It was the longest day yesterday and the sunset here at 8.20pm ! Much earlier than in Thornbury.

Today we visited 3 Maine lighthouses. All completely different and in different environments.

The first one was Pemaquid. It was built on top of long lines of rocks that were good fun to clamber over. There was lots of ops for photography and we had a seafood omelette here. Crab,lobster and prawn in a 2 egg omelette mmmmmm!

Grandad asked for a 2 scoop ice cream. We each got enough to feed a family! We learnt our lesson, only ask for kiddie size in future.

Next we went to owls head lighthouse. It was high above the path and had wooden steps up to it. From the viewing platform we were so lucky to see a cutter sailing ship with all sails full with the wind.

6 miles away was another lighthouse.Rockland Breakwater lighthouse We had a miles walk along a causeway across the harbour to reach it. It was good fun walking all the way right into the sea. When we reached the lighthouse it was too scary to walk up the steps as it was high tide and we didn’t risk falling into the water. Again we saw sailing ships and chatted to people who loved the way we speak! They guessed we were Australian.

A tiring day but delightful, we’ll sleep well with the exercise and sea air.

A market day tomorrow and another lighthouse or 2 xxxx