Friday July 24, 2015
Day 71
Got up early and started the day…we had to be
ready to go with Ethan at 1:30 to head to shore. This was the first time we have left the
island by itself. Usually someone comes
and stays while we are gone…it felt different leaving.
Cyndy, Beverly and Bo Ramsey met us at the
dock. This was the first time for us to
meet them in person. Beverly is my
island sister. She came to Seguin when
she was a week old…I didn’t come till I was a year old. We had only talked via facebook and some
phone calls. They were the keepers in
2012 and they really helped us prepare for our time on the island.
F.O.S.I.L. group were having their annual
SummerFest. This was an event where they
sold tickets to the event. They collected
items to be used for a silent auction as well as some items that they auctioned
off. Larry and I gave a
presentation….we’ll I prepared the presentation and Larry gave it. It was a powerpoint about Past/Present/Future
of Seguin. I got to use several photo’s
from 1960 and compared what my parents did out here and what we do. The sea air can reek havoc on building up
here. So I showed the “before” and
“after” of different projects…like the back concrete porch.
They choose a “Volunteer of the Year” and this
year it was our Captain Ethan!
They served vegetable lasagna, corn on the cob,
lobster rolls, clam chowder….I’m sorry I mean…clam chowda.
They did something that I had never done…they
had a “Needs” list of wood and bolts…they listed the item and told the amount
to buy the wood…so the timber to fix the tram was 100.00 a piece and there were
ten pieces needed. Only a couple of
pieces of timber were “sold/bought”. I’m
thinking that maybe if they sold each timber in sectioned, people might be able
to purchase more. It would be like four
folks going in together to make it happen…one guy give 50…the next guy 20…the
next 25…the last 5…that way each one was able to help with the amount that they
were able to give.
I met Tom Skolfield’s son and daughter. Their father was the first USCG lighthouse keeper for Seguin in 1939. I sat and talked with him for a moment and
really enjoyed hearing what he knew about the island…I never knew there was a
blacksmith’s shop, or that there was a “look” out tower on the rock just a
little southeast of the house.
We were able to put a lot of faces to names we
had heard.
Ken and Dot invited us to spend the night with.
I’m writing this on Saturday morning and I guess
I left my camera in the pickup this morning…so it will be Wednesday before I’m
able to show you photo’s.
