Hi all,
We are in Rockland, ME right on the Penobscot Bay which is part of
the Atlantic Ocean. The first photo shows our view from our
balcony. We have had a wonderful week and Maine, by the water, is my
very favorite place of all that we have visited this past month as
far as sight seeing. We have really had a good time.
We have taken short trips daily except one day when it was very rainy
and windy. It was a good time to just stay in and enjoy our fireplace.
Sunday we attended a a church here and met a couple and started
talking. I said we were headed for Maryland and a volunteer job at a
conference center. He said that it wouldn't be New Windsor
Conference Center would it? I just about fell over. New Windsor is a
very small town and there must be other conf. centers in Maryland,
Anyway, he and his wife have volunteered there in the past. He
worked grounds and maintenance and his wife was a hostess. Talk
about a small world. They are getting ready to leave in a week for a
3 month volunteer stint at the Heifer International Farm out of
Little Rock, AK. We have been there so we had many things in common
about which to converse.
The colors here are spectacular and I will send some more pictures
tomorrow, They just couldn't be prettier,
Gas was $2.65 a week ago when we drove into Rockland. Now it is
$2.47. Wow, that is getting better. I hear that it is finally below
$3.00 a gal. in CA. About time.
Last Saturday a cafe just in front of where we are staying was
selling lobster rolls for cost. We decided that since we really had
never had one it was a good chance. It is a little place so we stood
in line for quite a while but it was worth it. They were good and
only $8.95 ea. Usually they are 12.95 to 16.95. They are a little
like chicken salad on a roll but better. Not as good as just
lobster. I have had lobster most days and the price has ranged from
$10.95 to 12.95. Each a pound to a pound and a half. There are signs
on the street to eat lobster-support the lobster fishermen. So I
sure did my share.
Today we enjoyed a film at the Visitor's Center just around the
corner from us. The film was The Puffin Project and it was about
the Atlantic Puffins which nest here. They were almost extinct and
now they are growing. It started in 1979 and has continued since. It
was excellent. They are such cute birds. We did see them when we
went to Alaska.
It has been COLD here. I need to get back to CA where it is warmer.
It was in the low 40's today with a breeze so it felt colder. I
think we are not prepared for the cold as we should be.
The pictures tell more than I can. So just enjoy them.
Take care and do write.
Love and hugs to all.
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