So nice to be home! The world has stopped swaying, so that must mean I have regained my land legs. Getting home was a three-day process, but lots faster than the 63 days it took to reach Mt. Desert Island, ME. We picked up a rental car at the Bar Harbor airport with the Morris service van and drove back to Bass Harbor on Saturday. We had a nice dinner at Red Sky in Southwest Harbor.
On Sunday morning Randy rowed us to the Morris dingy dock with all our bags. We loaded the car and headed for Portland, ME. We ate, shopped for self-service in-room dining, Randy dropped me off at the hotel, returned the rental car, and got a ride back to the hotel via the hotel’s shuttle. I’ve never had Maine blueberry pie for dinner before, but it was terrific. We woke up Monday morning at 4:30 AM to catch breakfast to go and the hotel shuttle to the Portland airport to make a 6:30 AM flight. We had a smooth flight to Atlanta, a two-hour layover, then on to Tampa. We picked up another one-way rental car and drove home.
Our friends and neighbors, Chuck and Lorraine, invited us to a lovely dinner, so we postponed restocking the frig till Tuesday. Tuesday we returned the rental car, banked, picked up and read mail, and swam in the pool, went to the doctor, grilled supper, and started unpacking. By Friday I had had three diagnostic tests, pruned and weeded enough to fill three barrels and found three books at the library. We have been to the grocery store three times. The front walk had nearly disappeared and plants were overlapping each other, starving each other for light and air, so pruning seemed important. Friends, Sonya and Marlene, stopped over for a relaxing chat while Randy played golf. Somewhere in there we cleaned the house and did (you guessed it) three loads of laundry. Whew!
Finally I opened my sketch book and made drawings on Thursday and Friday. Maybe tomorrow I’ll feel inspired to paint.
It feels so different to live in our house vs. our sail boat. Friends, the stability of land, walking, space, quiet, air conditioning, lights, TV, music and computer, abundant water, flush toilets, washing machine and dryer, mail, unlimited telephone, cars, nearby grocery store and library…so much to enjoy!
