We left Mt. Desert this morning and began our westward trip through areas of Maine that we purposely skipped on the way up. First port is Stonington on Deer Isle, home of the famous red granite quarries and also a…
Seal Cove and Winter Harbor
After Ken and I explored the quarry at Stonington in the morning we left for Winter Harbor and Seal Cove. Even more remote and off the beaten track…no cell service or internet. However it was spectacular in its beauty and…
Kayaking… Seal Cove style
Today we crossed Isle au Haut Bay to Vinalhaven Island to a remote harbor called Winter Harbor and Seal Cove. Before leaving Ken and I dingyed over to the granite quarry in Stonington. It is interesting to see how they…
Crossing Penobscot Bay to Tenants Harbor
Left our friendly seals this morning reading to the western sore of Penobscot Bay, our first time back on the mainland in over a week. Like most towns that we have visited, lobstering reigns supreme. It is fascinating to cross…
Round Pond… Welcome Back to the 50’s
We left Penobscot Bay yesterday and traveled west to Round Pond, about 6 miles north in Muscongas Bay. Round Pond is a small inlet with a general store, ice cream shop, 2 churches (one sort of famous called The little…
It Had to Happen Sooner or Later
Awoke this morning to rain and gloomy skies. Although we’ve had a couple of cloudy days today is the first in a month that is really crummy. In spite of that we made passage to Christmas Cove near South Bristol…
Christmas Cove
Arrived yesterday in Christmas Cove named by Captain James Cooke when he arrived here on Christmas day. This Cove was also visited by Joshua Slocum on his solo circumnavigation aboard “SPRAY”. Another beautiful small harbor with a sleepy little town.…
Thread of Life
With a thunderstorm to our west which was safely drifting off to the south, the four of us boarded Enchante’ for a early evening sail last night through what is called The Thread of Life. It is a very narrow…
Robinhood Cove
We left our friendly ospreys guarding our boat this morning and headed to Riggs Cove and then further south into Robinhood Cove where we threw anchor. On the way into the cove we were treated to some very curious seals…
Riggs Cove on a Dreary Day
We tried to send this yesterday bit alas poor cell and internet service. We moved over to a mooring in Riggs Cove at one of the nicest Marina that we have ever visited. Beautiful grounds,a library, general store, meeting room…