We've had a great trip up from Camden. On Wednesday we visited the Gardners (Trish and Lou) in Belfast. The Gardners are Dataw neighbors, but like so many Datawinians, they move north for the summer. The Gardners have been restoring a turn of the century sea captain's house overlooking the harbor. Trish is having a new studio built out which will provide commanding views of the town and harbor. After cocktails Mom, Dad, the Kings and Gardners dined at the local Lobster Pound. Dad said the lobsters were to die for! On Friday we drove up to a camp site outside of Bar Harbor. The highlight of the day for Mom and Dad was a two hour tour on Captain John's lobster boat-"Lulu." Captain John is an expert on all things lobster and we learned about lobster anatomy (did you know that a lobster has three pairs of claws), lobster fishing, and lobster moulting. Captain John hauled up some lobsters from his traps to demonstrate various aspects of the yummy crustacean. The world record lobster...40 pounds, probably 120 years old! Who knew?
On Friday, the Kings and Bells toured Acadia national forest, including a view from the top of Cadillac Mountain; the highest spot on the east coast at 1530 feet. Last night Dad cooked up some barbecue chicken and then today we took off for Nova Scotia. We arrived about 2:00 PM this PM.It was actually 3:00 PM since we lose an hour this far east.
The weather has been absolutely spectacular. Imagine 55 degrees at night; and today the temp hovered in the mid sixties. Tonight it's going to drop back into the fifties, so we all plan to suit up in our woolies.
Tomorrow, it's off to Halifax (two nights)
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