Boothbay, nice people, and cat litter....

Per a recommendation from my sister-in-law Judy, we decided to go into Boothbay Harbor. What a great idea! We loved it. The harbor area is nice, busy with lots of boats, but not overwhelming. Just enough to keep things interesting as we sat on the boat and watched. The town itself is a little tourist town, complete with all of the quaint shops you could ever want, many art shops, pizza, ice cream, great seafood, a free trolley system, convenient post office, boat excursions for whale watching, fishing, etc.

In addition, we were able to get to a real grocery store for reprovisioning and did laundry at the marina where we rented a mooring. The marina is Tugboat Marina and has a restaurant, lounge, and hotel rooms as well as the marina. Cute, huh?

Have you got a clue how much cat litter an old, scrawny, 8 pound cat with kidney failure can go through?!! We didn't either. And cat litter is not an easy item to buy. For some reason, the marine stores at the harbors don't carry it... And it's bulky and heavy. We ended up with 5 boxes of the stuff, along with another 50 cans of cat food. I don't know where he puts it and still weighs 8 pounds, but he's a real chow hound lately. I used to have to give him appetite stimulants - these days he might eat as much as 4 cans of food. Must be the fresh sea air....

Anyway, with our 2 carts full of groceries, we called the local 1-car taxi service and waited. After 20 minutes we called them again. About that time a very nice lady stopped, said she'd noticed how long we'd been waiting, and would we like a lift back to our marina. She was a cruiser's angel! You can't really tell, but these grocery bags are 2 layers thick and on a layer of cat litter boxes. The dinghy is 10 ft long, so you're looking at 5 ft of groceries.

The lighthouse going into Boothbay Harbor is so "Maine". These old light houses are wonderful to see, especially since the Chesapeake has chosen to take down many of their old ones and replace them with strictly functional structures that have no rsemblance to a lighthouse at all.




Those lobster pots.... they are pretty. We're getting confidence in steering around them in masses, but being extremely careful at the same time. We know they are lurking and waiting ....




The air and water here are so clear and clean. I love this picture - you'll have a hard time (I hope) telling where reality ends and the reflection begins.