Visit to Acadia with sister-in-law Beth

Sister-in-law Beth showed up in her RV for a few days in Acadia.  She has the identical make/year as we do, just a lotttt bigger!  We left early Saturday morning and drove up to Acadia to spend the day with her. It was gray and sprinkled a bit but that didn't stop the fun.

Now, that doesn't mean that Luke didn't work on Friday!  More painting of the hull and it is finally finished!

But spending the day with Beth was much more fun!  Beth packed up a picnic lunch for us.  We ended up at Echo Lake Beach at lunchtime.  The strangest little island was out in the water.  Looks a little man-made...you can see it a little to the left of the middle of the picture.

It's a loon's nest!  The park system has put several of these in the lakes to help ensure the safety of the chicks.  This little lady has moved right in.

And she is a beautiful little lady.  We didn't catch her red eyes but you can see her white spots along her back.  We didn't see any chicks so I guess she is still sitting on the eggs.  It is early spring up here.

Cruising further south along Desert island, we stopped along a rocky beach called "Sea Wall". Soooo Maine!

Beth and Luke went for a hike at Ships Point. 

Folks are walking in the shallow water left at low tide.

A boardwalk ran along the trail.

Last was the Bass Harbor Lighthouse. A couple offered to take our picture, so we gave them 2 of our cameras.  This is what happens...

Latitudes has sailed past Bass Harbor Lighthouse many times in these waters, but the view from the shore is certainly different.

Beach Roses, in full bloom, help the rocks line the shore

Here is Bass Harbor itself, with boats on moorings, docks, and all sorts of lobster fishing paraphernalia.  The dock is filled with stacked lobster traps.

I can't believe we didn't get a picture of dinner, but we had our first Maine lobster dinner of the season!  Y.U.M. A local lobster shack across the street from Beth's RV park served up 3 perfect 1 1/2 pound lobsters, ears of corn, a pound of steamed mussels, and 3 large slices of blueberry pie (Luke's included ice cream on top!)   mmmmm....We love Maine!