We are still in Rockland and still on the hard. But that's ok. We are making a lot of progress, both in cleaning the interior of the boat (soooo much easier this year!) and outside maintenance (like sanding and painting the bottom of the hull). We have checked the instruments and they seem to be working well also. Early to rise, with sunrise at 4:50, Smokey walking all over us, and sunset at 8:20, long days to work long hours! With luck, we hope to be in the water early next week.
We are enlisting some help with the outside maintenance from the boatyard this year. Luke and one of the yard workers are studying the intricacies of which patches on the boat need sanding.
It isn't all work, though. We arrived just in time for the Rockland Summer Solstice Street Party! It was really well attended this year. Pizza, hot dogs, bbq sliders, and bloomin' onions were the food offerings. Lots of kid oriented activities like face painting. The local child's dance class had performances and there were several much-too-loud "bands".
Luke liked the old cars. This 1923 vintage car is entered in The Great Antique Car Race, as a representative of the Owls Head Transportation Museum. The race starts soon and goes from Buffalo NY to Halifax Nova Scotia! It's not really a race but a rally. Luke asked what was the criteria for "antique", and was told 1970 or older. So I guess that makes us "antique"
Yes, they really do grow this large up here! Pretty scary, we're told they like fiberglass boats a lot!
While the mid Atlantic areas have been sweltering, the day time highs here have been mid to high 70s, and the night time lows in the low 50s, mostly with Maine blue skies.
I am off soon for an unexpected dental visit...ugh. But I got a good reference from someone here, the dentist is within walking distance, and he could see me next day.
Later this week we plan to catch up with sister-in-law Beth in Bar Harbor.
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