Port Clyde and Rockland

Before we left Hog Island, we went for one morning dinghy ride. Our efforts were rewarded. Luke had seen an eagle fly away from the island during our walk the day before. Around that same area, we found him, sitting high and regal, on a tall tree. Not the greatest picture, but it's an eagle!
We also had a harbor seal finally take notice of us and come over to check us out. We got a good shot of him between us in the dinghy and the boat.

After leaving the island, we sailed past the Marshal Point light house, near Port Clyde. We had explored it on Sunday with new friends we were anchored beside. There is a nice museum in the old lighthouse itself.

The house and light have been renovated over the years. It is still an active lighthouse. In the 1800's the walk between the lighthouse keepers house and the lighthouse itself was a covered walk. With Maine winters, I can understand why!

Monday we finished out sail to Rockland, a popular town with cruisers. It's a great town, little Mainstreet USA type of town still. Everything except a grocery store are within easy walking distance of the harbor and town dock.

Lots of lobsters, too, of course. I'm sorry that the guy who generously took this picture of us couldn't get more of Maine's Largest Lobster (metal lobster, that is) in the picture. You'd never know were were tourists, would you?

One of the major attractions in Rockland is the Farnsworth Museum. Andew Wyeth, his father N.C. Wyeth, and son Jamie Wyeth are featured, being major Maine artists, of course. It's a wonderful museum with amazing pieces of art. It's incredible to look at the work and think that it is the original of long familiar artwork. Luke & I decided we like N.C. Wyeth's work about as much as Andrew Wyeth, not as fond of most of Jamie's.

We also visited the Project Puffin foundation, the guys who made possible the reintroduction of puffins in this area. Very interesting video about the puffins. They are cute rascals who live at least 7 months of the year --- solid --- in the water. They come on land only to go into burrows, have a single chick, and wait 6 weeks until the chick is ready to join them in the water.