Once again, I will apologize for my failure to post for the past two months! Several issues have contributed to this delinquency on my part. First, we stayed in Maryland for the entire month of June, taking care of doctors appointments, and a road trip…which included a move. So, nothing exciting to share in June. However, July has been phenomenal, but I have been experiencing technical difficulties with the blog site.
In all of the posts from April and May, the pictures have disappeared. I went in and reloaded them, and they disappeared a second time. A little research uncovered that I am not alone. It seems that the App I was using (Blog Touch) to write the blogs no longer plays well with Google…or it’s actually the other way around. Google made some update that changed the way Blog Touch interacts.
Bottom line…I had to find a different way to post a blog. I went back in and reloaded pictures from the first post in April, and so far…they are still there. So…let’s try a new post and see how/if it works🤞
Since we didn’t leave (Maryland) until early July, we did a fast hop up the coast. Here are some of the highlights!
This is what ground tackle looks like after not moving for a month…yuck!
We spent July 4th anchored in front of the Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May, NJ. The sweet sounds of boot camp😁
Next stop, Barnegat, NJ. This is one of our favorite stops along the East Coast!
Passing through New York City is always exciting!
This plane took off directly behind us, on the East River, and zipped right past!
We had our first onboard medical emergency, since cruising. Luckily we were in Port Washington, NY, with easy access to an emergency walk in clinic…it happened to be directly across the street from the dinghy dock…how convenient!
Anchor chains and picky fingers don’t mix! Eleven stitches later, and I’m good as new😁
Back to the fun stuff…
We visited Mystic, Connecticut. So much to see!
The Charles W Morgan, launched July 21, 1841 is the last wooden whale ship in the world. At one time the fleet numbered more than 2,700 vessels.
They stayed out to sea for 4-5 years😳
This hook has seen a lot of whale blubber…sad!
This is the engine room of a fire boat Fire Fighter. Built in 1938, this boat protected New York Harbor for over 7 decades. Keith is in his glory exploring the engine room!
And now on to Maine…
We traveled to our farthest destination, Bar Harbor, and started working our way back to the east.
Puffins and Seals and Mola Mola…oh my!
One day, we hiked a mountain in Acadia National Park. Did we plan to climb a mountain, you might ask? We did not, in fact we specifically planned to take a leisurely stroll along a ‘moderate’ trail🤣
Things didn’t quite work out that way. We thought we were taking a short cut to the ‘moderate’ trail, but the short cut was OVER a mountain. Note to self…do not use the trolley map to navigate mountain trails!
#OldPeopleStrong!
We had amazing views, and we all survived! Sometimes it’s good to push yourself outside your comfort zone…whether you intend to, or not!
While entering Somes Sound, we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to buy lobster directly from a boat!
We ended up with 27…to be shared with Gail & Eddie.
Lobster processing is underway. We freeze the tails, and steam and pick the bodies.
We are heading back to Portland to pick up some visitors. Our niece and nephew plan to spend 10 days cruising Maine with us, and then friends will join us for a few days. There will be plenty of more pictures coming from Maine!
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