Tuesday, May 26
Another beautiful day. Sun shining and calm seas. The wind picked up in the afternoon. We spent the first part of the day mowing and trimming the lower tram area and the cobblestone trail. We disturbed a few nesting gulls but they did not bother us. Discovered the small duck pond along the trail complete with mom and her ducklings.
This is a nice trail leading to a cobblestone beach, the cobbles are mostly granitic, very hard banded rocks tumbled for eons by the waves. There is also lots of mica in the rocks which indicates slow cooling of igneous rock deep within the earth. These rocks are brought to the earth’s surface by shifts in the crust and erosion.
While we were investigating the beach we also watched a lone lobster boat working his traps just offshore. Pretty work.
Then it was back to the top for a late lunch. Brenda spent the rest of the day cleaning and organizing the gift shop/museum. I went back to the cove, changed some bulletin board info, strolled the beach and cleaned up some flotsam.
Talked to Ethan later in the evening and we made arrangements to be picked up at 7 AM for our day ashore.
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