Sunday, June 20, 2021

Cabbage Island -- Booth Harbor, ME


Obligatory morning shot from my bed.



I was sleepy from having gotten to bed late last night after hanging out and talking with Sierra and Christine. When Courtney came out to smoke, I pulled the blankets back over my head. But 30 minutes later, I hadn't gotten any sleep so I yelled out the door, "Paddle?" and she said, "How much time do we have?" I said 20 minutes and we were out. The lake was glass smooth and we made it almost all the way out to the privately held island and back. Then it was time to wake everyone up so we could be to Christine's by 8:30. We made it by the skin of our teeth and then... off to Booth Bay Harbor for our clam (lobster) bake trip.

You can just barely see the Bennie Alice on the right.

The ramp to get on the boat was very tippy. An Adventure!


Yellowstone is EVERYWHERE!!!!


Though I spent most of the trip in the back with Dan (most everyone sat on the long benches on the top deck), I did get to the front of the boat with Sierra as well


Arianna and I hit the nearby trail before anyone else and made it to the tip of the point... almost.

It is wicked hot by the lobster grills. Last year (during COVID), even operating at half-capacity, they put out 20k lobsters. In 2019, it was 38k


The clam chowder was a little thin for me but excellent!

The line to get lobsters was long but moved incredibly quickly. You can tell they've been doing this for 33 years... :)





Our food options were amazing! I forgot to get a picture of the bowl of steamers that were included but there were also 2 lobsters, a hard boiled egg, a baked potato, and a corn on the cob. 

I'm so happy

Courtney only wore the bib for a moment but I captured it for posterity


We stopped to get ice cream afterwards

Another Yellowstone connection in the ice cream store
We also hit up a candy store and the local bookshop where Sierra and I wandered for quite awhile. Courtney and The Teens found what they wanted quickly and then hit the restrooms before we headed back to Leeds. After a fun day in the sun, it was a long, tiring trip back.

It was nice to hang out by the lake and watch the sun go down



 

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