We’ve loved Mt. Desert Island since the first time we were
here 10 years ago, and, like a decade ago, we are spending weeks rather than days
here.
We’ve been in the same
anchorage for 2 weeks and we aren’t showing any signs of getting ready to head
out.
Once we arrived we
didn’t see any more of those pesky flies, we had remarkably nice
weather, and our friends Jage and Bob aboard Beach House were here for company - all making it easier to stay!
We have been anchored in a calm and wildlife rich spot near the Claremont
Hotel in Southwest Harbor.
A
majority of the Acadia National Park is on Mt. Desert Island and there is so
much to do here.
We can hike breathtaking
coastland or magnificent woodlands, bike miles of pleasant carriage roads, and browse
the museums and shops of the park and the quaint coastal towns.
We aren’t quite as connected up here as
we were just a few miles south - we don’t have wifi or TV at anchor, and we don’t
have predictable cell service at the boat or even in town.
So, at the moment we are sitting in
Southwest Harbor’s charming library, where the wifi is free and plentiful.
We aren’t quite sure what we’ll be doing with our next
couple of weeks.
There are
really only two choices, stay-put or move-on, and we haven’t quite
decided.
We thought that if we
came here we might be ending our chances of getting to Canada this year, and
this is the case.
Our Canadian
courtesy flag will just have to stand by for another year.
What we are sure of is that we are planning on meeting
friends further south in mid September and then moving on down to Annapolis
around September 23. We’ll stay at
Woodsback Marina again this year while we work the boat shows. We are planning to drive down to NC at
the end of October for a quick visit before sailing down to the Caribbean in
November. We’ll be leaving the boat
for several weeks in December while we go to Austria for the holidays. Rockhopper will be ready for Caribbean
guests by mid-January.
Rockhopper Anchorages:
44°16.770N 068°18.549W; Southwest Harbor, ME; 18Aug16…
It has been a long time since we’ve posted any photos, so
here are a few:
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| Our neighborhood seal |
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| A foggy morning race |
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| You are right Denise, once you start looking, owls ARE everywhere! |
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| Echo Lake and Somes Sound behind it were formed by glaciers |
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| A carriage road bridge |
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| We really appreciate the beautiful gardens. |
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| pre-monarchs |
We’ve loved Mt. Desert Island since the first time we were
here 10 years ago, and, like a decade ago, we are spending weeks rather than days
here. We’ve been in the same
anchorage for 2 weeks and we aren’t showing any signs of getting ready to head
out. Once we arrived we
didn’t see any more of those pesky flies, we had remarkably nice
weather, and our friends Jage and Bob aboard Beach House were here for company - all making it easier to stay!
We aren’t quite sure what we’ll be doing with our next
couple of weeks. There are
really only two choices, stay-put or move-on, and we haven’t quite
decided. We thought that if we
came here we might be ending our chances of getting to Canada this year, and
this is the case. Our Canadian
courtesy flag will just have to stand by for another year.
