A fun day today even though it did involve getting up at the unearthly hour of 6:00 a.m.  Had to be up and on my way early because of a  need to be in Bar Harbor by 9:00 in order to get a ticket and a seat on the Light House Cruise that they do there.

   Made it there in plenty of time of course, and there was still a bit of room left on the boat even though a huge cruise ship was in port and there were nearly 200 people from it already signed up to go. The boat we were on, a 110'+ jet powered catamaran had plenty of room on it, so no big deal.

   Cloudy and a bit cold out on the water, especially when the boat is travelling almost 25 knots straight into a 20 knot breeze and it is spitting rain drops and sleet at you. Once again though, it was also a good thing as it kept all but the most die-hard people off the front deck, so it was easy to have a good view at any time. The wind did kick up some serious waves at times, in the more exposed parts of the trip. But the catermaran really rode nicely through them. It didn't keep a few people from losing their breakfast over the side though. I just stayed out of the overheated enclosed cabin and up wind of anyone who looked like they were going to lose it.

    We were out for a bit more than 4 hours and did maybe 40-50 miles in a big loop. We took in 5 different light houses and an old 'Life Saving Service' station. Saw 'summer cottages', (damn big mansions), of some rich and famous folks including; Martha Stewart, a couple Rockefeller's, a Ford or two and the guy who owns the Campbell Soup company, among others.

    Looks like I got a few decent pictures of the light houses, even though the grey light is horrible for taking pictures. Will get a few posted in a day or two after they are downloaded and sorted out.

    Need to be up again tomorrow morning, but not quite as early this time. Will have to hook the trailer up and drag it over to the place next door so they can weld my bumper back together again. Kind of a hassle, but it will be nice to have it all put back together again. Then I can get the generator and bike rack put back on, as well as straighten out the back of the truck. It will be really nice to finally get the trailers spare tire out of the bedroom and back into the truck where it belongs. For now though it's time to go to bed.