Barncastle, Maine

Rainy Day in Blue Hill ME
Woke up to a downpour and decided to see how the kids were doing before we moved them out to all of our rainy day options which include the Oceanarium in Bar harbor and Southwest Harbor or the Auto museum in Southwest Harbor (which includes motorcycles) or the beach in blue hill. The kids had breakfast and were back in the room about 10:30. The boys hooked up their DS’s and the girls started building a puzzle. They seemed pretty happy, so Marci and I went out to do laundry. The Laundromat is only about .6m but we drove because of the pouring rain.
After we got the laundry started we were going to go downtown for coffee. It took us a while to figure out where we could have coffee. There is a bakery behind a bookstore (The Hearth) and the Coop grocery has a café. We decided on the Hearth but it was a major pain in the butt to find parking. The little downtown fills up with cars and cars are cruising the streets. We couldn’t figure out what all these people are doing in Blue Hill in the rain. There are lots of art galleries and a theater (but it’s not showing plays in the daytime). Finally, we found a parking place and got a tea at the bakery.
The bakery turns out a huge assortment of baked goods that just keep coming and it has pizza dough (which we bought) . Lots of people were coming in and purchasing baked goods but we didn’t try any. They leave them all out on shelves with no coverings and people come in a pick them up and put them down and touch them and then take what they want. And, there is no covering to keep things from drying out (of course with this rain, maybe nothing dries out; it just gets soggy) or keeps flies away.
After completing the laundry and heading back to the kids, I suggested that they come with me to the beach in Blue hill in our rain gear but I couldn’t get any takers. The beach is just a few blocks away. I walked down there and it is spacious with lots of pebbles but it seemed very mucky if the kids were to go into the actual tidal flats so it might have been good that they didn’t want to go. They were perfectly happy in the room. The boys started playing twister and the girls turned on a movie or tv show.
Marci and I went to the Fish to get lunch for everyone. This is a pretty large fish shack on the edge of town with some interior seating. Marci and I ate inside. We’d read about their lobster rolls, so we got one of those. We also ordered a peanut butter sundae (which is soft serve ice cream with topping; and it was soooo yummy. I want another right now!). Marci ordered the fish chowder which seemed to be mucky water with overcooked fish, shrimp and clams. I didn’t want to eat it at all. The lobster roll was substantial ($12.95) and mostly lobster with a bit of mayo as a binder. The bun was like wonder bread which I just don’t get. We also ordered a moon pie which is this chocolate cakey cookie thing with this white filling. But no one would eat it. Lauren tried it and said it was okay but dried out. They also had corn on the cob which was sweet and great without butter.
After lunch, we hung out reading (Marci and I) and playing with electronic devices (the kids).