One of the problems I have with updating the Speedy Journal is end-of-trip fall-off. By the time the last couple of days comes along, we are usually busy traveling, arriving, unpacking, getting home life back in order, etc., that I forget about a last update.
So...only a week or so later, here's an attempt to remember what happened on the last couple of days.
Saturday started out bright and sunny and pretty much remained that way. Judy crawled out of her rather damp and cool tent to join us for coffee inside warm and toasty Speedy. The temperature was well below the dew point overnight, and water condensed everywhere outside of Speedy and inside their tent. Jane followed not long after. It is a full house inside of Speedy with four adults inside.
It was a good day for a bicycle ride. Fortunately, Judy and Jane brought their own along, so we didn't have to ride two-up. The carriage roads are all on the other side of the island, of course. Off we went to Jordan Pond to start from there. We did a relatively long loop from there, around Day Mountain, then north past Bubble Pond to the end of Eagle Lake, then back along Jordan Pond.
We finished it off with a late lunch at the Jordan Pond House. The food was not memorable (I don't even remember what I had), but was expensive.
As we went back to Speedy there were a couple of motorcycles parked next to the van, both Triumph twins. One was a 2001 updated reproduction of the Bonneville, the other a 1967 twin that had been customized as a hard-tail chopper, straight pipes and all. They had New Jersey plates. The guys riding them showed up as we were getting the bicycles loaded to go. I asked how they had managed to get through Connecticut and Massachusetts with the straight pipes—on a trailer was the reply.
I certainly couldn't imagine riding a hard-tail from New Jersey with only a spring seat, neither could the owner. They had just come up for some local riding. It was loud local riding as they pulled away.
Judy and Jane went off to the visitor center in the evening to do their stint as volunteers for the night sky festival while Ellen and I had a quiet dinner at the campground.
Sunday began the same way as Saturday, everyone piling into Speedy for warmth and coffee. After packing up we went our separate ways homeward. Ellen and I stopped in Belfast to take a look at the Belfast Cohousing & Ecovillage. It is a development of passive multi-family homes that are being designed and built by G·O Logic of Belfast. They have designed a series of low-energy use passive houses that I've been interested in.
Being a Sunday, we assumed that the architect's office would be closed, but it was worth the time to take a look at the village. It is still under construction with about half of the homes completed and occupied. We were able to look at the outsides of all and of several under construction. The design and execution were what we were hoping for. Maybe we will find some land sometime soon. The G·O Logic homes are a definite possibility.
It was just about lunch time when we left Belfast. I'd suggested a stop at Moody's Diner on Route 1 in Waldoboro. Somehow I'd gotten it into my head that it was just down the road from Belfast, perhaps because Belfast is in Waldo County. It was down the road all right, about two hours down the road, beyond Rockland, just before Wiscasset. It was worth it though, just for the Walnut Pie. The turkey dinner wasn't bad either, but Ellen's third haddock sandwich of the week was so-so.
But, the pie was great. It took a great deal of will power not to get a second piece. We almost got the blueberry, since it also looked tasty. We were sitting at the counter, just opposite the pie cabinet. They went through four blueberry pies while we were eating.
After lunch it was on to Freeport and a stop at LL Bean for coffee and clothing. We were looking for some new lightweight, breathable rain gear for hiking and birding. Bean's had a good reasonably priced offering and we both got a set.
By the time we finished in Freeport, it was near sunset, so we went over to Bradbury Mountain State Park for our last night on the road. It is a small, quiet park just outside of town with some reasonable trails (and is the site of a spring hawk watch), but we just stopped to spend the evening and get a good night's rest and a shower. They have very nice showers at Bradbury Mountain. It comes with the site and no quarters are needed.
Monday, we drove home getting to Cohasset just about noon...another trip in Speedy completed and with no drama. Next weekend it's off to Cape May for some fall migration watching.
Finally—we have photos
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