Saturday August 8, 2015
63 degrees w/3 mph winds
Day 86
Happy Birthday to our granddaughter Zoe
Grace….the Big 3!
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| Zoe when they came in July to Seguin |
It’s quiet this morning. I woke early and couldn’t get back to sleep,
so I started my morning at 6 am. Larry
got to sleep in a little till 8 am…I got some good Bible reading in. Sent a Happy Birthday wish to Zoe via
facebook and then sent another “note” to a wonderful young man Daniel Sweaza
who has just moved from Florida to Canada as a minister!
Coffee and my Bible…what a way to start the
morning….then we had Breakfast Burritos.
It’s Saturday and Ethan doesn’t bring a tour
group out today. We will have several
individual boaters coming to see us….well to see Seguin and all that it has to
offer.
There is suppose to be a boat race from Portland/
Casco Bay around Monhegan Island and back…this is in our front yard…or should I
say our water front! So as I was looking the info up it said:
81st Annual Monhegan Island Race
59th Annual Manana Trophy Race
31st Annual Seguin Island Trophy Race
What…there is a Seguin Race today…I’ll try to
find out more and share what I find out!!
I don’t speak maritime so what I read about the
race made no sense to this Texan…but I will be watching and taking many photos
and will report the WINNER of the Seguin Island Race. Most folks didn’t know what we were talking
about but one lady did, she looked on line and said they were suppose to start
about 10 am, but the winds or the lack there of wasn’t going to make it easy
for sailboats.
Not sure if I shared this before…but when I
begin telling folks about Seguin…
1)
Seguin
is the “Second Oldest” Lighthouse in
Maine…with Portland Head being the First
2)
Seguin
is at the “Highest Elevation” in Maine…not the tallest tower, but the Highest
Elevated Tower Light
3)
And
now I have added that Seguin is the “First Island Lighthouse” (This was made
known to me after we visited Portland Head Lighthouse on Wed, it is on shore)
Our Texan guest, Ted and Trayce have gone ashore
to see all the beautiful sites of Maine and this morning they are Whale
Watching. We would love to have gone and
shared this moment with them, but we have our duty and we are making “our
plans” to see this great state “after” our time here on Seguin. I’m trying not to rush it, I want to soak and
bask in the time I have left. The day
after they arrived, they were already trying to see if they could extend their
time here. You come to Maine, you fall
in love with Maine!
Got more overnight guest coming the early part
of next week, so I don’t think I will “rush” to get up there today and
clean.
Guest came all through the day, as one group
would start down, the next group would just be coming. Some had been here while several others had
never been. Around 5:15 our last couple
who are going to spend the night in the cove headed down. Invited them back up to watch the sunset!
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| Visitors enjoying the rock in my front yard |
One visitor was looking at my garden and said I
had some cilantro growing…I knew the keepers grew some last year…Larry will be
thrilled to learn this!
We went and finished mowing, which we started
this morning. The flag is laying
straight down…no wind…with that said I saw NO sailboat race today…I saw a few,
maybe 8 sailboats go by, but I imagined about 30 to 50 sailboats. I was really looking forward to seeing this
like a flock of geese traveling.
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| Visitors having a picnic |
Lunch….had one group
come up and they wanted to have their picnic first before the tours….that was
great so we ran in and got us a couple of sandwiches made and rested for about
15 min…then back to work!
So many visitors are
thrilled at the idea of becoming a member and spending the night. Some are so excited they act like it’s going
to be next week. I give them the paperwork
and tell them to call the office and they will set them up.
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| Seguin Island |
Today has not been hard,
but has been constant…a little tired!
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| Boat in our front pond |
