Tuesday, August 18

They’re here!

At noon today we met our son Scott and his wife Angela in Bath. With them were Bernie and Mike Mannone, Angela’s mom and dad. Mr. Wesley was there and Gwenivere, the newest addition to the household. Gwen is an eleven week old Saint Bernard. I wish you could have seen the huge smile on Wesley’s face when we saw each other. I guess mine was just as big. He has grown! What a difference three months has made!

Brenda took them up to see Connie and then we walked around Bath for a short time. It was hot and they were tired from the eleven hour drive. Brenda had promised the owners of the candy store in Bath that we would stop in so we took Wesley there and were greeted with open arms. Wesley was the proverbial kid in a candy shop. Whatever he wanted the put in a basket and gave him. He scrounged everything from a chocolate lobster, gummie lobsters, lollipops, a toy stingray and even dog treats for Gwennie. Meanwhile Bernie and Mike got to talking to a man on the street and come to find out it was the minister that married JT and Katherine a few weeks ago on the island. We all got together in the candy shop and it was like old home week.

These Mainers are a good bunch of people!

After lunch we did our thing at Walmart and then off to meet Ethan at Popham. The state park was busy and cars were parked all along the road. Everyone was looking for a way out of the heat. Everything was loaded in the boat and off we went. We stopped by the holding trap and picked up a dozen lobsters.

Since the tide was running hard we had a spirited ride back to the island. Angela was a little worried and Wesley said “It’s OK, mom, I’ll protect you”. He was laughing all the way out. There were a couple of porpoises swimming around and it was a wet ride. We weren’t hot anymore!

Ethan let us off on the beach and then we made our way to the top. Everyone got settled in and we had a big lobster dinner. Gwennie stretched her legs and met some visitors. Wesley ran around and wanted to see the lighthouse, so I took him up. Mom had a cow when she saw him up there so his dad came and got him. We’ll all go up and do some exploring tomorrow.

Everyone was beat and we turned in by nine o’clock.