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Omigosh-where can one go after one leaves Arcadia?

Dee

—–Original Message—–
From: Jeff Gray
Sent: Jul 17, 2009 6:22 PM
To: sacking@netbox.com, vox <980286c3a15f1c66@moblog.vox.com>
Subject: BSMnM End of Arcadia

Day of walks and good food. 

Nature walks and hiking trails.  See flickr for pics from the camera.  Bogs in photo.

Calamine lotion tribal markings from the little flying things – they like Sharon.

Lobster roll sandwiches for lunch.  Maine crab, scallops, citrus and fennel salad, cold perfectly undercooked asparagus.  Penne with lobster, lots of it, in a garlic oil.   No room for desert at the restaurant but shared some homemade ice cream, Jordon Pond.  Mint chip and blueberry, scoop of each.

My walk was on a pleasant day;  Sharon's other trip (with me) was hot,humid and buggy. 

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Day of walks and good food.

Nature walks and hiking trails. See flickr for pics from the camera. Bogs
in photo.

Calamine lotion tribal markings from the little flying things – they like
Sharon.

Lobster roll sandwiches for lunch. Maine crab, scallops, citrus and fennel
salad, cold perfectly undercooked asparagus. Penne with lobster, lots of
it, in a garlic oil. No room for desert at the restaurant but shared some
homemade ice cream, Jordon Pond. Mint chip and blueberry, scoop of each.

My walk was on a pleasant day; Sharon's other trip (with me) was hot,humid
and buggy.

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Perfect. Perfectly pointless. Up and down getting nowhere. Perfect ride on
a perfect day. One of the better rides ever.

Rolling hills 200ft or so rises but graded 2-5%. Almost perfect roadway.
Uphills better due to risk of gravel spots coming down too fast.

Low 70's, slight overcast, low humidity.

Road quality may be so good from runoff, as well as the work of Friends of
Arcadia. No flat sections, none yet.

Waterfalls, ponds, streams, lakes, views.

Dinner: Bouillabisse for dinner. Classic french restaurant. Garlic lemon
aoli, home made 7 grain bread, lobster, divers scallops, clams, mussels,
shrimp, halibut. Excellent broth. The the amuse-bouche was carpaccio of
beef with homemade horse radish mustade; everything perfect.

All, in the presence of a good thunderstorm visible from our seats.

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Ah, I suspect the boogs' reputation will precede them, next trip.  Hotels and restaurant owners will be quaking in their boots!

Dee

—–Original Message—–
From: Jeff Gray
Sent: Jul 15, 2009 6:55 PM
To: sacking@netbox.com, vox <980286c3a15f1c66@moblog.vox.com>
Subject: BSMnM Lobsters again and again plus Acadia wanderings

Wanderings in Acadia – a wonderful National Park – with land mostly donated by Rockerfeller Jr.  He built the carriage ways and forbid cars on them.  Nicely graded, 2% -5% rolling hard packed surface.

QB walked the paths, I took the wheels.  Pics on flickr from QBs walk as well as the food discussed below.

Found a field of wild blueberries.  Picked some and carried along for a later treat.  About 10% of the high up field appeared to be ripe.  Excellent taste; good price.

But, this is a tour of Lobsters.  Twice today for me.  Once at lunch, a nice salad which was basically a tail two claws and a piece of lobster served with a  good hot popover.

Dinner led to some queries and another reduced bill (see summary below).  This place, right on the waterfront with an excellent view, used the boiling in sea water approach.   Ah…. to boil or to steam.  Experts will have to jump in.  Both methods appear good but lead to a very different taste.  Boiling seems to lead to a bit more tenderness.

However, the lobsters tonight we much softer shell; much.  Full of the boiled water and a lot less meat.  When I pointed this out to the staff, and indicated other places we have eaten at gave full measure they took $10 off the bill.

Discount summary to date:

-lobster dinner, softer shell, $10

-Delta Hotel in Trois-Riveria- fully comped dinner after the waiter made a couple of mistakes which were pointed out.

-Loews Hotel, Le Concorde, Quebec, roof top restaurant fully comped breakfast buffer after some comments we made about "certain items".

