When we finally got around to checking the temperature, after we'd been up for an hour, it was 49 degrees. BRRRR!
I can't say enough about LLBeans' free bus service. They have several routes that loop through the area, enabling us to go places, and see things that otherwise we would not have had an opportunity to do. The bus will drop you at one hiking trail, and you can hike somewhere else. For hikers in the area, it saves car shuttles. I don't know how many cars it eliminates from the island. It also gives the kids who can't drive yet the ability to enjoy the area they live in. What a great service!
The buses are dog friendly, as are many of the shops in town. There are dogs everywhere, enjoying their people.
This morning we caught the launch into the marina, then took a bus into Bar Harbor. After several hours in Bar Harbor, we caught another bus to Southwest.
Bar Harbor is a tourist town. The town is pretty, and the t-shirt/souvenir shops are a little more upscale than most of Key West. I didn't spend as much money in town as I did at Defender, but, I did replace T shirts that have bit the dust this summer, as well as buy a much needed pair of shoes.
We ate lunch in a great little restaurant, one of many choices. The bowl of crab chowder was great with a grilled cheese sandwich to warm up Floridians, as it began to drizzle rain.
When we got on the bus to Southwest, the crew of the Marnick was headed that way too. We planned the rest of our days activities, and at some point found out that the launch quit running at 6 today instead of the usual 8. So, five of us were on a bus, unable to make bus connections to get back to Northeast before the launch quit running. I was glad I had the phone numbers for the other two Nordic Tugs in my phone! Of course, you don't know if they are in town....
There were two young men on the bus who crew on a sailing yacht, and one of them offered us a ride in their "rubber duckie." One of their crew came from the yacht, and picked up the now seven of us, and took us around to Northeast Harbor in the drizzling rain with the fog setting in. I don't think I've enjoyed a cold, wet ride so much in a long time!
We came back, and I ran the heater on the boat until Ellen whined about being too hot, a nice change for the cold day!
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