celebrated their fiftieth anniversary today and we were honored to share some
of the celebration with them and their family — here in Acadia. We toured a
lobster hatchery with them in the morning, where Noah volunteered to band
lobster claws, and then joined them for a toast later in the afternoon. What a
fun coincidence and special treat. Noah was especially excited to find some
kids to play with.
Around the special events we visited more of Acadia on
Mt Desert Island. Found Anemone Cave where you can get in at low tide and see
tide pools in a unique setting. It isn’t on the maps of the park any more,
either to protect it, or maybe because people were getting stranded in there as
the tide came in. That is today’s picture. Beth slipped on the rocks, got a few
cuts from the barnacles, and will be black and blue for a while but seems to be
in good shape otherwise. She still thinks it was worthwhile exploring the cave.
We did see the first anemones of the trip. Drove the “loop road” from there which
has beautiful vistas of the rocks and bays along the island coast. In Seal
Harbor there were some beautiful boats and kids were catching mackerel from the
docks. After visiting with the Knights we attended an outdoor slide show where
a ranger shared some beautiful slides of “Hidden Treasures” in the park. Some
of the treasures he didn’t discuss were popping out above us as the night sky
was spectacular. We stopped on the way home at Hancock Point where there were
almost no city lights around and had a wondrous view of the Milky Way.