Wednesday, July 29

I did wear shorts. It started out foggy and cool but the day quickly warmed up to the eighties. It actually felt like summer.

By now our routine is down to a science. After doing the laundry we went to see Connie at the office and then had lunch at Kennebec Tavern with other members of FOSI. We had an enjoyable lunch by the river. We learned that Ken and Dot Young spend their winters in St. Petersburg, FL and we plan to meet them there. We discussed island projects and bounced around ideas.

Off to Walmart for groceries and other stuff and then we headed back to Popham. It seems we have begun a new tradition. On our way back to the beach we stop at Bisson’s Store. Locals call it Center Store. They have ice cream there. Moose tracks is our favorite, but they were all out today, so Brenda settled for Butter Brickle and I got Mint Chocolate Chip. They were OK, but when you want Moose Tracks nothing else will do. After all this is Maine! Moose and all that.

On our ride back to the island Ethan surprised us by stopping by his personal stash of live lobsters and pulled four nice ones out for us. He said it was his gift to us for helping him out with getting visitors on and off the island. He said “That’s the way we do things up here”. I said “Thanks” and “That’s the way we should all do things”.

Just another example of the caliber of folks here in Maine.