Sunday August 9, 2015
63 degrees w/ 13 mph winds
Day 87
It feels cooler this morning than usual, like
when we first arrived. The winds are
adding a crispness to the air. The clouds are covering the sky and it looks
like it is going to be a grey day.
Hopefully the sun will burn through and it will be clear and sunny for
the afternoon. These winds are just what
the sailors are looking for to finish out the Monhegan race today.
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| Ethan bringing a group of visitors |
Woke to the Coast Guard radio was going off with
a “PonPon PonPon”…meaning LISTEN! There
was a vessel taking on water. The vessel
was “September Morn”, a 40 foot sloop.
We could only hear one side of the conversation. The young USCG lady manning the radio was
very clear spoken in getting the information she needs to assess the situation,
the best we have heard since we have been here.
She made comments to them making sure all had life vest on, were there
any children, about how many gallons were they taking on, was there anyone ill
or needing additional assistance. Wish
we could hear the vessel that was in distress, that way we would know a little
more about the situation. Asking if they
can see any other vessels around them?
We have begun to notice a few different flying
creatures that weren’t here when we arrived.
We have seen humming birds, about six large red wing Black Birds were in
a tree outside our kitchen door last night, they were squawking at something, guessing
the sea gulls. We have also begun to see
dragon flies.
Last night we could see several sailboats out
our bedroom window, we guessed they were part of the race from yesterday, they almost have to be because we don’t see
many vessels out at night. All were on a
straight line towards Portland.
Visitors started arriving, the very first group
of 4 was ahead of the rest, I told them Larry would be up in a moment to go to
the tower, that they could come and see the museum, they mumbled a little about
the others being so far behind, so I told them just a moment and let me grab my
shoes and we would go up. Then I couldn’t
find them. Another couple came up and I
told them I was fixin to go up were they interested…yes. I looked for the other group, I walked around
the tower calling to them, the other couple said that they had already gone up…WHAT,
they went up with a sign right there saying don’t go without a caretaker. I quickly ran up the stairs and found them “up
in the lens area”. I’m not sure what I
said, it was nice, but I informed them that they were not to go up there at
all, that NO ONE was allowed up there.
They gave their excuses. I
grabbed the chained sign that went across the stairs keeping folks from going
on up and said, “this sign that you moved said NO ONE IS ALLOWED”. This made me so angry that something that we
are trying to protect, blatantly went against the rules and could have damaged
our Fresnel Lens. Again, I was nice….I
didn’t say what I was thinking! I
continued the tower tour as though nothing had happened.
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| Visitors enjoying the Cobble Stone trail down below |
We had several members of the Friends of Seguin
come visit today. Our last group of
folks….Lorrie and Ron Richardson….she LOVED the tour. They were so thrilled with the place…they say
they have been here several times before.
She kept asking if there was anything we needed, she left her phone #
too. How sweet! She said, “this is what I would call Southern
Hospitality” and smiled, she made my day!
They are connected to Texas with children and grandchildren.
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| Visitors getting ready to leave Seguin |
We loaded the last of Ethan’s group to go
back. Larry and Ted rowed out to get our
dinner…LOBSTER….I mean their dinner…I’m allergic. We stayed and searched for sea glass…Trayce
has a RED…reds are rare, but that’s her favorite color so we had to find one
for her. They head back to Texas
tomorrow, they aren’t looking forward to leaving Maine and going back to that
HEAT.
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| Larry and Ted dinging out to get dinner |
Dinner….they had Lobster and said it was the
best they had ever had. I had some pimento
cheese that Trayce made from scratch…fabulous!
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| Ted and Larry headed up the hill with the lobster |
After a game or two of card games we went
outside to enjoy the views and the weather.
It was neat to see the museum with the lights on from the outside. They went in and we gave them their very own
private tour.
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| Ted and Larry "cooking" the lobster |
Dump Cake for dessert….talking and laughing and
time for bed.
We never saw anything that we thought was a
sailboat race today…that would have been so neat to see, they may gone by
during our most active time of tours and we missed them.
One of our favorite Scripture:
Psalms 49:2
Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
