July 15                  Southwest Harbor, Maine

On Sunday, we began an intensive search for David’s wallet.  We were certain it was in the boat or in the car.  It was not found in either.  This was becoming scary.  The wallet contained no money but it was packed with credit cards.  He would need his driver’s license to board a plane and it was also in the wallet.  Calls to places we visited the day before were not successful.  David returned to town to make his own personal search of those sites.  This was also unsuccessful.  Finally, he decided to check at the local police station.  To his great surprise, his wallet had been turned in by someone who found it after the parade on the previous day.  It apparently had fallen from his pocket while we sat in front of the local deli.

At four o’clock, we were delighted to witness on the dock across from us a lovely wedding.  All the guests and participants were dressed in navy and white and the ceremony was held on the aft deck of the boat owned by the couple being married.  She was dressed in a beautiful long dress of deep navy and he had a navy blazer and white slacks.  We were later told they had been together for more than thirty years but “the time was never right to marry” until now.  About twenty people attended the wedding but many others arrived for the reception held in a white tent on the main dock of the marina. 

We left the festive scene to take a driving tour of the park with Phil and Linda, who know the area well.  They have come to Southwest Harbor for years and both have hiked extensively in the park.  Fog had unexpectedly arrived shortly before the wedding and remained thick in areas near the water.  Bright sunshine and clear skies were elsewhere.  In our drive, we alternated between the two.

 After going through the large park and the small communities bordering it, we ended at Bar Harbor.  Dinner was at a quaint restaurant featuring Brazilian cuisine.  My seafood dish of shrimp, mussels, and scallops was flavored with coconut milk.  Very good!  David had a Shepherd’s Pie made with fried eggplant—definitely not the traditional recipe but he enjoyed it.