What Can You Really See?

The View from Mt. Batte, Camden, Maine 

and Curtis Lighthouse, found just on the

backside of the island on mid-page left.

What you can really see--of course--depends on where you are and the direction of where you are looking. Look at the island in the top picture, left side. Now go directly across the center of the picture to the small peninsula that sticks out in the water.  If you walk out there to the tip, you can see the Curtis Island Lighthouse guarding the mouth of Camden Harbor. No big deal--unless you happen to be in a fog.  And then, you really look for it and listen for its horn.  What we see also depends on what we are trying to see. How many people climb the summit of Mt. Batte, behold the great view, but don't know the lighthouse is even there. Many of the best things in life can be seen only after many trips over the same terrain--and by then, we know what to look for.