Wednesday, September 2

Up and at ‘em early this morning. We had a bunch of bins to take in today. Laundry and other stuff that can be put in the truck in preparation for our departure. We also put the kayak, the George Foreman grill, paddles, etc in Ethan’s boat when he arrived at 0700.

After loading all the stuff and securing the kayak on the roof of the truck cap we headed to the laundromat in Bath. While the clothes were washing we went to McDonalds for breakfast and stopped at Rommel’s Ace Hardware to get weed eater parts. Then into the FOSI office to see Connie.

All summer long I have been planning a trip to the Maine Maritime Museum and the Bath Iron Works (BIW). So, at 1230 we were at the museum and got on the trolley to BIW. This is where the Arleigh Burke class destroyers are built. It is quite an operation. They are working on ways to streamline the building process and be more cost efficient. BIW is impressive and I hope they are successful in securing their next military contract.

Off to lunch at the Starlight in Bath. This is a small place run by women in downtown Bath. It was OK, nothing special. We went back to the Maritime Museum to look around and headed back to Fort Popham. Cyndy Carney met us there and we loaded up the new (used) stove she had procured. Lobsterman Richard was along to give us a hand offloading the stove on the island. Getting the stove off the boat was not too bad. Ethan, Richard and Dennis got it up the steps and on the tram. I got the donkey engine going And up the hill she went.

The old stove was removed and the new one installed. This was not a plug and play installation. The stove plug is not accessible as someone built a cabinet around it. Instead we left the plug alone and changed the other end where it connects to the stove. At first the stove would not work, but after some fiddling around we got it to come on. The girls successfully prepared dinner but it again stopped working soon after. Some more jiggling got it going again. Not sure about this one.

A big thanks to Ethan and Richard for their help both removing and installing the stoves. Last I saw of the old stove was with Ethan taking it away with the boat.