Smith Cove – AnchorageToday was the first day we were delayed by fog…not too bad considering Maine’s reputation for fog. We weren’t going far so we waited until mid morning to leave, unfortunately the fog turned into a cloudy misty day. Making it a l…
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July 27 – Buckle Island, ME
Buckle Harbor – AnchorageMount Desert will be our furthest point north this year. We will slowly move south from here visiting little interesting places. We moved about 15 miles today to Buckle Island. There are literally hundreds of islands here to vi…
July 26 – Northeast Harbor, ME
Mount Desert IslandNortheast Harbor MooringToday’s weather called for rain all day and the forecast was correct. We woke to rain this morning and watched it rain all day. We decided to move to a mooring in the harbor rather than pay for the expensive s…
July 25 – Northeast Harbor, ME
Mount Desert IslandNortheast Harbor MarinaToday we decided to hike a real trail. The carriage roads are great, definitely easy and the views are nice, but the wonderful views come from smaller trails the wind you up the side of the mountains. We chose …
July 24 – Northeast Harbor, ME
Mount Desert IslandNortheast Harbor MarinaWhat a beautiful day we had…the sun was back and the temperature was in the 70s. A prefect day for hiking the carriage trails through Acadia National Park. We caught the bus to Brown Mountain and hiked about …
July 24 – Northeast Harbor, ME
Mount Desert IslandNortheast Harbor Marina We still have no Internet service and little data reception on our phones. I’ll post info and pictures when we get to another destination. We will be on Mount Desert for at least another day and then will…
July 23 – Northeast Harbor, ME
Mount Desert IslandNortheast Harbor MarinaWe woke up to our first foggy day in Maine. Along with the fog we also had rain…oh well every day can’t be beautiful. We gave some thought to staying on the mooring ball in Little Cranberry Island another day…
July 22 – Islesboro, ME
Little Cranberry IslandFree Town MooringAnother beautiful day on the water. The sights are wonderful, we went through the Deer Island Thorofare which is a channel that passes a group of islands know as Merchant Row. Merchant Row is an archipelago of 30…
July 21 – Vinalhaven Island, ME
Seal Bay – Anchorage Today we traveled further up the coast towards Mount Desert. What a beautiful and amazing day on the water…we were entertained by seals and harbor porpoises the whole way. In fact as we entered our unbelievable anchorage we …
July 20 – Jewell Island, ME
Cocktail Cove – AnchorageWe spent a wonderful day exploring this beautiful island. The tide fluctuates 12 feet here every six hours. It’s amazing to see the difference in the shoreline from high tide to low tide. We actually had to wait fo…
