Sunday, May 28, 2006

More from Mt Desert Island

Amended 5/29/06 (originally posted 5/28/06)

We spent most of the day at or near the campground. We took a walk down to the Bass harbor Lighthouse and sat on the rocks for awhile, watched several lobster boats go by. Lois and Jim went for a drive. It was a beautiful day.

A short while after Lois and Jim got back John Stanley stopped by to lead us out to his place for a lobster feed. Meeting John has been part of the genealogy work Lois and Carol have been doing. - John’s grand-father (Johan Alfrid) and Carol and Lois' grand-father (Hjalmar Gustaf) were brothers. Carol and Lois and John’s mother, Anna, are first cousins, so they are 2nd cousins. - Got that? Their will be a quiz. Thank you Lois for the correct connections.

Once we arrived at his and his wife Linda’s house, he, Lois and Carol went through a bunch of old photos he has. Later we went over to the neighbors, Inga and Lester. Inga is a German South African from Cape Town and Lester is German. They, John and Linda are terrific hosts and kept up a very lively conversation, great fun and a great evening.

Carol eating her first lobster, she got the hang of it real fast.

Linda, John and Baxter

Inga and Lester

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