Sunday 7/28 (Day 15) - More Rain in Acadia
     Got up at 7 this morning for the Birds of Acadia hike. It ended up kind of sucking. Within 5 minutes of the talk, I realized that I was one of the best bird watchers there as many didn't have bird books and a few didn't even have binoculars. We spent 45 minutes in the parking lot with the guy going over how to focus, how to look up birds, things to look for ect. A waste of time after making myself get up early. Nothing we ended up seeing were things that I couldn't have seen in Minnesota. That said, I tried to focus on his teach techniques which was beneficial to some extent.
     Went up Cadillac Mtn for a lunch and a good view. Within minutes after getting up there, fog started rolling in killing the view! There is lots of fog here. I still had my lunch and walked around a little.
     The rain started in again after lunch; just in time for my run. I did another stretch of carriage paths. The legs were definitely tired today after logging a lot of miles the last few days.
     Dinner was for sure the highlight. I was back at the supply store for my paid shower (with a lot of quarters this time) and decided to pick up a 6 pack of beer. I got to talking to the guy and asked him where a good place to get a reasonable lobster meal would be. "Right here", he said. I said, no, with sit down, but they had a screened in porch on the side! I ordered a lobster with damn near every side they had on the menu (potato salad, coleslaw, clam chowder) and his wife got working on the lobster. All of it was homemade! They were fine with me cracking open my 6-Pack, so I sat, enjoying the evening, drinking Maine beer and eating lobster! Not to slow down too much, I threw in a slice of her homemade blueberry pie for dessert. After tip, I think it was $30. Hell of a deal.
     After dinner, I checked out the "Head" light house, crawled around on the rocks for a little, then headed back to the campsite to read and sleep. More rain, but still a solid day on the island.

Day High: Dinner at Mom and Pop's place
Day Low: Fog on Mt. Cadillac? Are you kidding me?
Stats
Miles: ?
States: Maine
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Bird Species: Common Yellow Throat, Hairy Wood Pecker, Hermit Thrush, Raven