We waited out the fog in Stonington until around 11am, then headed out to sea. Kayakers were plying the quiet waters between Devil and Bold Islands, about 1 1/2 miles from town. We saw others making the trek from the town to Crotch Island, where the quarries are.
Look at this band of fog. It truly shows a fog band --- you can see exactly where the fog starts (about 1/2 way in the water) and how high it is. It's really strange to see it and know you're going to be sailing into it.
But -- the real feature here is a 900 acre nature preserve, rescued by the Maine Coast Heritage Trust from a timbering operation that wanted to buy it. 
The coast is rocky, much of it the pink granite that we saw in Stonington. 
The sea erodes the beach rocks to beautiful, rounded boulders. Well, beautiful to look at and to gather a few small, round, pink rocks, but not so great to hike out onto in boat sandals. 
Anyway, a nice place to visit and hike and have cheap, home-made lobster rolls. :-)
Look at this band of fog. It truly shows a fog band --- you can see exactly where the fog starts (about 1/2 way in the water) and how high it is. It's really strange to see it and know you're going to be sailing into it.
We went to Frenchboro, on Long Island (ME not NY), a small island about 15 miles off shore. It's a community of 30 families, a few moorings, 2 restaurants (one seats 6....), church, elementary school (high school age has to move off island to attend school), a library that will rent you books if you promise to mail them back, a post office located in a private home, and a small harbor full of lobster boats. Very quaint.
But -- the real feature here is a 900 acre nature preserve, rescued by the Maine Coast Heritage Trust from a timbering operation that wanted to buy it. The island is a marshy woods, full of little cranberry bogs, lush plants, and tall firs.
The coast is rocky, much of it the pink granite that we saw in Stonington. The sea erodes the beach rocks to beautiful, rounded boulders. Well, beautiful to look at and to gather a few small, round, pink rocks, but not so great to hike out onto in boat sandals. Anyway, a nice place to visit and hike and have cheap, home-made lobster rolls. :-)
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