Lobsters!! (Day 11) 9/19/09

Today (or Yesterday, by the time I'm done writing this) started off with a much better breakfast than on Day 10. Honey Nut Cheerios FTW!

Greta and I decided to play on the balance beam for a bit, which is a slippery metal pole a good foot and a half off the ground. We set our records of 31 seconds (Greta) and 16 seconds (Me, of course.) Then, of course, we both fell hard off the pole and simultaneously were in some degree of pain. We quit for the day on that one.

Dad wanted us to ride on the Carriage Trails (still at Acadia, of course) and so we set of to Bar Harbor Bike Rental to rent some bikes. Of course, right off the bat we had to bike up about a mile. Bike *UP* a mile. Like, straight up. We then made it to the top and were heading downhill again before Dad pointed out that I had misread the directions, so we got to climb up that hill again. I then realized that our exit was at the bottom of that mile straight up, and so Greta and Dad got to moan at me about making them do it. Fun.

Once we actually got to the Carriage Trails (which are a bunch of scenic gravel paths just wide enough for a horse drawn buggy), the ride began to take on a more positive mood. We went past pretty lakes and up and down gentle(er) hills and Greta began to stop complaining.

We made it back at around 12:00, and bought some supplies for Chicken salad for lunch. We had that, and took a siesta for a good couple hours after. Dad then decided that we should see the Mount Desert Island Oceanarium. It consisted of a small museum with lobster cages and the largest lob I've ever seen. An older fisherman came out and then talked about lobstering, netting and how to put rubber bands on their pincers (I got to demonstrate.)  After I got their pincers, he proceeded to explain that if a lob gets ahold of you're finger, there is literally no way to get it off of you. Except for one, which is to put it in the water with only one leg touching the ground. It likes to have both touching, so it lets go of you to do that.

After this, we walked through the lobster hatchery, the touching pool and all of that stuff. Then we got to eat lobster!

Dad said I was crazy (and I probably was) but I'm not a huge fan of lobs. To me, it seems like too much work to have to crack open an animal that is staring back at you and then eat the little bit of meat that is almost as hard to chew through as gum. Next time, ground chuck for me. Fortunately, I got my substenance from the blueberry pie a la mode (spelling?) I had afterwards. That was good.

After this dinner we went to the skywatch. The skywatch was at the top of Cadillac Mountain, where the skies were very cold and very clear. Jupiter was incredibly bright, so all the scopes were pointed at it. Unfortunately, even through a good scope it looks like just a white circle. Kinda boring, if you ask me.

I got back to the camspite incredibly sleepy and cold, and decided to save this blog for today.