36 Year Dream

Day 42 – Very windy this morning but 20 degrees warmer than yesterday morning.  Changeable weather.  We’re starting early with the getting-ready-to-leave chores.  Things will need to be winterized, packed up & put away, and it’s forecast to rain for a couple of days beginning Tuesday, so we’ll need to be finished early to beat the rain.  We plan to depart Wednesday morning.  We think the girls will be glad to get home.  Lately they have been a bit cranky & at times, bratty little monsters.  Room to run around will do them some good.  But they won’t like the long drive, so we’ll be stopping several places along the way, taking a little time to get home.  It’s easier on all of us that way. 

Day 41 – An anniversary of sorts for us:  16 years ago yesterday, we found this piece of land in Maine for sale; 16 years ago tomorrow, we made an offer on the land.  Since we didn’t drink last night, tonight we will celebrate our “land anniversary” with pizza and Partridgeberry Cocktails (the drink we learned to make last year in Newfoundland).  This weekend’s pizza-fest at the RV will be our last until our return next year to build our cottage.  Now THAT will be a celebration!  

Day 40 – It rained all night & was windy; still windy this morning, 52 degrees, and by 10 a.m. the sun was out.  Today after lunch, we’re going to Eastport to get a couple of lobster rope doormats.  We’d bought one earlier in this trip for outside the RV steps.  It worked so well & is so hardy, we’re getting two more for the house in NY.  Also, we have to check at Betty’s Crabmeat to see if they’re open.  We’ll be heading back home in about a week & need to stock up on some local lobster, crab, & scallops.   

Day 39 – Windy & cloudy, 53 degrees yet again, 6:45 a.m.  Not much happening at the Harbor this morning.  The sun came out briefly today but it stayed fairly windy.  It started raining in the afternoon and continued raining steadily into the evening.  It’s certainly October now and the weather changes as winter approaches. 

Day 38 – 7 a.m. this morning it was 53 degrees, cloudy and windy.  Rob didn’t stay outside for long.  It remained windy all day, but the sun did come out some this afternoon. The temperature never got above 56 degrees.  We went into town briefly to run a few short errands.  Empty, only two cars parked on the main street.  Back at the RV, Gracie was posing on the dashboard, happily relaxing.  And that’s about it for today.

Day 37 – We are becoming convinced that the mouse has left the building.  The girls, except for an occasional sniff at the grate opening when passing by, are no longer interested.  If the mouse was still there, they would be continuing tag-team behavior.     

Day 36 – No sign of that mouse yet; the girl’s vigil has been more relaxed.  Maybe it found its way out of the RV, hopefully.  7:15 a.m. this morning, 37 degrees & sunny.  Rob had a cold but productive birding coffee time at the cliff.   

GOOD DAY SUNSHINE.

Day 35 – We woke up to full sun, YAAA!  44 degrees though, but Rob spent a lot of time on the cliff with his coffee; he said there was lots going on at low tide – a great blue heron fishing, sandpiper-like birds tromping around in the mud, and two sea gulls eating a crab.  We’ll see if it’s warm enough for kayaking when the tide comes back in.    

NEVER A DULL MOMENT IF YOU ARE A CAT.

Day 34 – What a difference a day makes, again.  Dense fog this morning, lasted all day, not a bit of sun.  57 degrees all day.  Yawn.  We caught up with some more paperwork, took care of some more business, read our books, and again, nothing much happening.  As always, the lobster boats go out & come back later with the day’s haul.  Tomorrow is another day though; maybe if the weather is nice, we’ll kayak out in the Harbor.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RON!  TAKE SOME TIME TO ENJOY!

Day 33 – Hey, Ron.  It’s a big one for you – enjoy your upcoming weekend!