Saturday 7/27 (Day 14) - Acadia in sun!
     Woke up early again with a campsite in mind. This time I was good to go. Got a walk-in site for $14/night and headed to the harbor cruise I had signed up for. The boat ride was great. It was around some of the islands and out to "Isleford" a small town on one of the islands. The trip was lead by a park ranger and one of the captains was a good bird watcher so I chatted it up with him a bit. We ended up seeing harbor seals, tons of ospreys, and Common Guillemot. The sun started coming out to make for an awesome day.
     After lunch, I went to "South Beach" for a cold swim in the ocean. Think Lake Superior in late July. The waves were huge! Like 7 foot swells sometimes. I did a little body surfing, but it was so cold that it was hard to stand for very long.
     Completed another run on the carriage paths and went for my shower at the nearby camping supply general store. There are no showers at Seawall. I walked in with 5 quarters thinking that surely it wouldn't cost more than that. A quick glance at the sign read (to me) 1 quarter for 2 minutes. I plugged in my 4 (it took 4 a time) and was taking my sweet time, enjoying the hot water, and rinsing out the running stuff. Next door, I could hear this poor dad and some kid screaming and refusing to shower. Poor timing in a paid shower. The other compliant kid had commented on how it had almost rinsed off with that set of quarters and I was thinking to myself, how slow can these guys be? 8 minutes for a dollar. Slowly it dawned on me that the 4 quarters wasn't for 8 minutes but for 2! I had misread the damn sign. It was $1 for two minutes. And I had brought no other quarters. I kicked it into high gear and suds-ed everything down as fast I could, knowing I had already wasted a lot of time. It turned out I had about 20 seconds left, I was still trying to rinse when the thing turned off on me. Like a chump, I was scooping water up as it drained to try to get the last bits of suds off. Lesson learned.
    Dinner was mac n cheese again along with a healthy supply of Maine brewed beer. A great day in Acadia. Fantastic weather. I couldn't have asked for much more.

Day high: An awesome swim at the South Beach
Day low: Paid showers? Are you kidding me?
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States: Maine
License Plates: Alabama
Bird Species: White Throated Sparrow, Herring Gull, Osprey, Black Backed Gull, Cedar Waxwing, Common Loon, Common Tern, Black Guillemout