Day Nine

Happy 4th of July!

Boatride over to the Island!

Oh my goodness, we are feeling it tonight.  It is actually our oldest sisters night to write, but she is in bed! (She almost made 9:00!)  So it is a collaborative effort.  Judy is typing, and the rest of them are telling her what to write (so what's new!).  She is also driving, so is used to it!  Today started out early, it was daylight at 4:30 a.m.!  I had to look at the clock a few times to make sure I was reading it right.  Peppermint Patty was already out on the balcony!  Go figure, the sun gets up early around here.  We had to be at the boat landing at Monhegan Bay by 10:30, so this is the way it went:  we had to be there to load at 10:15, we wanted to make sure we got there, (didn't get lost, may stop at a stray garage sale or something) so added an hour and a half!  We did find a few garage sales, but managed to get there in plenty of time. 
We loaded the boat and chose to sit on the upper deck, so we wouldn't miss anything! It took about an hour to get there.  We saw some dolphins frolicking (Patty's word) in the water, much to our amusement.  Pam met a man! Oh...I mean she sat by a man whose name was Tom.  Tom owned the second most beautiful home on the island.  She was hoping for an invitation to come and visit, but she must have lost her charm...NO INVITATION!  But we did see it from afar!  Monhegan is an old historic place where artist can retreat and be creative.  It's like a step back in time! We discovered that a few hours would have been sufficient, but enjoyed the scenery.  We got in a lot of hiking (actually Pam and I were very thankful to have found our way back to familiar territory, I think she needs a little lesson on reading a map).  But we were okay, since Pam had all the boarding tickets for getting off the island: she knew what she was doing!)  It brought back painful memories of the airport in London (LOL)  We saw a beautiful lighthouse on the island, and Patty and Pam went through the museum, while Sharla and Judy napped along the hillside!  Thank goodness some of us are getting a good educational experience!  We did see (this is the surprise we didn't tell mom about) a WHALE or maybe two of them out along the bay!  That was amazing!  I told Patty we would see a whale today!  But didn't see any puffins, it is a little too early in the season.  After boarding the ferry, we were tired and VERY hungry, so took the advice of the hotel hostess and checked out the Main Street Grille in Rockland!  We had a wonderful margarita (now you know why Sharla is in bed) and speaking for myself the best prime rib and lobster along the bay.  Patty had a chimichanga, Pam and Sharla had a seafood alfredo for the seventh night in a row!  Anyhow, we are in our room, happy as a clam (and half baked like one) and this blog post will be shorter tonight, due to the fact we have to treat our sunburns and hit the sack early!  Sweet dreams.....
love
Jammin Judy
Pamie Sue
Peppermint Patty

Minutes before the naps started!

Lighthouse on Monhegan Island

and Charlie Ann