Today was a stereotypical Maine summer day. I went up to Searsport to watch the lobster boat races with the Roths, Dunns and others. There was quite a bit of breeze and "chop" on the water. There was one serious incident when the two racing boats got too close to each other, the wakes interfered and one of the boats rolled up on its beam ends and pitched a participant into the water. The injuries were apparently serious. It was a half hour before they finally got him on a backboard and into the ambulance. Meanwhile Durelle was at the "Arts in the Park" event in downtown Belfast with the Pecks...complete with many craftspeople, fiddlers and blue grass music. At four we had twenty folks get together for lobsters and clams. We had four boilers going. I think we have this art down to a science. My hard shell lobster was big enough with a thick enough shell (2 1/2pounds) that I could not crack the claw with the nut cracker tool. Rick Feyler's K-bar knife did the job. With my big lobster, Durelle's normal one, and a pound of clams it cost $24 for the two of us. Thanks to George Peck and Dick Roth for the success. When the cleanup was done we had a brief happy hour. It got too cool!! Actually, it was the breeze. It is 61.7F as we speak at 9:00 PM. At the moment we are watching a small cruise ship in the bay and watching the Red Sox who are leading 9 to 1 in the 6th.