No free rooms this trip but the trip is not over.

The popovers at Jordons Pond House were perfect.  Served with butter and jam as is to be expected.  Pics on flickr site.  New set,  BSMnM   Boogs sack Maine and Mass  (just a short bit in New Hampshire).

Also pictured are some Prince Edwards Island mussels we forced down.  Fortunately Jordon's Pond ice cream is available in town; we had some, high fat type. 

Will stay some extra time to further explore Acadia as well as Bar Harbor.

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Wanderings in Acadia – a wonderful National Park – with land mostly donated
by Rockerfeller Jr. He built the carriage ways and forbid cars on them.
Nicely graded, 2% -5% rolling hard packed surface.

QB walked the paths, I took the wheels. Pics on flickr from QBs walk as
well as the food discussed below.

Found a field of wild blueberries. Picked some and carried along for a
later treat. About 10% of the high up field appeared to be ripe. Excellent
taste; good price.

But, this is a tour of Lobsters. Twice today for me. Once at lunch, a nice
salad which was basically a tail two claws and a piece of lobster served
with a good hot popover.

Dinner led to some queries and another reduced bill (see summary below).
This place, right on the waterfront with an excellent view, used the boiling
in sea water approach. Ah…. to boil or to steam. Experts will have to
jump in. Both methods appear good but lead to a very different taste.
Boiling seems to lead to a bit more tenderness.

However, the lobsters tonight we much softer shell; much. Full of the
boiled water and a lot less meat. When I pointed this out to the staff, and
indicated other places we have eaten at gave full measure they took $10 off
the bill.

Discount summary to date:

-lobster dinner, softer shell, $10

-Delta Hotel in Trois-Riveria- fully comped dinner after the waiter made a
couple of mistakes which were pointed out.

-Loews Hotel, Le Concorde, Quebec, roof top restaurant fully comped
breakfast buffer after some comments we made about "certain items".

No free rooms this trip but the trip is not over.

The popovers at Jordons Pond House were perfect. Served with butter and jam
as is to be expected. Pics on flickr site. New set, BSMnM Boogs sack
Maine and Mass (just a short bit in New Hampshire).

Also pictured are some Prince Edwards Island mussels we forced down.
Fortunately Jordon's Pond ice cream is available in town; we had some, high
fat type.

Will stay some extra time to further explore Acadia as well as Bar Harbor.

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Not all the pics went. Strange. Here are the rest.

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Not all the pics went. Strange. Here are the rest.

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Ah – lobster roll! The only carb I allowed myself that week in Maine and it
was worth it!

Lobster pound is also a holding area in a protected cove where lobsters are
kept until marketed.

Sharon looks remarkably relaxed at this point. Will you be able to hang on
two more weeks for the blueberries????

Judi

On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Jeff Gray wrote:

> Day of local color.
>
> – too early for Maine blueberries. Two more weeks.
>
> – lobster pound. Local term for a lobster shack. Dinner place pictured.
>
> – pic from last evening's lobster dinner. Another pic of QB with her
> lobster roll lunch.
>
> – down east explained as a sailing term. Down wind from south west wind for
> going down east.
>
> -spectacular ride, introductory, through Arcadia. Be sure to look it up.
> 40000 acres of real beauty.
>
> – dinner at Thurston with lobster by the pound, a real outdoor dump with
> great food.
>
> – bakery with popovers and oatmeal blueberry cookies.
>
> – wildlife sighting, a Main Coon Cat
>

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Day of local color.

– too early for Maine blueberries. Two more weeks.

– lobster pound. Local term for a lobster shack. Dinner place pictured.

– pic from last evening's lobster dinner. Another pic of QB with her
lobster roll lunch.

– down east explained as a sailing term. Down wind from south west wind for
going down east.

-spectacular ride, introductory, through Arcadia. Be sure to look it up.
40000 acres of real beauty.

– dinner at Thurston with lobster by the pound, a real outdoor dump with
great food.

– bakery with popovers and oatmeal blueberry cookies.

– wildlife sighting, a Main Coon Cat

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Arrival. Picture of lobster dinner lost somehow. Really said it all. Whole
lobster.

Waterfall will have to do.

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