Coach Stop Inn

Here I am at breakfast, about to partake in my very first blueberry fritter, the signature dish here. This is our bedroom. Below, is the dresser. It's nice to stay someplace long enough to unpack things into the drawers! This is our living room. This is the parlor which is shared by everyone. We haven't spent any time in there. We don't have a TV in our room, but I think there is one in this room, hidden in the sideboard. We haven't missed it. High speed internet access keeps us in touch with the world, and it is enough. Here is the breakfast room. I think there are 3 other rooms here. Breakfast is served from 8 to 9. Then in the afternoon, there is something special made for "afternoon tea," cookies or cake or something. This is just left out for the rest of the day. This is a painting by Natalie which is in the breakfast room. I think it is a very interesting picture.

Monday evening

Last evening, we ate at a place called The Chart Room, right by the water. It was low tide, so the water was not close, and you could see lots of tide pools. I'm rather fascinated with tide pools. (I think I may feel a passage coming; I wonder if this topic is overused?) After dinner, we went back to town and watched the sun set and wandered around for a bit.

We are here!

Not a great shot, but the only one of both of us so far. It seems the little tripod was among the many things we forgot. This is my favorite spot so far. We stopped here and climbed around the rocks and listened to the waves crashing on the rocks below and felt the breeze in our hair and pledged to return early one morning with a thermos of hot coffee. Here is Dad taking pictures at that same point. I think there are many beaches, but mostly rocky ones. This one actually has sand, and it is named, you guessed it, Sand Beach. It was quite warm, and many people were playing in the waves. I was wishing we had brought swim suits, and wondering if it'd be worth it to buy some. We let the waves wash over our feet, and IT WAS SOOOOO COLD YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE IT! I thought when water was that cold it was ice. It reminded me of Maxey Pool in Lubbock. Forget the swim suits. . . Below, you can see the Universal Sign for Toothache. This is actually an imitation, because though the Actual Toothache looks much like this, one would not want to risk photographing a Toothache Sufferer. This is what the roads through the park look like. Very nice driving, but we can't wait to get our bikes in the morning, and bike and hike this place. We drove the Park Loop Road just to get an overview of the park. This is on Cadillac Mountain, about 1500 feet. Not so very high, compared to the Rockies at 14,000. But it's pretty impressive to be there and have a glimpse of the ocean. Makes you feel like you're looking down at a relief map. And here we are at our B&B!

No no

You didn't say I couldn't put my foot in the cage, did you?

What is this?

This little fellow must live in one of the trees nearby. He looks as much like a rat as a squirrel! What do you suppose happened to his tail? In the last picture, he looks more like a dog curled up in the sun. Who knew that squirrels took naps in the sun?