Awake: 5:38am Temp 54 sleep 6+38 partly sunny overnight @
Boothbay, Maine.
We were undecided as to what to have for breakfast this morning….then our
doorbell rang: It’s Gary! He’s carrying a plate of blueberry pancakes with
bacon & blueberry syrup. I watched them making that purchase yesterday
wondering silently how they would taste. About 10 min later, I found out
they tasted pretty darn good. What a nice, friendly, neighborly gesture.
After I wash the dishes from that treat, Kathy returns their plate & syrup
with 4 healthy Kathy muffins.
Ever since we’ve arrived @ this campground, the Portland Press Herald
newspaper has been delivered to our door daily. However, this morning no
newspaper; we learned that the paper delivery guy has gone south for the
winter so Kathy walked to the office & brought back today’s paper.
@ 12:30pm we board our chartered bus for downtown Boothbay, pier # 1. I
bring my hat & camera. We all climb aboard the boat “Island Lady” & choose
either the upstairs open seating or the enclosed lower seating. The
weather cooperates nicely so a lot of us choose the topside seating for a
better view & picture taking. Our Captain does a great job of narrating
what we see or are about to see along the way. i.e. old lighthouses still
in service but now automated; dozens of harbor seals on the rocks; snug
coves, summer cottages & colonies, hundreds of lobster trap buoys that the
Captain had to constantly dodge along the way, etc. It was a very
interesting, educational & scenic 2 hr tour. We were all very impressed.
We are bussed back to our campground by 3:30.
Kathy & I take a 30 min walk around the campground for exercise before
touring Bruno & Mona’s new 2007 Newell Coach which was very nice.
Next, the 5:00pm social hr gathering; during this casual time, not only
are we offered fresh Glidden Oysters on the half shell with a choice of
sauce, but also Barbara the Oyster Lady gives us a very elaborate &
technical lecture on growing these oysters in Maine. She has been in the
business for 19 yrs & still strives to grow the perfect cultured oyster.
Her yearly shipping weight is some 40 tons.
6:30 catered dinner: Breaded veal, chicken parmesan, risotto, steamed
asparagus, cheese ravioli with marinara sauce. For dessert: Italian cream
cake.
Later we have live entertainment from Mike Cabot: an impressionist,
jokester; a very funny guy. He had us in stitches when getting James, Don,
Bobbie & Gary up front to do their impression of “Elvis.” It was a good
jovial wrap-up of our 4 day Newell rally in Maine.
Satellite movie: “The Fountain Head” with Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal,
Raymond Massey, Kent Smith, etc. An idealistic architect’s clash with
compromises of society. 1949. I read this novel during high school &
wanted to see how Hollywood portrayed the story. The book was better.
Today’s high=66 Lights out: 10:32pm
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