A few weekends ago; Allyssia, Roland, and I went on an adventure! We headed out out in the morning bound for Bradley, Maine to the
Maine Forest and Logging Museum.
Since this is their logging show I like to bring my Quadractor with me because it is an odd logging machine. Now a bit about the museum, they are completely without power and have a huge collection of logging and forestry related machines set up and operating. The main attraction they have is the Lombard Log hauler. The Lombard is a tracked steam powered machine used for hauling massive sleds full of logs.
I somehow managed to get to steer the Lombard on one of the many trips around the museum grounds. The steering is not easy and is set at an uncomfortable angle making it even harder to steer.
Another area that I got to help in was getting the wooden Bateau out of the water.
It was not just the two of us hauling it out of the water, we had it hooked to a truck, we were just guiding it into the shed. The Bateau would have been used during the log driving days to help the river drivers to guide the logs down the river. Everything about this museum is amazing, the best part in my opinion is the water powered sawmill.
Here is a view of the sawmill from the covered bridge that crosses the stream that powers the mill. This mill is in amazing shape and they even saw wood with it during the show. The best tasting part of the day has to be the bean hole, beans. the volunteers make homemade bean hole, beans with reflector oven biscuits which are amazing.
We had ours siting on the lawn picnic style while Roland enjoyed laying in the warm shade. There is so much more to the museum than what I have showed and it is worth it for everyone to check it out. They are a hidden gem here in Maine that more people should know about and visit. Anybody wanting more info can contact them on their Facebook page.
Maine Forest and Logging Museum
Stay tuned and check back for more fun times like our weekend at the Logging Museum.
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