Camping 2006 Day 2
[Originally posted August 18, 2006]
I think I woke up first this morning. I ambled my way to the restroom to cleanup and lit the citronella candles on the way out. As I come back to the tent the rest of the party is gently rising from the tent, hungry. We broke out some eggs, bacon, sausage, onions, mushrroms, and peppers. While we ate we decided that we wanted to go kayaking. We called one place and they said they were all booked up. Now here’s the thing, instead of hanging up, he asked us to hold and CALLED the other kayaking companies around the island and found us a slot for 7!
We weren’t scheduled to kayak until 1530 that afternoon so we went back out to Cadillac Mountain to hike an easier trail up. It was still a pretty difficult climb for us, and Jae/Jae turned back about a quarter way up. As I moved further up my heels became blistered and by the time we were at a good halfwy point I pretty much couldn’t keep going. We took a number of pictures along the way and turned back. By then it was around noon and we drove up to the top of Cadillac Mountain (nature beat us twice, so we figured we needed an assist) and had sandwiches up top. We took a great relaxing rest up top then proceeded to Maine State Kayak .
The tour was great. We got in our shoes and put some stuff in the dry bags. They gave us a quick explanation of rowing and had us get into the tandem kayaks. The rowing was farely easy, but many of the ladies would take breaks along the way. Sarah was kind enough to keep her oars out of the water while she rested so I wasn’t rowing against the extra drag. The landscape in the area is absolutely beautiful. I can totally see getting lost just staring at the landscape. We’re totally coming back with the kids in the future. The tour was about 4 hours total, and we took a rest on a private island beach about halfway through. Despite explicit instructions to urinate in the ocean, a few in our party decided to try and go in the bushes. They got a little scolding from the guide.
Jane, our guide, is a Chicago native, who came out to Maine for the last few years. She’s moving to Indiana to finish her education degree and will eventually be a middle school teacher. Good luck Jane, it was a great tour.
It was pretty late and Jae/Jae had to get back. She had a citizenship interview the next morning in Boston, so they had to leave that night. While we prepped dinner, they built a fire to make S’mores. Jae’s never had S’mores before so we insisted that they stay at least long enough for that. We made rice and bulgogi for dinner and rested through the night. It was a really busy day and we were all pretty exhausted.