Bright and early, we took a dinghy ride into "Basin Cove" - a cove with a very narrow entrance and maybe a half mile long. With a 10 foot tidal range, the entrance gets wild with the ebb and flood of the tide. We found the flat water part of the rapids for the ride in. The dinghy depth finder told us we had at least 8 feet of water under us -- very reassuring. Note the current past the lobster float.
Once inside, all was peaceful and serene.
On our way out of the cove, we literally climbed the rapids, with the dinghy at nearly full throttle.
We took the dinghy to shore to go for a little walk in the morning before we left and found that the lobster co-op shack was open (the middleman for the lobstermen and the retail buyers). Cute little picturesque place..
Fresh lobster, $3.50 per pound! Now, a one-pounder is called a "chic" and one each is plenty for a meal, plus we have leftover tail to make lobster rolls. Our first home-cooked lobsters this trip!
We spend one afternoon in The Basin, a lake-like cove in Casco Bay. Calm and flat, like a high altitude lake. I took the opportunity to go fishing, hopefully for something eatable. no way.. I caught only a little skate.
Poor little guy--- his face is too much like one of ours and I felt bad. Luke managed to get the hook out without damage and we let him go. He would have made only a two fake scallops anyway~
Next on the schedule, Seguin Island. The website is http://www.seguinisland.org/
Poor little guy--- his face is too much like one of ours and I felt bad. Luke managed to get the hook out without damage and we let him go. He would have made only a two fake scallops anyway~ Next on the schedule, Seguin Island. The website is http://www.seguinisland.org/
We took a guest mooring in a small, somewhat protected cove, at the base of an incline that was built in 1895 for delivery of supplies to the top of the 120 foot high island.
The lighthouse at Sequin is the oldest and one of the most important ones in Maine. George Washington commissioned the building of the first wooden light house in 1795. The present lighthouse tower and lens was build in 1857.
Our visit was on an overcast day, a little drizzle, but that was ok. The 360 degree view from the top of the lighthouse was magnificent. You can see 20 miles on a clear day.
The fresnel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresnel_lens) lens at the lighthouse is the only functioning first order (largest) Fresnel lens north of Virginia.
It has 280 glass prisms, is 9 1/2 feet tall and 6 feet inside diameter. A few prisms have broken and have been replaced with plastic, as the Nazis destroyed the formula for the lens glass during WW11. The light source used to be an oil lamp, now, it's a "theatre bulb", about 8" long. The lens itself is insured for $8MIL... we didn't touch it!
After our tour of the island, we scooted the short 7 miles to one of our favorite places from last year, 5 Islands. Tomorrow we plan to meet friends who live here.
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