Fog, lobster, Castine, and Wick goes to Paris

Monday was the foggiest of days --- we sat at Burnt Coat Harbor, on Swan 's Island, patiently waiting for the fog to lift, which it didn't do until very late afternoon. While we can travel safely in fog with our GPS/chartplotter and radar, we do like to be able to see the scenery. The fog lifted too late for us to go anywhere else. We used the time to dinghy to shore to the one place that was open - the Loberstermen's Co-op. It's the warehouse for the lobstermen. They also sell lobsters individually, so we bought a couple of fresh 1 & 1/2 pound whoppers (2 dinners) for a whopping $18. Wickie was pleased.

Tuesday dawned clear and beautiful and windy. We set out for Holbrook Island, where we anchor to dinghy over to Castine (remember where Paul Revere was disgraced?). About 1/2 way, we took a 4 hr. layover in Stonington to wait for the current to change to our advantage, pushing us up the Penobscot Bay. Getting to be hum-drum by now, another beautiful schooner sailed by as we were at anchor.

It was windy and choppy the whole way. When we finally turned into our protected harbor, the wind disappeared, the water flat, and it was the wonderful anchorage we remembered.

In fact, it was so flat and still that Wickie decided he'd been an "inside" cat long enough and decided to finally explore the boat. We let him, as it was so calm. He carefully and diligently wandered around the entire boat, checking out all the smells and little places (including the end of the anchor locker, which scared me). Now that he's "discovered Paris, we can't keep him down on the farm". He wanders out anytime the boat is still. He seems pretty sure-footed, but we keep a careful eye on him. Not sure who is going to jump in after him if he falls....

Here's one of the reasons we like Holbrook Island anchorage --- the sunset, with the only other boat in the whole anchorage with us. We also saw two eagles in flight.

Today we're headed to Rockland (as I type). We've got laundry to do, a haircut for Luke, stuff from the marine hardware store, a few groceries, and a general delivery post office pick-up. Nikki checked out my yarn stash at home for me, pulled a few skeins, and has sent them to Maine to enhance my yarn stash on the boat :-)