Bar Harbor, ME

I had a Spanish lesson on Tuesday, August 6 so Jonny took Archie for one last walk in Frenchboro. This time he walked into the little village and saw the church, the tiny schoolhouse, many lobster traps, as well as more of the damage that occurred during the storm in January.

Unfortunately, my connectivity was spotty so once again we had to reschedule my lesson. When Jonny returned we took off at 10 a.m. bound for Winter Harbor. But then we decided that we should get a pump-out since there is no good place to get one as we cruise further down east. Our macerator wasn’t working properly so even that wasn’t an option.  After a few phone calls to find a pump-out facility we discovered that the only feasible one was in Bar Harbor so that’s where we went. 

It was a chilly day but the seas were calm as we approached the beautiful coastline near Bar Harbor.

We got a mooring in Bar Harbor and planned to get the pump-out the following morning.  There were some impressive vessels as we entered the harbor.

I liked the name of this boat!

That afternoon we dinghied into town to explore. The last time we were here was when we visited our friends Michael and Melina who took us to a cool little movie theatre to see the Elvis movie. We had a yummy lunch at a local pub called The Thirsty Whale where we had cups of lobster bisque and clam chowder and a big plate of fried clams that we shared. 

Bar Harbor is a touristy town and quite busy. It has lots of cool shops and outdoor clothing stores as well as the typical tee shirt shops.

I’ve been a little concerned that Archie is sometimes shivering when we are underway in this cooler weather, plus he has that short haircut. So I decided I would buy him a sweater to see if that would help. We stopped at a pet shop and bought him a cute little burgundy sweatshirt that looks quite nice on him. We’ll have to see how it works. 

We walked back to the dinghy through a lovely waterfront park with lots of people enjoying the grassy lawn and harbor views.

Upon our return to Zendo we relaxed a bit and had a snack instead of dinner while watching the big news about Kamala’s selecting Tim Walz to be her running mate.  We also tuned into YouTube to see their speeches as well as Josh Shapiro’s rousing introduction. It’s exciting to see how energized the Dems are now that we have a strong ticket in Harris and Walz.

We got a call from Robbie to say that he arrived at their home in W. Paris, ME only to become very sick. It’s not Covid but it may be the result of a tick bite. He’s starting a prescription and we’re all hoping he recovers quickly and can return to Harrington where we are supposed to see him and Linda in just a couple of days. Fingers crossed!