On the Monday morning 25th August the men were up early. Brec to get breakfast from Dunkin Doughnuts, Alan to make coffee. After breakfast they packed, cleaned up and loaded the truck. Then went and said their farewells to all those still on the Lane.
The drive to Maine was largely uneventful and not worthy of mention, except that the two human friends shared the driving.
We all arrived around 18:00 hrs. Sandy and her cousin Mardis were pleased to see us.
We were now living in a beautiful old house, built in the 1800s perched on a small cliff overlooking the Sea.
The view were fabulous. And we occupied a bed room with a large bay window overlooking the bay.
It was foggy on arrival so the views only really came to light in the morning.
We shared the room with a Gruffalo and Tweety Pie!
Mardis, whom we had met years before when we visited an American Indian Pow Wow which was also known as a Schemitzun, made us all a lobster dinner. Sandy did admit when here on Bailey Island they ate lobster every night! To think years ago Lobster, Oysters and Clams were a poor mans meal, today certainly in Europe only the rich can fund it to eat. Suitably fed the humans sat and chatted and read before retiring to bed.
The views from our window in the morning were stunning.
As were they from the rear porch where Alan found Brec, Sandy and Mardis. Needless to say Brec was sketching.
After breakfast Shopping was on the agenda. Brec went to visit a school friend and Mardis took the other two to Freeport’s and LL Bean. The shopping was largely disappointing as our BBF did not find the trousers he was looking for and indeed bought very little. The humans had a light lunch and returned to the house on the hill.
The dawn came up like thunder….. across the Bay.
Mardis took Alan to Land’s End, the very end of the island, but the souvenir shop there was shut.
But there is a fine statue of a Lobsterman there. They returned to collect Brec and then go to the Giants’ Steps.
The rock formation is such that there are large ledges that look like steps going down to the sea.
The view over the Bay were of course spectacular.
Back at the house our male friends made their farewell to Mardis and Sandy then turned the truck for home and Milford. Again they shared the driving and listened to the book of Al Pacino’s life. They were so taken with it that they watched the Godfather film the following night of arrival. They are now getting ready to set sail for a few days. Where the winds will take them and us we will report in the next Blog.
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