Saturday August 8, 2015
63 degrees w/3 mph winds
Day 86

Happy Birthday to our granddaughter Zoe Grace….the Big 3!
 
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!
 
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. 
 
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.
 
Seguin Island
Today has not been hard, but has been constant…a little tired!
 
Boat in our front pond
Dinner….thinking a spoonful of peanut butter and call it a meal….told you I was tired!  Hot shower and early to bed!  Our Texan visitors will be back in the morning.  We finally saw about 5 sailboats headed from Portland to Monhegan, but it was almost dark and was hard to see them.