Day #4 - Winds

Today is our second anniversary. This is why we picked the wedding date we did - so we'd be away to celebrate it together.

We began with breakfast at Denny's. I'd been craving it since we drove past it on our first day here. The service was slow, but that just meant we had more time to chat and hold hands in much the same way old lovers do. I wonder how we appear to strangers. Certainly no one has guessed we are honeymooners - drunk off relatively new love and the hormones that go with it.

After breakfast, we returned to the cottage where I napped. Mich assures me it's the salty sea air that is making me unusually lethargic. Perhaps it is breaking out of the routine and living instead by how we feel, rather than by a set time by which something must be done. Here, we are not home by 5:30 PM with dinner on the table by 6:00 PM, lovemaking complete early enough so that we can be in bed after the 10 o'clock news in order to work the next day and start the cycle all over again. Instead, I awake to the gulls and crows and the tide. In fact, it almost felt like an intrusion when for practicality's sake we needed to set a time to go boating with Mich.

We made our way along the back roads, past fields and trees. We stopped at Mike's - an old trading post to pick up drinks for the ride. The New Husband noticed the penny candy quickly. "Look," he said as he pointed at the counter, "You never see that any more."

"If it's called 'penny candy' then why is the cheapest kind two cents," I asked.

He laughed and replied, "Smart ass." He never explained why.

We arrived at the van de Wetering estate and I was awed at how gorgeous it was. The landscaping was impeccable and scattered throughout the property were sculptures the owner had made. We made our way down the cliff, along a winding, wooded path until we reached the dock. Waiting for us was a 22' motor boat. We made our way along the coast, between the islands - the wind whipping my hair - dodging lobster buoys like meandering minefields. Mich let the New Husband take the wheel for a while. Eventually we made our way to the Bass Harbor Lighthouse which was absolutely stunning. I loved being on the water and I can totally see this becoming a life goal: owning a boat, of course.

For dinner, the New Husband dragged the grill out and made delicious steak tips. We're enjoying the grill since we can't do so at home. It's nights like this that I can't wait until we have our own home.