After a great day of sight seeing, singing, and bowling, it was time to head back to the Episcopal church where we would be treated to a tremendous breakfast!
Even Fred Slayter joined us and shared many stories with us.
After breakfast, we had time to enjoy our last few minutes of Rangeley beauty and hospitality.
It was now 9:00 a.m. and time to stop by the Red Onion restaurant where Monica (the proprietor) had made boxed lunches for us. Our next stop was an area called Smalls Falls. We even had a Kodak moment on the way there!
It was a gorgeous day and the water was running swiftly.
Here are two videos of the water falls. One is real time; the other is in slow motion (feel free to play your favorite music as it plays!)
The kids climbed to the top of the falls and back down (with no injuries). We stopped for some last minute pictures before we left.
Back on the bus, we followed "Uncle Fred" to Edmunds Market in Phillips (Maine) for water and supplies. After shopping, we said goodbye to Fred and began our trek to Boothbay Harbor. Around noon, we found a little park in Augusta where we enjoyed our delicious box lunches.
About an hour after lunch, we arrived in Boothbay Harbor where the kids had time for shopping and walking around town. It was another beautiful day in Maine!
It was a short drive on the winding roads of Boothbay Harbor to the Ocean Gate Resort, our lodging for the night. We arrived at 3:00 which gave us plenty of time to take advantage of the amenities that the resort had to offer.
We arrived at the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor at 6:00 where are host, Genie O'Connell, was waiting for us.
Genie had prepared a delicious dinner of lasagna, salad, watermelon, and assorted cookies. The concert was scheduled for 7:30 p.m. so we took time to take some pictures before the concert.
The kids sounded great in the beautiful acoustics of the church.
Here are some videos from this concert. (Thanks to Susana Pocock for taking the videos!)
Tonight was our last concert of the tour (we sing at a church on Sunday) which meant for our 3 seniors (Amada, Charles, and Sarah) it was their last concert as a Kirk Singer. (Of course, they can now join the Kirk Singer alumni and sing at the 10PM Christmas Eve service!). Here is their encore song, "Friends."
After the concert, the kids mingled with the audience, sharing their stories and experiences of the tour. We thanked our host, Genie, and headed back to the resort. The underclassmen worked on their "roasts" of the seniors. The seniors helped the underclassmen by doing their laundry and working on their speeches for the Farewell Dinner. Under the starry Maine sky, we said good night to another spectacular day.
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