Port Clyde and Dix & High

After waiting out the cold, windy, and intermittent rain in Five Islands, we left in beautiful skies on Friday, heading for Port Clyde.  Port Clyde has the ferry to Monhegan, a small market, restaurant, church, ice cream shop, and a couple of art galleries. Not much else.  But it is a pretty little harbor.

Don't be mistaken - this is very much a working harbor, too.

Speaking of working....we noticed floating "bales" of something in the water.

It turns out that a company is harvesting seaweed in an agri-business - for the past 20 years!  Here is the "harvester/ baler machine"

Pretty typical Maine houses line the waterfront.

I have to admit,though, if I lived here, I would really love a home on an island!

We did spot this nice Black Crested Night Heron on the dock.

Leaving Port Clyde yesterday, we passed the Marshall Point Lighthouse.  This beautiful lighthouse is best know for it's roll in the Forrest Gump movie.  This was his final stop during his run across America.

As we sailed towards Rockland, we passed a couple of lighthouse - the Franklin Island lighthouse, en route to the islands of Dix and High, about 8 miles east of Rockland.  This lighthouse marks Franklin Island, a Maine Coastal Island National Wildlife Refuge.  We would love to go there sometime.

Also, the Whitehead Lighthouse.

Finally, we anchored between the islands of Dix and High.  It was a beautiful, sunny day.

But a little different when we woke up this morning!

This misty fog gave way to fog so dense that we couldn't see any of the islands!  SO, we sat.  And waited.  After a few false starts, the fog finally diminished enough that we felt safe in starting for Rockland.  The sky continued to clear and it was a good passage to Rockland.  Fresh water in our tanks, a bit of the Rockland Blues Festival, and we are at the dock at our winter marina.  Tomorrow they will climb our mast and see if we can find the reason for the failure our wind speed indicator.