AEE Northeast Regional Conference

Thursday, April 22, 2010

We left Muscongus Bay and headed to the AEE Northeast Conference in Nobleboro about 25 minutes away. We were staying at Camp Kieve, a camp for boys, or as I heard it, wealthy boys in the political, lobbyist, legal track. The leave your shoes at the door, light knotty pine, cathedral ceiling cabins with solid bunks and attached cubbies, were an initial indicator of money. I was awarded a scholarship from AEE which is the only way I got there. . . the plastic bill has come in and supposedly the check's in the mail.

Friday was pre-conference workshops that neither Kristi nor I had signed up for. Anna was doing service crew and Beth was in meetings. Kristi and I drove out to Pemaquid Point for the afternoon. What a treat to climb the rocks, investigate tidal pools with their own eco systems, take pictures, and watch the tide come in all afternoon. "Dear Mark" became my call every time the surf crashed in as I had expected on the sea kayak cert trip. Sweet down time and fun to spend time with Kristi.

Back at the conference we went to varied workshops and went out for dinner and a beer at the Publick House. I had hoped to find more networking for jobs than I did but got to talk with a couple of women, including Laurie Frank the keynote. Lance Lee was the recipient of the Josh Miner Dialogue award and unfortunately his interview didn't go so well. I think the interviewer had an agenda that had little to do with an audience getting to know Lance Lee more intimately and recording his story for the JMD series.

We headed out on Sunday and discovered that Red's Eats was indeed open. I got my lobster roll!