The quad at Bates College was busy Wednesday afternoon as students played, rested and studied on an unusually mild afternoon on the Lewiston campus. Tatum Holley, left, was studying for a psychology as her friend Sofia Jorgenson, right was taking a break from reading for her anthropology class.

Randy Springer fishes for Northern Pike Wednesday morning on the Androscoggin River in Turner from his pedal/paddle kayak, surrounded by peaking foliage. "There is a kinda cult like culture with people who fish from kayaks these days. It's a bit weird and I'm a little weird so that's probably why I'm fishing for pike. That and they put up a really good fight." he said as he shoved off from the Turner Boat Launch.

A panoramic aerial view of the swolen Androscoggin River as water cascades over Great Falls between Lewiston and Auburn after Friday's rains reach the river and head towards the ocean. Visit sunjournal.com to watch a short video of the spectacle.