If you were following Maine weather in January, you know that on the coast we were hit with two storms of a lifetime…and the aftermath left us with a demolished seawall, great swaths of debris and the “opportunity” to rebuild with a better understanding of climate change.
The first storm tore the seawall to shreds but the second storm that was coming just two days later frightened us even more because without the seawall, how do we protect all of the front row sites? (not to mention the junipers & roses we’ve been tending for 20 years).
Literally, imagine the calvary coming to our aid. At day break after the storm, wonderful men started coming down the driveway with heavy machinery to move whatever they could to protect the ground from storm 2.
They worked into the night by head lamps and very long story short, our land was saved on both the RV side and the tenting side of the park. Once the second storm had passed, these same knights on white horses drove 300+ tons of rock and gravel down to the campground’s edge…and we hope that our shoreline is safe for another generation.
You know, when they say judge me after you’ve “walked a mile in my shoes?” This storm has taught us both to be more empathetic when we see images of overwhelming destruction on Social Media and TV.
These storms were bad and they certainly walloped our savings account, but in the end it was just a little extra work. In the bigger picture they gifted us with the tiniest bit of insight into what it must feel like when you see your home and business destroyed by forces you have no control over like war and invasion. Please join us as we do everything in our power that others may know peace again soon.
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