Off to Winter Harbor!

Well we're in Orono, Maine.

We drove here in under five hours from southern Massachusetts amidst a regionwide heatwave: 90 degrees is a bit on the warm side here right now but it will cool off tomorrow, particularly once we get to the coast.

Susan and I are staying with her sister Joyce and family in Orono, just north of Bangor and only about an hour drive from Winter Harbor. The plan will be to connect up with our contact in WH so we can pick up the keys to both our new apartment as well as possible temporary living quarters. (Our water in the apartment won't be on until May 16 we're told.) The cool thing is the WiFi is on. . .

So we will head off from here late morning, pick up the keys and check out the apartment to see what we'll need to bring next time and what needs to be cleaned, etc. After dropping off some of our things it's back to Orono for the night.

Once we're settled in we hope that our household goods coming from Paris will have been delivered to Dick and Dorothy's house before June 1 when we'll start ramping things up at the Cafe. Once that stuff arrives we'll drive a rental van down south, pick through the things we'll need for the summer and then bring all that back north. Dick and Dorothy have been gracious enough to let us leave everything else in their basement.

Meanwhile, our things in storage in Rutland will remain there for at least the time being.

Oh, and in case you're wondering, the answer is "no," we wouldn't have changed anything at all. This has been and continues to be a grand adventure indeed. I can't wait t get the video clips from Schoodic Point and from the pastry kitchen in the cafe online. . .

Wish you were here,

Steve