Seafood Eats and Ocean Views

We went to our family camp for a few days over Labor Day weekend for some kayaking, hiking, relaxing, and visiting with family. We had a family get together at the camp. I cooked dinner for my 3 aunts and 3 uncles one night and they brought hors d'oeuvres, drinks, and dessert. New England Clam Chowder was one part of my menu. It felt quite right making clam chowder for my New England family. Caleb and I drove down the road to buy fresh clams from the local lobsterman.

 I steamed the clams, and then Caleb pulled the clam meat out of the shells. It was A LOT of shells!

 I strained out the leftover water the clams steamed in to make sure no sand or pebbles from the ocean was left because this formed the broth of my chowder.

I wish I had gotten a picture of everyone over for dinner but it didn't happen.

Bald rock trail was our hiking destination one day. This is a familiar trail to me, and is only a few minutes away from our camp.

We made it to the summit much quicker than I remember it taking in past years. Caleb said his knee with the repaired ACL felt great while hiking (not as strong as the other knee, but it still felt good). Our view was a little hazy, but we could still see some of the closest islands off the coast.

Lincolnville Beach area was a part of our view. After we hiked down from Bald Rock, we drove the couple miles down to the beach. I stuck my sore feet in the ocean. The cold water and the sound of the water was refreshing. Caleb enjoyed his view away from the sand and cold water.

This large looking dock/pier on the right side of the picture is the ferry port. It leaves from Linconville Beach and goes over to the island Ilseboro. You can see the ferry heading towards the island if you scroll back up and look at my picture with Linconville Beach labeled in it. The ferry is on the far right of that picture.

On Labor day we gathered again with some family and camp neighbors for lobster dinner. Uncle Steve steamed the lobster in a large pot outside.

Some fresh Maine Lobst-ahs - oohh la la and some Maine corn on the cob from a local farmer

Notice the extra utensils on the table for cracking the lobster shells and picking out the meat. All of the shell parts get thrown into the big bowl on the table after we pick the meat out. Then we dip the meat into the melted butter and savor every bite.

Summer seems to be slowing down around Maine. Thankfully lobster eating doesn't have to end. And we saw the first signs of fall coming during our hike. We are curious about how much more color we will see when we head to Bar Harbor next week.