Labor Day Weekend Wrap Up

Saturday evening we made it over to John and Linda's and after a visit at their neighbors, Lester and Inga's, John steamed up a large pail of lobsters, added in some clams and finished the job by throwing in some corn on the cob. Sad to say I was more concerned with digging in to eat that again I forgot to take a picture of the plateful I began with. Now I've never been much of a lobster eater but I worked my way through two of them and at the behest of John I ate a third. I'm getting pretty good at cracking them open, my mother would be proud of me after all these years. I'd never touch a lobster when I was a kid. As a matter of fact I wish we had brought her along as she loves this stuff. Inga made a blueberry pie with a crumble crust though as a vivid tennis fan once it was dessert time she was drawn away to the TV to see the Andy Roddick match at the US Open.

Jim taking care of business with his lobster, Inga across from him enjoying her lobster.

The next morning, Sunday, Lois, Carol and I took our bikes to the Carriage Roads at Acadia National Park. A lot of different routes to choose from around the hills, small mountains, ponds and lakes of the Park. We rode for over three hours and ate our lunch on the shore of one of the ponds.

The intrepid cycling sisters.

One of the many views we passed by.

The Carriage Roads actually have some carriages on them.

Here we passed a Blue Heron going about the business of acquiring it's lunch.

Modeling a classic dome helmet. When it comes to setting trends I'm all over it!


This is a view from along Route 108 in the village of Somesville.

After a bit of a break back at the campsite we prepared for a potluck picnic/cookout with John and Linda, John's sister Nancy and her husband Sherman at a community park overlooking Seal Cove where we ate a lot again. The old diet took a hit this weekend. Linda made a large batch of crabmeat salad, John cooked up burgers he brought. Lois had shrimp and the some brats that Carol and I had. Nancy provided another variation of blueberry pie that was equally as delicious as the one Inga had made the night before.

Here's the group viewed from the rocky shore of Seal Cove.



Views of Seal Cove:

After the sunset on the cove we called it a night and returned to the campground.

We had egg and bacon sandwiches for breakfast with Lois and Jim then packed up and headed home. The weekend went by in a blur, great weather and fun things to do in a short two full days there. It never is boring being at Mt Desert Island.

Once home and unpacked I picked up Patches and E'owyn from the kennel - they were real happy to be back in the comforts of home.