Friday
May 22, 2015
This
is going to be my first entry from Seguin Island. Larry and I arrived a little earlier than we expected.
So on Saturday May 16 we came to the
island with the Seguin “WARRIORS”, a great group of volunteers who brought
supplies needed on the island as well as all of our stuff. I was so anxious to get to the top and see
the lighthouse and even more anxious for Larry to see it for the first
time!
We
finally made it to the top, each of the volunteers went to work doing their own
special task. The electricity and
plumbing had to be turned on. Others
went and started cleaning the kitchen, while Cyndy began showing Larry how to
do the compost toilets….notice I sent Larry to learn how that works!
All
the volunteers were to be down at the cove to leave the island by noon….what,
no don’t leave yet…but there they went down the trail and disappeared. Thank God we have Cyndy Carney and Michael
Boonstra to stay with us for the next ten day to show us how to live on this
island by ourselves.
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| Larry's first night photo of Light |
It’s
been seven days and they have gone by so fast, we have worked hard daily. We did have one day that the weather was too
bad to do anything outside, so we worked getting the museum and gift shop
cleaned and organized.
Every
meal has been great, Michael and Larry taking turns preparing wonderful filling
meals that we got to enjoy with our new friends with great conversations
throughout the evenings. Then we head
out to the west side of the island to watch the sunsets…I’ve missed a few, was
tired and headed to bed early.
Today….our
first visitors! Six young kayaking students
and their instructor from SUNY at Plattsburg University showed up in our cove. They came to the top, ate their lunches and
then we gave them a tour of the museum, gift shop and lighthouse. I made my first sale! I’m not counting the stuff Cyndy or I have bought!
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| Our Seven Young Kayakers |
Tomorrow
starts my first official daily posting of our life here on Seguin Island,
Maine.
