Island Idyll

The kids and I got to spend an incredible day on the idyllic Great Gotts Island off Bass Harbor.  With only 25 homes, the island seems frozen in time.  There's no electricity and many of the houses don't have running water.

We went to Great Gotts with Jayce, one of the kids favorite babysitters.  Jayce is a friend of one of the families that first settled the island.  Every summer Sue & George live in one of three cottages that are located on the back end of the island.  To get to the cottage, you have to walk a mile through the woods.

Once there, the cottage embraces you like an old friend.  It's homey and filled with sea glass, sea shells and sea creatures gathered by generations of children.  The view of the harbor, Acadia's Cadillac Mountain and Bass Harbor Light is breathtaking.

The family opened their home and hearts to us.  They even took the kids lobster fishing and clamming because the kids "just couldn't leave Maine without trying each job at least once!"

 

It was an incredible day with some incredible people.