Breakfast Room |
I was up early, but the innkeeper, Ann, was up earlier with
a full pot of coffee ready to go. I sat
outside on the veranda with my coffee, smelling the fresh sea breeze and
watched the day awake. The morning views included lobster boats heading out and
kids and their dogs walking the long road to their school bus stop. Mona had a pretty good morning, too. ..she
didn’t fall out of bed. For her, that
was quite an accomplishment as the bed is seemingly taller than she is!
Breakfast was served beginning at 8:00 AM and ending at 9:00. That made it a bit of a challenge for Mona,
but she literally rose to the occasion showing up bright and early, ready for
her cranberry muffins, poached eggs and sausage. Totally yum!
Portland Head Light |
Today was lighthouse day.
We visited six lighthouses and got to go to the top of one, the Pemaquid
Lighthouse near Boothbay. Amazing
stories go with each lighthouse; The
Portland Light Head was commissioned by George Washington, the Pemaquid is on
the Maine quarter…..etc….etc. Many of
them have tragic shipwrecks associated with them, with many lives lost in spite
of the precautions of the lighthouses.
After our last lighthouse we came back to the Inn yet again
to watch the sunset from the Adirondack chairs in the yard. So much beauty! (The sunset, not the chairs.)
We took way too many pictures and can’t choose from them so we’ve included a
few of our favorites below. We then
walked down to the lobster dock again and took a few more pics. Getting to be a bad habit!
At the top of Pemaquid Lighthouse |
As we were leaving the restaurant Mona asked me what time it
was. I replied, “8:30.” “Damn!” She said, “Less than twelve hours of
sleeping before breakfast!” Such is life
at the Harpswell Inn!
Going up the lighthouse |
Lighthouse light |
Three lighthouse light is awesome. I would sneak downstairs at night and lock the front door, back door and all the windows!!!! love the pictures!! So beautiful
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