What a beautiful Labor Day weekend!  The water temperature was just perfect. There are two huge yachts in Linekin Bay, one could be on the TV show, "Below Deck," on Bravo! The view from the shore is sublime, to sit and enjoy the water and relax in the sun looking across to Cabbage Island and Brussel Sprout Island (ha ha, according to the captain of the Bennie Alice), Lobster Cove, Wall Point, and Linekin Bay Resort around to Bayville, Murray Hill, the East Boothbay Methodist Church spire and then all the way to Spruce Shores at Ocean Point. 

It is a shame that the Indian Trail is not currently passable. The trail is right at the edge of the shoreline and erosion has eaten away at the path along its entire length. It is no longer possible to be maintained by property owners. For generations it was a way to get from the harbor to Lobster Cove to East Boothbay. The walk from town was to cross the footbridge, climb High Street then the Cave Steps, go down the other side of the hill to Lobster Cove to connect to the Indian Trail. My grandfather, John Trask, would walk the trail from Murray Hill to visit my great grandmother, Grace Lewis Trask, at Lobster Cove; my mother, Alice Trask Fossett, would walk it from Murray Hill to the Bayville Inn and her summer job with Bessie Roberts in the 1940s. In the 1930s my father, Chester Fossett, my grandfather, Frederick Fossett, and my great-great-uncle, Lowell Newcomb, would walk from the Spruce Point end of the Indian trail to Clam Cove (the old name of Sprucewold Beach) on Sunday afternoons to dig for steamers. 

When I was in Girl Scouts and my brothers in Boy Scouts in the 1960s we would walk the trail annually in the late fall from Lobster Cove to Sprucewold Beach. The last time I walked the Indian Trail was around 2005 I believe, with the late Margaret Schwartz of Crooked Pine Road. Continuing a long tradition, every summer she would lead us from Lobster Cove Road at the bottom of Crest Avenue the length of the Sprucewold section of the Indian Trail to the Tote Road to Spruce Point Inn. Margaret provided a running commentary of the history of each cabin we passed, including the unique Indian Trail Tea Room, now owned by Joy and James Larrabbe. At the end we would meet for lunch back at the Boothbay Lobster Wharf. It would be fun to bring those traditions back. There are many pleasant walks around our neighborhood and with our challenging hills we can get a good workout, and take note of the historic log cabins and beautiful gardens along the way. 

The Sprucewold Association has sent dues notices out to members. Please make a note if you would like to volunteer for any of the association's activities like Nahanada Park Committee or the Social Committee and don’t forget to donate to the park fund or Friends of Crooked Pine Float. The Linekin Heights Association will send dues notices in November and the Sprucewold Beach Club in December.

Thank you to Carol Ortlip for painting the new picnic tables up on the Green with wood preservative. Volunteers keep this old summer colony going strong.