September 14, 2009 9:20 PM

A wonderful trip!

In perfect weather, we took the 10 mile boat trip to Monhegan Island – an artist’s retreat off the coast. It’s very picturesque and we did take lots of photos. But it is so remote out there that it makes where we are staying look like a thriving metropolis! We wanted to eat breakfast out there. But by the time that we arrived(10 AM), the ONLY breakfast restaurant had stopped serving breakfast by 9! So no breakfast.

We decided to forego lunch and eat at the same ocean side restaurant that we ate at yesterday because the food was great, the prices were good, and mostly because it was located right at the boat pier on the mainland!

Meanwhile, on Monhegan, we did a lot of walking along some pretty rustic trails to take in various beautiful coastal venues. The rugged, rock lined shore was very majestic and a site very much worth seeing. The houses and their settings along the edges of the rocky cliffs offered magnificent photo opportunities. But it’s really a once in a lifetime activity to do, because Monhegan really offers nothing else other than the scenery.

So, here I am a little sore from all that walking but none the worse otherwise. I know that a year ago I could not have accomplished all that I did today. It would have been too daunting for me even though we consciously tried to limit our walking so that it would not be too strenuous. As each day goes by, I can see that I am in better physical shape now than I have been in quite a while. Not saying much for someone who’s most rigorous exercise consisted of pushing buttons on a TV remote!

So, tomorrow we plan to get on the web for just enough time to publish all these entries and to check our email. Maybe we’ll even check in on what’s going on in the world! Without the internet and television we have been completely set adrift from mainstream society. Maybe not such a bad situation when you consider all that’s going on in the world – I think!!!

This entry is starting to get a little long – it’s so easy to get longwinded when you actually do something of interest during the day.

Tomorrow we’ve scheduled the supposedly very beautiful Maine botanical garden.

I’ll let you know…

Bob