Goodbye Maine

Our last two days in Maine were fabulous!  We had wonderful weather and the added pleasure of revisiting our favorite anchorage with friends from New Hampshire.  We picked up Patricia and Dave in Portland, and headed straight for Jewell Island.  I was a little nervous about hosting our first overnight guests (we have had family onboard overnight), but they have been on boats before so they adapted well to boat inconveniences.  We stumbled upon Jewell Island on our original trip north mainly because it offered a protected anchorage without traveling inland.  The east side of the island takes the full brunt of the Atlantic Ocean, but the west side feels like a different serene world.

On this trip we were able to hike and explore the island.  This is called Cocktail Cove...we didn’t name it, but we celebrated the name after our hike!

The boat in the center of this picture is our Whaler (Shrimp Boat is her unofficial name), and that is where we anchored when we started this hike.

Our hike across the island led us to the ‘Punchbowl’ on the eastern side.

Patricia and Dave walking the pebble beach of the ‘Punchbowl’

If you like rocks, this is the place to be...I love geology!

No words needed

This is one of our favorite places in Maine!

There is a 10-12 foot tidal range, plan accordingly when anchoring!

After returning our guests to Portland we anchored for the night with plans the head for Portsmouth the following day.  Goodbye Maine...

Goodbye seal escorts

Goodbye fog

Goodbye deep water 50 feet from shore

Goodbye high of 67!