Wednesday
June 3, 2015
We were
down in the cove @ 6:45 (before I recorded the temp or wind speed). The sun was shining and the wind was easy.
Going to be a beautiful day!
Waiting
on our dear Captain Ethan for our boat ride on the Guppy! Larry and I have working on our “plan” for “shore
time”. We want to make the most of our
time and not be wasteful of even a minute.
So with that said, we did pretty good!
Even met Ethan a little early to get back to my island….remember it’s
mine this summer, I’m a little possessive!
Naturally I’ll share! So come see
us and let me show you the beauty that his beautiful island has to show
you! Looking for a bunch of Texans and Oklahomans’
to come up!
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| Our first of many Wednesday Warriors |
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| Seguin at our backs |
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| Passing my first home...Pond Island Light |
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| Beautiful Coastal Living |
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| View to our left as we come into Fort Popham...see the old USCG Station on the far left |
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| USCG Station |
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| Fort Popham...we still have to go around it to the other side to dock |
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| Popham Community Church where we park |
After a
brief stop at Cyndy’s house to fill up our water jugs and change into some dry
clothes. We are getting pretty good at
getting in the dingy, but the waves still get us from the knees down.
We stopped for breakfast…remember I have a
list and it’s on the list to be cked off.
Breakfast at Winnegance…but no “fiddle heads” today.
Did all
our laundry on Friday, so that’s a stop we don’t need to make. We’ve decided to do laundry every other week…that
gives us two extra hours to do other things…like a pedicure!! Rodgers to get a valve-stem remover and new
valve stems and some paint for some future projects. To the office for more inventory and mail. We got to see the students from Manhatten College out of New York. They had been "clam digging" that morning and were doing a little shopping before they headed back to school. A great group of kids, thankful we got to visit them again. They asked about Bandit, guess he made an impression.
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| Captain Ethan and the Guppy |
We
decided to go visit someplace we hadn’t been..so we headed out of Bath to
Boothbay Harbor, about 20 miles. I
remember coming here when my siblings and I brought our mother in 2008. That’s when I found out about being a “keeper”. Larry had no chance after that visit!
We walked
around and I bought some starfish to decorate our home with. Looked at some beautiful OLD homes: regal,
strong and the architecture is so fascinating. They are still standing tall and
proud along the shores.
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| This is Fred the Sea Gull, he was waiting to greet us to shore! |
Back to
Bath to get our groceries and head back to the dock for our trip home.
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| Lunch at Percy's....took video of their lobster for my grandkids! |
We stopped at Percy’s to eat…me: Fish
sandwich and sweet potato fries, Larry: cheeseburger and onion rings. We got to visit with two couples that weren’t
from around here. Got to share my story
and invited them to the island. They had
never heard of Seguin. Percy had a
large beautiful colored drawing by Bev…I’ll get her last name next trip…anyway,
I was able to show them Seguin.
Historical
Fact
1986
Locals became interested and wanted to maintain and preserve Seguin
Island. Granted a lifetime lease from
the federal government, on the 200th
Anniversary of the Lighthouse Service the “Friends of Seguin Island Light
Station”….F.O.S.I.L. …..became active as a non-profit organization.
1989 was
spent renovating in order to ready the island for caretakers for the summer of
1990. East side of the dwelling was made into the future Gift Shop, Museum and Guest
Quarter upstairs for members.
1993
Museum was opened
1995
Ownership of the island was granted to them.
This group of volunteers
work tirelessly around the year to preserve, restore, provide accurate
historical information and maintain this historical light station!
· To carry
out programs of research and education to understand it’s historic past.
· To encourage
persons to visit the lighthouse and the island.
· To promote
Seguin Lighthouse’s relevance to navigational aid.
Consider:
Ø Becoming a Member
Ø Volunteering
Ø Donating
Ø Visiting the Gift Shop
Ø Visiting the Web Site www.seguinisland.org
Mission –
to distinguish Seguin Island Light Station as part of Maine’s heritage,
fostering connections with our area’s history for generations to come!
My
History
When we
were here in 1960-61 there were three “Indian” generators. Diesel would sometime freeze! They brought the electricity to the island in
1961 towards the end of our time here.
Yesterday,
Ken, one of our Wednesday Warriors…more about them later….found a exposed piece
of the electrical line down in the cove.
I got to call and talk to a wonderful young USCG lady, Julienne, and
tried to explain what the issue was and why they needed to come check it
out. I took pictures, which I’m
impressed with myself that I thought to do this. The kids back at work have showed me this
tactic of taking photos of any and everything to get the info for or to show
someone an issue…documentation for any and everything!
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| Electrical cable from the mainland on our cove |
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| Albert the Harp Seal...weighing about 700 lbs |
Ethan saw a Harp Seal along the shore of a little island. I was able to get a photo. He said there aren't many out here anymore. Wondering if this is what my momma said was a walrus? I've named him Albert! We got to
shore and up the hill. Exhausted, but
better than last week, so maybe by the end of our time here on the island we
might be running up full of energy. OK,
maybe not, but it has to get better. We
marveled at all that the WW (Wednesday Warriors) had done. I’ll talk more about that tonight in my blog
for today with photos!!
Remember
exhausted…no dinner, shower and bed!
I had
only taken 327 photos yesterday, so it was hard to find only a few to share
with you. I’m going to start with our
morning, the WW, our trip to shore and what we see as we leave the island and
get Fort Popham beach, the church that allows us to use their parking lot to
leave our truck and more. Enjoy!
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| Both of "my" islands: Pond in the front and Seguin in the back |
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| Almost home! |
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| WW ready to go home after a long, very eventful day of WORK! |
