A Visit With a Friend

Dorcas here, filling in for the “vacationing” Myron…Today we woke to a beautiful clear day with promises of mild temperatures in the mid to upper sixties. We had made plans to visit with a good friend of mine, Margaret, from North Carolina who now lives in Maine. We were meeting for lunch in Belfast, about 40 miles down the coast from Ellsworth. Since it is Columbus Day weekend all the small towns were having celebrations. We checked out a Flea Market, several yard sales and some retail stores having sales. We also enjoyed the sights of a scarecrow competition (scary); the sounds of a German brass band (lovely); and the smells of sausages and onions being cooked for a Boy Scout fundraiser (yummy). We took several opportunities along the way to walk down to the waterfront and view the number of boats of all sizes moored in the bays.

At Bucksport we crossed a newly opened bridge with an observation tower The Penobscot Narrows Bridge. This is one of only three such Bridge Observatories in the world. We didn’t take the tour today since there were lots of tourists and decided to wait until a weekday.

In Belfast we parked a few blocks from our meeting place, the Belfast Coop Store, in order to walk around town. We arrived at our lunch spot just as Margaret arrived. I had not seen Margaret for about 8 or 10 years. Of course, neither of us has changed a bit in all the years and we both look great! It was wonderful to see her and be able to catch up on her travels, our travels and future plans. Margaret is thinking about adopting a small pup and we told her about Izaak and how much we miss him and how we have to pet other peoples’ dogs to get our “fix”. In fact, this morning I got to visit with our neighbors’ Siamese cat that looks very much like Yum Yum with a similar personality. She was great.

After a lovely lunch we said our goodbyes to Margaret with hugs and kisses. Before leaving town, Myron and I walked a nice footbridge across Penobscot Bay. Afterwards we headed back to camp with a stop by the LL Bean outlet just to make sure we hadn’t missed something when we were there yesterday.