House on the Cove: It's Thursday!!

Blogging takes more time than I realized, so I have not been doing much of it. Let's do a quick recap of the week:

Monday we did not go to Bangor but stayed home so I could go to yoga class. It was super! Great stretching, very serene experience and I loved having the mindfulness meditation incorporated. I have a long way to go, but loved my first experience.

Tuesday we went to Bangor. Papa Bear drove from here to the Bangor Mall - through downtown Bangor - without directions. How he knew where to turn, I know not, but he is amazing. We spent some time in the various shops and then came home. The drive to Bangor was a little over an hour (but some of that was road construction delays). The Mall itself has a main section with multiple shops in one building and then several stand-alone outlying buildings. It makes it an interesting place to visit!

Wednesday we hiked around Jordan Pond. This Pond, near the Tea House and gift shop (we visited neither, though we know from previous years that both are fun: the Tea House serves lunch and dinner and afternoon tea on the lawn) is situated so that you can see "The Bubbles" (two mountains) at end of it that is opposite the Tea House end. The loop around is 3.0 miles. It is not an accessible trail. Papa Bear told me it was birch and moss day, picture-wise (you will have to ask him how he knows what day it is, picture-wise; sometimes I think he makes these things up as he goes). Four pictures of the two items (birches and moss) appear at the end of this blog. I understand that more than one picture of ferns was taken by Papa Bear during the hike, too. The other pictures were taken by Mama Bear. I am excited that I am finally able to show you the colors of the rocks under the water ... We walked the west edge of the Pond first. It begins as a nice trail and turns into a wooden walkway for a long time, and then becomes a rock walkway before turning back to a nice trail. The eastern edge of the Pond back is all nice trail. There are a couple of interesting bridges at the end of the pond opposite the Tea House. The wooden walkway exists to protect the marsh area on that side of the Pond.

Today, Thursday, was rainy in the morning so we took the opportunity to run errands, which turned into an all-day event. We had fun, felt like we accomplished some tasks, and were home for the start of the Red Sox game. The Sox game began early tonight so that they can try to complete the game before the start of the Celtics game against LA tonight: it is now 8:30 p.m. EDT and the Celtics game begins at 9 p.m. EDT. It is now near the middle of the 7th inning. The Sox just put in a new pitcher. I think this game is going longer than 9 p.m. EDT.

Sunday is Father's Day, Monday is our wedding anniversary. We are trying to decide if we want to go out for our anniversary or cook in. There are positives about each. How nice to be able to decide between two good choices!!

Weather forecast is for hot and humid. Here that translates to low-to-mid 70's degrees Fahrenheit for a high, with humidity in the 50% - 60% range. I guess when you are accustomed to lower humidity, those levels are high. Knowing that people at the House on the Creek have been dealing with temperatures in the 90's and humidity levels also on the 90 percent range, I am wondering how we will experience these changes. Time will tell!