The weather today was absolutely gorgeous!! You really couldn't ask for better weather. This late afternoon Kate and I went on a spontaneous adventure. At first we were winding our way down route 17 to Rockland for a stroll on the breakwater when Kate suddenly remembered wanting to check out the Sod roof building.
A quick search on the smart phone and I found the Beech Hill Preserve and mapped us to it! We found the parking area on the Beech Hill Road easy enough, bug sprayed up and started out.
As it turns out there is a huge commercial organic blueberry farm production going on on the preserve land. We couldn't help ourselves and we helped ourselves to some of the greatest berries that I have ever partaken in.
The walk to the old sod roof house presented us with some spectacular views or the surrounding area.
Kate found herself a nice flower to place in her hair and I though with the sun shining on her bright red it look cool!
At the summit is the Beech Nut Hut which in 2003 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The views are phenomenal!! Even tough Kate looks photo shopped into one of the photos I assure you she was not!!
I even snagged an awesome photo of the sunset. After we hiked back down, snagged a bunch more blueberries eventually making it back to the car. I would like to reiterate that those were the best blueberries that I had ever had!
We trucked over to Moody's for some awesome pie before calling it a night!
This is a solid tune I heard on Bones the other day
It was an outstanding day to say the least! Mom, Irving and I met Jason, Jillian & their boys in Boothbay Harbor at Pier 8 for some mackerel fishing!
We were fishing with Balmy Day Cruises and our boat was the Miss Boothbay. Along with Irving, Jason, Bailey & myself were about a dozen other people that we didn't know.
We headed out at 1230 for our 2 hour trip. After about 15 minutes then
engines were cut and drifted in the water jigging for Mackerel. They
use no bait just a weighted hook that apparently works extremely well!
Jason, Bailey & I all easily caught over 40 fish each while Irving did well himself, but he wasn't putting in the effort like the rest of us.
At first the fish weren't biting, then suddenly everyone was pulling them in left and right. After a while the boat was moved to another location for even more successful fishing! A seal was even spotted. There was some great sites along the way including Burnt Island Lighthouse and a really cool looking tree!
After about 1 hour 45 minutes we reeled in and headed for shore. It truly was a great time!! Mom, Irving and I ate a late lunch/early dinner at the Sea Basket in Wiscasset then headed home. Mom told Jason that she would watch the boys so they could go out. So I decided that I needed to go out.
My best friend John was busy with his game night so I turned to my trusty friend Kate who originally was unavailable, but then things changed and she was free.
I really wanted to go to Moody's Diner for some walnut pie!! The drive over was nice as the weather was gorgeous as it has been all week! We headed towards Pemaquid, where we going to go after having awesome pie to find another location to eat.
On Route 1 in Damariscotta we discovered The Mediterranean Kitchen, it's a Pizza, Gyro, sandwich and more place. We both got salads, Greek for Kate and Grilled Chicken for me. The chicken was phenomenal!! I had feta cheese all over!! We bought baklava on the way out, I've never had it, holy shit is it good!
Then we headed down to Pemaquid Point Lighthouse. It was so beautiful, weather was awesome, the views were awesome, I got some great shots of Pemaquid!
When we got there the light was off, but it came on before we left which made the pictures even better! Kate had never been to Fort William Henry so we headed over there next.
Finally we stopped at Pemaquid Beach. The gate was closed so we walked in. The sand was soft and water was not to bad at all. I took of my sneakers and socks and we walked along the shore for a while. It was a wicked nice night!
It was a fun filled day and I'm going to close this blog out with a kick ass song that we heard on the way back Florence & The Machine: No Light, No Light
