Goonie Free Beaches, As Far As The Eye Could See.....

  I was beginning to feel like the Baudelaire children.  A Series of Unfortunate Events had befallen me for the past few days, starting with the strong wind at Swan Lake and ending with the Rhythm slipping out of the rack and almost falling off the car between Ellsworth and Bucksport.  I really needed a good paddle.
 So, fortunately, my Uncle C (you've noticed a lot of people with 'C' for a first initial, huh?  You're just going to have to trust that I know who they are) suggested I try out Donnell Pond.  I had a day free ahead of me, decided to use it.
  Both Daniel and my phone (which is as yet unnamed) assisted me in getting to Donnell Pond.  Occasionally they would argue, but both wanted me to go in the same direction taking relatively the same route.  Daniel wanted to drop me off at the head of Donnell Pond Road; my phone was gracious enough to take me all the way to the boat landing.  Yay, teamwork!  
  I started out paddling along, staying just outside the reach of people jumping off their camp docks into the water.  A breeze blew me along, and I had to park myself on some rocks in order to get some good pictures.

Camps on Donnell

A pretty awesome bench that I "parked" near

My hand, holding me on the rock.

    There was this cool little rock garden in the middle of the pond, that I hung out in for awhile.  What I love about things like that it, while I can navigate them easily, motorboats cannot.  Therefore I get a good view of the surroundings without having to worry about being run over.  

Some members of the rock garden

Another member of the rock garden

That is the direction from whence I came, and where I shall return.

    I made a quick dash to the other side of the pond so that I could see some different sights on the way back, and I had to paddle like a MADWOMAN!!  The wind hit me hard; I couldn't stop paddling or I would have been blown backwards!!  I really had to rest it out on the other side, so I pulled up beside what seemed to be a forgotten dock to rest.  Hopefully no one was too offended that I did so; I did find one creature that might have been.

Whew!!  Need a break!!

I hope I didn't bother this bug too much.  He looks like he could be worse than whatever lives in the goonies if he got angry.

   Finally,  I have attempted to leave you with a small video that was taken on my journey today.  Hopefully, if it works, there can be more!