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> "Musashi" > wrote:
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>>>"Musashi" > wrote:
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>>>>When I was up in Bar Harbor three years ago
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>>>Did you get to Owl's Head?
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>>To be honest I don't remember. We spent time mostly on that island, drove
>>all around went to Bass Harbor, NE Harbor,
>>rode around in Acadia the big park. I remember visiting a few lighthouses
>>and one was fairly short so that "might" have been Owls Head.
>>Maybe. We drove back down along the Maine coast.
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> The reason I asked is that my grandfather owned an island 1/2 mile off
> Owl's Head. Deer Island, 1/4 mile by one mile, with a low water attached
> Gull Island. My stupid uncle sold it for $13,000 without ever asking me or
> my brother if we wanted to buy it! Understandable, I guess, what with taxes
> being almost $300 a year. Last time I was there was '47 or '48.

Oh man.. that's too bad. I nice little house with a wood stove, and it would
have made a nice little getaway island. I would have bought it for $13K.

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Dan