Cruising up here is so beautiful! Pictures are great, but they don't do justice to the beauty of Maine.

 

I have about a thousand more. It just kept getting more and more beautiful as we got farther up.

 

 

 

We spent two days with Bob and Tina Hinckley, Stephanie's cousins, at their beautiful home and dock in Southwest Harbor.

Dinner at their favorite Mexican Restaurant. It was great to see them again. Thanks again for the use of the car and dock.

Bob Hinckley had a lobsterman load his live box in the dock with about 40 Lobstahs. We just stepped off the boat, opened the lid, and dipped a few. Thanks Bob!

We have seen lots of seals, but this is the first one that I got a picture of.

Lots of rock in Maine.

We took a road trip to the Acadia National Park, Cadillac Mountain, and Jordan Pond.

The day was clear, and we could see forever on Cadillac Mountain.

 

These are named Two Bubbles. I think they need to be renamed. What do you think?

Six lobstah, waiting for their hot bath. When we left Southwest Harbor, we wished we would have dipped a couple more lobstah from Bob Hinckley's live box for dinner. We didn't let that stop us. While cruising to our anchorage, we stopped a lobster boat, named Miss Whitney, that was out checking his traps, bought six, and when we got into our anchorage, we had three for lunch, and lobstah rolls for dinner. Doesn't get any fresher than that. Still not tired of them!

Cassie and Godiva, playing with one of the lobsters. Godiva thought it was something to eat.

Lunch on the aft deck.

Cadillac Mountain in the distance.

20,000 years ago, the area was just rugged landscape. 15,000 years ago, a glacier started to move across it. 10,000 years ago, the glacier was 8,000 feet thick. As it moved, that's what made this beautiful area. 8,000 feet thick!!!!

 

Tina Hinckley's Horse barn. Those of you who know Stephanie, know that she was big into horses years ago. She loves to go into a barn and take deep breaths. She loves the smell. Smells like you know what to me!

They have huge tides up here. That's September Song, way down there.

Looking back at the walkway at low tide.

Hi, I'm Mr Ed. No, that's not Mr. Ed, that's one of Tina's beautiful dressage horse.

Portland

Portland is a great city to explore. It's also where Stephanie lived for fourteen years, and lived in Maine for eighteen years. What a great tour guide she was! "That's where I use to go, that's where I worked, I hung out there, that's where I lived for four years, that's the house I built, OMG, I can't believe how much that has changed, TURN LEFT, TURN LEFT, I never want to see snow again!" While we were there, we also got a chance to catch up with family and friends, and eat tons of fabulous Maine seafood. What fun we had exploring Portland together. (We always have fun together, wherever we are)
Lots of pictures, so you may need to click on older posts to see them all
We put the pointy end North again, and are moored in Boothbay Harbor. As we continue North, it just keeps getting more and more beautiful. Time to end this blog, put the tender in the water, and go exploring. See you in Boothbay!

September Song (loved Portland) out

Bob

Beautiful sailboats up here. They actually sail, rather than motor everywhere.

Fun with Henri, Amy, Monica, and Nick, at their favorite seafood place, J's Oyster in Portland. A little bit of past, present and future-love you guys!

Oysters on the half shell, steamers, mussels, and lobster. YUUMM!

This is the house Stephanie built.

This is a house Stephanie lived in.

There are so many lobsters this year, that they are cheaper than lunch meat. Henri bought them for 2.99 a pound for the lobster roast they had for us. He said he felt like a robber.

It's a long, cold, snowy winter up here. We saw lots of stockpiled firewood.

We went back to one of our favorite places we were at twelve years ago by car, The Lobster Shack, at Two Lights on Cape Elizabeth.

Click on the video to see our view from the picnic table, while we enjoyed our lobster rolls, and our first piece (first of many) of Maine wild blueberry pie.

We could take the girls most places we explored.

The lighthouse at Two Lights on Cape Elizabeth.

Not real comfortable, but cool seats.

What a beautiful place....And what a beautiful family!