Holy Donuts 08/26/19

Wassawki Springs Campground, Scarborough, Maine

A wise son heeds his father’s instruction, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke. ~ Proverbs 13:1

Holy Donuts, Batman!!

We read about this place and had a brochure on them. Sounded like a great place to get something yummy and one of their three locations is just down the street from our campground!

This picture and the next are from their brochure.

The place was packed inside and out!
And it was 9:45am on a work day!

There they are!
Dark Chocolate Coconut, Maine Blueberry, 2 Blueberry Lemon and 2 Triple Berry Holy Cannoli
Look good enough to eat, don’t they? Is your mouth watering?
Are you, right now, googling where the closest Dunkin Donuts is located?

It was the most money we every paid for something with holes in it! Mostly because we refuse to buy those jeans that are so popular now. 😊 We bought six because all the flavors sounded so good, we couldn’t decide on just one. They’re very large, as you’ve seen, and the first one we ate (their Holy Cannoli) was very good! The other four weren’t so much. We think because #1 was fresh, and we ate the others at the end of today. (And tomorrow.) Disappointing, especially for the price. Guess we should’ve eaten all six at once . . . .

Bleh!

One of the State Parks we visited today is called “Two Lights”, but there are no lighthouses in the Park, and there’s only one at the other Park, and it’s a privately owned one that you can’t get close to. The restaurant at the second was really busy and highly rated, but we chose not to splurge since we spent a small fortune on those donuts this morning.

Not much to worry about for us, since it’s near low tide, and the sea is pretty calm.
You’ll see what I mean.

This part of the Park was also a battery. There’s still a few remnants, but most is pretty overgrown now.

It was a gorgeous Park today – especially if you’re willing to walk on the exposed rocks.
Which of course we did!

They had a short trail around the Park, but not much in the way of views once you got started.
Still, it was a good warm up for rock climbing. : )

That’s how we came down to begin our walk along the coastline.

And then we had to climb up again, before climbing back down again. : )

All of the rocky area we walked on had little pools, indicating there was water here recently, which is why we don’t think you could walk on this at high tide. You’d be relegated to the actual trail.

Don’t know what this stuff is but there was a lot of it, and it was crunchy if you stepped on it.
We tried not to, but a few times it couldn’t be helped. : (

*Catch a wave and you’re sittin’ on top of the world!*

Fortunately, or unfortunately, I didn’t catch it . . .
But I didn’t think I would.
The rock I’m on was carefully chosen for it driness.

This is the other part of the Park,
the place where you can see the privately-owned lighthouse in the distance.
There were many more people here, and it wasn’t nearly as nice an area as the one we left.
We didn’t stay long.

That’s the restaurant. And the line of people waiting to eat.
Nice views from the tables!

Cape Elizabeth, Maine was established in 1765. That’s the town we visited today, or at least their Portland Head Lighthouse. It’s touted as “the most photographed lighthouse in America” and is the oldest one in Maine, having been built in 1791. Its tower is 80’ tall. And here’s some information I discovered on several sites that I found very interesting:

President George Washington approved the appointment of Capt. Joseph Greenleaf, a veteran of the American Revolution, as first keeper. The light went into service on January 10, 1791, with whale oil lamps showing a fixed white light. At first, Greenleaf received no salary as keeper; his payment was the right to fish and farm and to live in the keeper’s house. As early as November 1791, Greenleaf wrote that he couldn’t afford to remain keeper without financial compensation. In a June 1792 letter, he complained of many hardships. During the previous winter, he wrote, the ice on the lantern glass was often so thick that he had to melt it off. In 1793, Greenleaf was granted an annual salary of $160.

It was a beautiful light, but unfortunately (in my opinion) it was low tide so it wasn’t as nice a ‘foreground’ as I would’ve preferred. Still, they have a really nice cliff walk trail and lots of views – as you’ll see from all the pictures. Probably too many pictures. 😊

This is a small sampling of all the cars in the parking lot we came across! We found a spot that only had 4 spaces total and was right by the gate.

We were surprised to see street carts selling food,
but even more surprised to see they were selling lobster rolls!
Ya don’t see that just anywhere!

There was an information board where we took the cart picture from.

You’ll see the spot later, when we get to it.
And yes, I realize this caption looks off center. I think it’s the way I cropped the picture . . .

There she stands!
The Portland Head Lighthouse.
You can see why it’s so photographable now can’t you?

Can you tell where the high tide mark is?
Wouldn’t this be even more lovely at high tide?!?

That’s the Ram Island Ledge Lightstation.
It’s 77′ tall and 1.2 miles away.

80′ is really tall when youre standing next to it!

Remember the shipwreck? This is where it happened.

The rocky ledge runs far out into the sea / And on its outer point, some miles away, / The lighthouse lifts its massive masonry, / A pillar of fire by night, of cloud by day. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Lighthouse”