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Barrons in Maine

Hi all at Good Shepherd!

We are on our usual summer jaunt to Prospect Harbor, Maine, where we've been coming for about 50 years!

We started visiting Jack's parents at first when in college and then put up our own place on a part of the land Jack and his brothers inherited when his parents died, about 20 years ago.

This is the little Episcopal summer chapel in Winter Harbor, about 15 minutes from our house.  It's called St. Christopher's By the Sea and is only open for just July and August every year.

The two pictures following it tell how it got its name - beautiful views just down the road.

More photos to come.

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