Many visitors to the island remark on how few bugs there are. While I will concede that there are not many mosquitoes to interrupt time outside, there are many bugs. Amy & I had to fight a swarm of moths when we first arrived on island, for weeks the June Bugs sounded like hail bounding the windows, and currently we have a cloud of flies surrounding us when we step out the door.
I can already hear the jokes concerning my personal hygiene. I’ll have you all know I shower once a day and frequently swim too; I am as clean as I can reasonably be. Regardless, the flies own me when I exit the protection of the Keeper’s Quarters. Today was no exception- taking advantage of the beautiful, cool, weather I decided to bushwhack some more of the North Trail, and headed out with the weed whacker. I may be the master of the grass out here, but the flies are lord of me. I won’t take a picture of my legs, to spare the children who may be reading this, but they made a meal of them, proving that the flies are the most vicious fauna on Seguin.
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| Note the mast in the left corner; this is looking NNE from our front lawn |
After wearing myself out on the North Trail, I had to go back to help Amy finish mowing the lawn, then eat some lunch, then give tours. The sunny weather was bringing people out, with nearly fifty visitors trickling in over the course of the afternoon. We also awarded the Grandest Entrance Trophy today, with a group of ten people sailing into The Cove on their 115’ yacht Tenacious, dropping their anchor in a spot safe from snagging the cable, and coming ashore in their 20’ RHIB tender. Tenacious also holds the distinction of being the only sailboat who’s mast I have been able to see from the hill.
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| Tenacious (black hull, farther out) viewed from the Cove |
Tenacious was our final unannounced visitor of the day, so Amy & I repaired down to the Cove to gather mussels for dinner, in anticipation of my cousin Justin & and his wife Shannon coming to spend the night with us. Father brought them out just as we were finishing our harvest when they arrived, so we helped land them, and the wood I need to rebuild Dory, and then trucked up the hill.
We rounded the night off with steamed mussels, cold beer, cheeseburgers on the grill, and a tomato basil salad Shannon made (wonderfully tasty, thanks Shannon!) We took a sunset walk up to the top of the Light, saw the sights, than hung out inside chatting until bedtime. The weather, cool and dry, should remain the same tomorrow
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