A Day of Fine Meals
Friday 28 August 2020
Lunch and dinner today were fantastic! In fairness I should say that food at lunchtime was OK but the overall experience was great. This morning we motored over to an anchorage just north of South West Harbor on Mt Dessert Island, home of Acadia National Park. The harbor itself is totally full of moorings so we opted to stay in Norwood Cove, about a mile north, and just south of the entrance to Somes Sound, our final destination for this part of the trip. Anyway, once we were safely anchored we made lunch and decided to eat outside in the cockpit as it was quite warm and very pleasant. Lunch was salad … the usual ingredients, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, plus a few olives, some Gouda cheese and rare roast beef from the Deli. It was fine. Honestly, I like salad; it makes a great accompaniment to real food. What was special about this meal was the entertainment. We sat watching a family of loons swimming around and diving for food. They came quite close to the boat, making their lovely calling noises. It was quite the spectacle. As we were finishing our meal a small power boat pulled up behind and dropped anchor. It turned out this was the race boat for a one-class sailing race that started shortly after, with great views from our cockpit.
Once our extended lunch was over and we had enjoyed a little down-time, we jumped in the dinghy and headed into town. It only took 10 minutes to reach the town dock (with me driving and Gloria hanging on for dear life)! It was good to walk around although for such a Ritzy place you would think the pavements would not wobble so much. I guess we have been on the boat a while. Right next to the town dock is a lobster place and on our way back we bought two 1½ lb lobsters and this evening cooked up lobster scampi. It was delicious, served with a little Parmesan and a glass of white wine! If you are on the coast of Maine you have to eat lobster at least once.
Tomorrow promises crappy weather, so we’ll enjoy this peaceful evening.
Mike
44 17.447 N, 68 18.837 W
Cooked lobsters
Mmmmm... that looks good!
ReplyDeleteM&G,
ReplyDeleteI have been lax in keeping up with my reading of the blog....I got to this one and felt I needed to comment.
First, anything with garlic, pasta and olive oil is great: chicken, fish, any protein or veggie, maybe even shoe leather??? (Not really) but if you cooked it....maybe !!!!!
However, the picture of the cat boat on starboard tack with all sails flying heeling very nicely in between a wave is an unbelievable shot.