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Aug. 21-22 Exploring the Southern Shore of NS

By on August 31, 2022 in The Pearl
“If love was water, I’d give you the sea.” –Unknown 
We really had no set agenda on this little adventure. We just wanted to see what Nova Scotia had to offer. So we left Yarmouth and headed east trying to stay as close to the coast as we could. We decided to visit a little spot on Cape Sable Island called Clark’s Harbour because many of the Monk trawlers were built there. We explored the boatyard a little and then spent a little time at the beach before heading east to Lunenburg. 

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Aug. 19 – Sailing on Penobscot Bay

By on August 29, 2022 in The Pearl
“I sail not to escape life, but so life does not escape me.” –Unknown 
On our last full day with our family we went for a sail on the Schooner Surprise on Penobscot Bay. We couldn’t have asked for a prettier day for a sail. It felt wonderful to be back on the water in Maine. It’s one of my favorite places we’ve cruise.

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Aug. 18 – Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens

By on August 29, 2022 in The Pearl
“When a man moves away from nature, his heart becomes hard.” —Lakota Proverb

One day we decided to drive over to Boothbay to visit the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. There are 300 acres of gardens and natural spaces to explore, which includes a native butterfly and moth house, a children’s garden and a fairy house village, just to name a few of the special features the gardens have to offer.

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Aug. 13-20 Maine Family Vacation

By on August 28, 2022 in The Pearl
“My family is my strength and my weakness.” – Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Summer vacations are about having fun, eating ice cream, swimming, playing games, exploring, riding bikes, hiking, experiencing new things, and enjoying good food. But most of all it’s about spending time with family and making lifelong memories. We’ve been doing all these things this summer and enjoying every minute. Here are the highlights of our first few days in Maine.

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Aug. 22 – Peggy’s Cove, NS

By on August 24, 2022 in The Pearl
“It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.” –Jim Rohn

Although Peggy’s Cove is a very very small place and just one cute community we visited on this day, I decided it deserved its own post, because I have so many wonderful photos to share. It’s famed for its picturesque and typically East-Coast profile, with houses perched along a narrow inlet and on wave-washed boulders facing the Atlantic. This unique environment has been designated a preservation area, but yet it’s still an active fishing community.

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Aug. 20 – Ferry to Yarmouth, NS

By on August 22, 2022 in The Pearl
“Dance with the waves, move with the sea, let the rhythm of the water set your soul free.” –Christy Ann Martine 

We drove from Rockport to Bar Harbor and had a chance to catch up with cruising friends we haven’t seen since the spring of 2021. We had enough time to enjoy walking along the shore path before lunch at The Terrace Grille at the Bar Harbor Inn. It was so much fun catching up with Burt and Prue. They spend the summer on their boat in Maine and know all the great things to do and good places to eat.

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Nova Scotia Adventure

By on August 20, 2022 in The Pearl
“What we find in a soulmate is not something wild to tame, but something wild to run with.” – Robert Brault 

We’re hoping that the third time’s the charm. We’ve tried to visit Nova Scotia twice before. In 2016 we wanted to take the boat to Nova Scotia while we were in Maine, but we ran out of time and never made it that far east. Our second attempt was in 2019. That year we planned a road trip to Nova Scotia, but Hurricane Dorian kept us away. Instead we had a wonderful trip discovering New Brunswick and the Bay of Fundy. This year our plan is taking the ferry from Bar Harbor over to Yarmouth, NS. The ferry will shorten the time it’ll take us to get to Nova Scotia and give us more time to explore. CONTINUE READING HERE…»

Back to Maine

By on August 15, 2022 in The Pearl
“Don’t educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be Happy. So when they grow up they will know the value of things, not the price.” –Steve Jobs
We’re back in Maine, except for a drive through on our way to New Brunswick in 2019, we haven’t spent any time here since 2016. We love Maine and it feels wonderful to be back. We’re here this time with our family to spend a week relaxing and exploring the Camden area. 

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July Updates

By on August 7, 2022 in The Pearl
“Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.” -Terry Pratchett

Besides the trips we took to Clayton and Niagara on the Lake we spent a lot of time in July listening to music around the area.

One place we seem to always go each year is Six Mile Creek Vineyard. It’s a small place, but the wine is good and the bands are always entertaining. We took a picnic dinner with us, bought a bottle of wine and enjoyed the music.CONTINUE READING HERE…»

It’s a Way of Life Not a Vacation

By on August 1, 2022 in The Pearl
“It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own, but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

We love the life we’re living and many think it’s a perpetual vacation. I’ll let you in on a little secret…living on our boat isn’t like being on vacation. We live on our own boat, not a cruise ship with a full staff. We still have to do maintenance on our home(s), pay bills, get prescriptions filled and make doctor appointments. Just to name a few of the normal life things that have to get done. Everything we do is done in a very small space…less than 600 square feet, which includes our outside space. We have no washer and dryer, no dishwasher, our refrigerator is dorm size with little space for frozen food, our shower is 3’x2′ and we have no comfortable furniture to relax on. Are you ready to join our crew yet?

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