Winter Views

Contributed by Larry D. Whitten


Birdseye view - This shot was taken from the stairs on the antenna tower. Looking down you can see the top of the building, the top of the Sno Cat, our home away from home, the 3 man trailer, the POL shack and our master bath, complete with one hole and a garbage bag. During the height of the winter, we could walk to the outhouse by just stepping over the chain link fence. The snow would be as high as the fence. In warmer weather or before the snow got deep enough, we would have to walk around the fence.


Looking down the mountain - This shot was also taken from the stairs on the antenna tower, looking at the last portion of the road coming up the mountain. In the background you can see parts of the logging road we used to get to the site.


Looking East towards Bridgewater, ME - This shot is looking to the east. In the distance you can see parts of the logging road we used. To get to the site, we would turn off US Hwy. 1 at Bridgewater, ME onto a black top road. The black top road stopped about 5 miles west of Bridgewater. Then we used a logging road for the next 9 miles to get to the site. It was a very rough ride during the summer, but once winter and snow arrived, it smoothed out nicely. Before the snow got too deep, we left the Sno-Cat parked at #9 Lake and would drive to the lake in a 2 seat Dodge Power Wagon, and take the Sno-Cat on up the mountain. Once the snow had gotten to deep, we would park the Sno-Cat at the edge of the woods (end of the black top road) and use the Sno-Cat to travel the entire 14 miles to the GFA site.