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Were visiting the USA state of Maine today for covered bridges, a waterfall and a lighthouse. If there is any other country you would like to see these three things or something else in, please let me know, I will be more than glad to check them out and post them.

⛲️RobyVille Bridge crosses the Kenduskeag Stream in the town of Corinth, Maine. It is the oldest surviving example of a long truss covered bridge in the state. Built in 1876, this Howe truss bridge is one of the state's few surviving 19th-century covered bridges. It carries Covered Bridge Road across Kenduskeag Stream in the southern part of the rural community. Kenduskeag Stream flows southeast across the rural town of Corinth en route to the Penobscot River at Bangor. It is a single-span structure 76 feet (23 m) long, with a portal clearance of 14 feet (4.3 m) and a total structure height of 16 feet (4.9 m). It is set on abutments fashioned out of large rough-cut granite blocks; the southern abutment has been reinforced in the 20th century with concrete. The bridge's walls are clad in wooden shingles, and its roof is covered in asphalt shingles. The bridge is open to traffic, and received major rehabilitation in 1984.

⛲️Sunday River Bridge is a Paddleford truss bridge spanning the Sunday River in western Newry, Maine. It is located northeast of the Sunday River Ski Resort. Built in 1872, it is one of Maine's few surviving 19th-century covered bridges. It is 100 feet (30 m) long and 20 feet (6.1 m) wide, with a total height of 22 feet (6.7 m), and rests on cut granite abutments. Its internal clearance is 14 feet (4.3 m) in height and 17 feet (5.2 m) in width. The trusses consist of a series of crossed braces between King posts. It has an extended gable roof clad in wood shingles. The sides are finished in vertical boarding for about half their height, and the ends are boarded from the gable down to the tops of the portals. The bridge was bypassed by a realignment of Sunday River Road in 1955, and is now open to pedestrian traffic.

Waterfall 💦Screw Auger Falls of Grafton Notch, not to be confused with the Screw Auger Falls of Gulf Hagas Brook, also located in Maine. The Falls is a 25-foot plunge over the lip of a broad granite ledge into a gorge. Below the main plunge, the Bear River travels through a curvaceous gorge, dropping an additional thirty feet in a series of cascades past giant potholes, shallow pools and grottoes. There is also a small natural arch here, a rarity for New England. Wooden fencing marks the gorge walls with stone steps to an upper wading area. If you have several more hours available, there are other great natural attractions within Grafton Notch State Park, including a moderate to difficult hike to Table Rock and a moderate trail to more falls and pools at Step Falls.

Lighthouses ⛲️Portland Breakwater Light (also called Bug Light) is a small lighthouse in South Portland, Maine. The lighthouse was first built in 1855, as a wooden structure, but the breakwater was extended and a new lighthouse was constructed at the end of 1875. The new lighthouse was made of curved cast-iron plates whose seams are disguised by six decorative Corinthian columns. Due to slowly being absorbed by the New England Shipbuilding Corporation the light was decommissioned in 1943. The light was fully restored in 1989 and was reactivated in 2002. It appears as a private aid to navigation in the US Coast Guard Light List as South Portland Breakwater Light. Today a park named after the lighthouse, Bug Light Park, allows visitors to view the Portland Breakwater Light up close, while memorializing the shipbuilding efforts of World War II.

National Themes For August 27: National Pots De Creme Day, and National Just Because Day.

🎗National Pots De Creme Day! This French dessert is a loose French custard dating back to the 17th century. Its name means “pot of custard” or “pot of creme” which also refers to the white porcelain cups in which the dessert is traditionally served. Pot de creme is made by combining eggs, egg yolks, cream, milk and typically either vanilla or chocolate flavoring. The mixture is baked in the porcelain cups in a water bath at a low temperature.

🎗National Just Because Day! Feel free to celebrate this day any way you choose. Just because! Every day we all do things that are expected or required of us or because we have to. Well, on National Just Because Day, that does not apply. This day is a chance to do something without rhyme or reason.

I'll pass on the Pots De Creme. No rhyme or reason I celebrate more days than not.SnOL! Ice cream over popsicles is yummier (It works for me!)!

Warm 80°F hugs!🐶🐶💖🌥