To finish off our summer we decided to try and beat the heat and humidity this past Saturday with a cruise around Casco Bay out to Cliff Island where we had lunch and walked around for a few hours. Greg and Anne decided to accompany us on that little journey and we had a lot of fun. A Lobster BLT, a lobster pizza and even Lobster Tracks ice cream were some of the treats we got on the island. It was hot and humid on the shore but 6 miles out at sea it was sunny and 75 and a perfect place to spend the day. We walked about three miles around the island and visited the Bluffs that look out into the Atlantic as well as Griffins Cove and Stinky Beach. It was very similar to Chebeague only smaller and more rustic. None of the big new homes and everyone rides around in golf carts. We finished that day off with a stop at " 'Mous Daves " as Brooke likes to call it for some end of summer BBQ. It was a great way to finish up summer.
For the next couple of days we decided to get our moneys worth out of our State Parks license plate. Sunday we took a trip to the mountains for a hike and a swim but the hike was cancelled because some lazy state worker must have left early for the weekend and didn't bother taking down the sign that said the area we wanted to hike in was closed and the car would be towed. I had a feeling that was what happened, and when I checked at home sure enough it was, but I didn't want to risk coming back to no car miles from a town so we skipped the hike and headed to White Lake State Park for a swim. After a rumble of thunder cleared that place out we went up to North Conway to finish cooling off and at least rinse off the sand at Echo Lake State Park and get some dinner. Then we went for a ride to look for moose and after driving all the way to Berlin we discovered the road Grammy Betty and I almost always saw moose on is now part of the prison and fenced off with warning signs about trespassing. To top that off a huge, and I mean HUGE thunderstorm descended down own us for about half an hour with torrential downpours and more lightning than I ever remember seeing in my life. Monday we stayed local and went to visit Rye Harbor State Park and Odiorne State Park for the afternoon.
Other than that Emily has gotten her first tooth, Brooke starts her tap/ballet classes Monday, Jen starts her new job Thursday, I have Jason's bachelor weekend this weekend and then in a few weeks it's his wedding. I don't know how much of that I will have pictures of other than the tooth but I'm sure there will be some of something sometime soon so check back in a little while for more. That's my book as Jen likes to call it. There's a bunch of pictures from the trips here if you're interested or you can click on the pictures above to get to them.
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