    :D
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« Reply #382 on: July 03, 2015, 02:37:33 PM »
Thanks, Chuck!  It was an interesting concept, that bridge.

This type of bridge is commonly found down in LA, though we have lift bridges too.

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« Reply #383 on: July 03, 2015, 02:39:31 PM »
Interesting photos. In 2010 I stayed with a friend in Maine in the town of Damariscotta.  She drove me around Maine and one lighthouse we visited looks to be the Burnt Island lighthouse. I did not write down it's name


Glad you like the photos, Brian.

I went back and looked at the Burnt Island lighthouse and its shape is similar, although it seems to have red glass in the window panes of the tower itself now.  It's hard to tell.  There are so many lighthouses in Maine!
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« Reply #384 on: July 03, 2015, 02:40:13 PM »
Yes it is a real problem in Paris - has moved to other bridges and very hard to stop and as Fritz says, it is damaging the bridges. They have had to remove 1 million locks weighing 45 tons

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« Reply #385 on: July 03, 2015, 02:40:49 PM »
Yes it is a real problem in Paris - has moved to other bridges and very hard to stop and as Fritz says, it is damaging the bridges. They have had to remove 1 million locks weighing 45 tons

Wow! I hadn't realized it was that many!

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« Reply #386 on: July 03, 2015, 02:41:58 PM »
Yes it is a real problem in Paris - has moved to other bridges and very hard to stop and as Fritz says, it is damaging the bridges. They have had to remove 1 million locks weighing 45 tons

Wow!  45 tons!
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« Reply #387 on: July 03, 2015, 02:43:25 PM »
This type of bridge is commonly found down in LA, though we have lift bridges too.



When you say LA I keep having to remember you mean Louisiana, not Los Angeles.   ;)   ;D

Makes sense in Louisiana.
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« Reply #388 on: July 03, 2015, 02:45:52 PM »
So the Boothbay Harbor Inn advertised its sunset views, and we got these fearsome-looking clouds right before sunset Monday night.


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« Reply #389 on: July 03, 2015, 02:47:06 PM »
A more typical sunset a little later that same night.


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