That was Maine!

Quick post just to bring you up to speed.  Picture below shows current setting from where we are sitting.  Dulcinea is in the centre of the picture.

Internet Access at Soamesville

View from our internet location.  Dulcinea in centre

We are in a place called Soamesville at the top of Soames Sound in Mount Desert Island.  Another beautiful spot and the weather has turned really nice for the first time in a few days.  We are anchored in a really sheltered natural harbour and have come ashore to get an internet connection which we have found by parking ourselves outside the public library beacause it is shut today (Mon 10th Sept).  Nic and I are busy working in the internet while Sam is trying to catch himself a black bass in the local pond.  I swear Sam is turning into more of a Huckleberry Finn character every day.  Try and get him to do school and its impossible but mention fishing and you cannot see him for dust.

The weather is just perfect today.  Almost clear blue skies, little wind and the sun shining.  We start our big transit tomorrow morning early down to Newport.  Plan is to ride the northerly winds expected on the front of a high pressure system moving into the area.  There is a tropical depression way out east which will probably generate some uncomfortable swells for a while but we need to leave to ensure that we catch the wind otherwise it will be swinging Southwest which is exactly the direction we want to be heading.

Northest Harbour was nice but the weather was not that good while we were there.  We did manage to get off the boat and up into the Arcadia National Park where there is lake (Jordon Pond) and a place you can have lunch so we went up there with Peter and Claire and had a relaxed lunch.  It is always good to get off the boat.  We also had an auction on the boat.  Calley put up all her drawings which she has been working on for the past few days for auction to raise some sorely needed funds.  Claire acted as auctioneer and did a stirling job although believe there were a couple of people in the audience pushing the prices up.  In the end she managed to raise $8.10 minus 10% commission for the auctioneer.

The great Calley art auction

 After two nights at Northeast Harbour we motored 6 NM away up Soames Sound to where we are now.  After arriving Peter, Claire and kids went ashore to have a look around.  Nice place but pretty quiet.  They met a guy fishing at the local pond and were given a black bass he had caught which we ate last night.  Hence the interest by Sam to catch something today.

We will stay here until early afternoon and and then have a short sail to move closer to the offing point for tomorrow morning.  We have all really enjoyed Maine - the people, the scenery, the food, everything.  We would recommend this place to anyone looking for a holiday destination.  It certainly is a magical part of the world and I think we all are sorry that we have to leave but it is getting colder and the tropical climes are calling.

P.S.  Steve - sorry to hear about your latest run in but glad to hear you are OK.  Think you are right about the sailing being a much safer venture.

Anchorage at Soames Sound

Sunset at Soames Sound