Mon 17 Sept

Another lovely breakfast on the upstairs porch with perfect fall sunshine to accompany. Bryan is a very gracious waiter. Today we hike more seriously in Acadia, our only day to do so. Wonderful hiking day! Perfect weather and we selected some great trails with input from the innkeepers and a hiking book. We probably hiked about 4 hours total, plus a half hour break for lunch on a mountain top. Some good rock scrambles, great views. Did have a phone message and returned the call to Mick; Grandma is in the hospital and will transfer to Portage County Home tomorrow, presumably for short-term rehab. Leone is going to write a check needed at admission and I'll reimburse her from Grandma's account on Saturday when we get home. Nice of Mick to run interference for me so I didn't need to listen to Leone's guilt trip about not being in town when Grandma has stuff going on. It is just her ankle and doesn't seem from when I spoke to her on Sunday to be any kind of emergency. Food: 8:00 am Small croissant w/jam, 2 oz fresh whole apple juice, 6 oz OJ, small parfait w/melon, vanilla yogurt, homemade granola, 3 small pieces orange french toast w/real maple syrup, 2 sausage links, small banana split, coffee 12:30 pm 1/2 roast beef/provolone wrap, large piece blueberry coffee cake (leftover from lobster pound) 3:30 pm Cappuccino, 2 popovers w/butter and jam (at Jordan Pond House in the park) 5:00 pm 6 oz red wine, 2 tbl pub cheese w/pretzels 7:00 pm Salad w/fresh greens, sliced apple, chopped pecans, apple cider dressing, 2 crab cakes w/more greens, ginger herbal tea 8:30 pm 4 oz port, rum ball Exercise: 10:20-3:00 pm (minus half hour for lunch) Hiking Acadia Nat'l Park rocky climbs