Maine

We’ve been in Maine about a week now.  We left the Merrimac River in company with Celebration, and motor-sailed to Mount Desert (pronounced “dessert”) Island.  We saw whales en route, and harbor seals when we arrived.  The weather has ranged from fog to rain to brilliant sunshine – they’re all great.  We traveled up Somes Sound, the only real fjord on the eastern seaboard.  Deep water beneath us, and tall hills and mountains beside us.  We saw some of the huge “cottages” along the shore as we travelled the sound – I can’t even imagine the kind of money it takes to have a place like one of these.  But we were quite happy with our anchorage in Somes Harbor, at the northern end of the sound, which was really protected and beautiful.  Here is Celebration at anchor on the calm yet chilly water of the harbor.