Day 4, 21 May

Hinkley - he weighs 165 lbs!

We all got up early on this beautiful morning  for Fred and I to catch the ferry at 7 am. We had lists of stuff to get for the lighthouse and for Cyndy and ourselves. The boat showed up with Ken, the president of the board and Ethan (ferry driver) and his wife Lindsay and their dog Pepper. It was a pleasant ride over in the sunshine and back to Cyndy’s house to start laundry get the rest of our stuff – my art supplies and met her beautiful daughter Carney and said hi and gave hugs to Hinkley again. Filled two water jugs with water and retrieved a floor lamp from Cyndy’s garage to put in the dining room at the lighthouse. We went into town and Went to the FOSILS office and met Kathryn  and chatted with her and looked over some of the gift store stuff. Got groceries and hit Ace hardware. Had a pleasant lunch at Maxwell’s and continued down the street where we met Mary and Greg at Reny’s. What a nice surprise and we had a nice chat. Got a few more things at various places before going back to Cyndy’s to retrieve the laundry and get some cold things from the fridge. Another hug to Hinkley and back to the pier to catch the ferry. Ethan showed up about 2:45 and we loaded the stuff on the boat and away we went in the sunshine back to the island. Another pleasant ride and were greeted by Ken, Cyndy and Micheal. They helped us unload our two loads of stuff and back home we were.

Cobblestone Beach - Stones may have been ballast from
Ships in the 1700's heading back to Europe

We had a happy hour and then Fred and I went to explore the trail down to Cobblestone Beach. There were a few colorful buoys about and we poked around the very rocky beach and rock areas. The sun was out and in a matter of seconds the fog poured in and it was cooler and damper. We did hear the foghorn sound off two times and then stopped, it is somewhat broken and doesn’t work right. It was still neat to hear the great horn speak, even for just two blasts. We collected the buoys up and one dead balloon and headed back to the cove where we hung the buoys up and then continued back to the lighthouse. Cyndy and Micheal had cooked dinner of chicken chili and garlic bread. Another delicious meal completed. The fog was pretty thick and we all went up into the lighthouse tower to see the beautiful light and the “umbrella” effect it gave in the fog with the dark spokes. There were some little yellow birds (goldfinches) that were clamoring against the glass of the lantern room outside. They acted like they wanted inside. We went out on the catwalk and watched them – trying to scoop them gently away but they seemed oblivious to us and mesmerized by the light.

Too tired to play scrabble – we all went to bed early by ten to ten thirty.