Well, according to the meterologists
among us, summer is over and fall has begun. We have returned to
Virginia and have also begun the annual ritual of bottom painting and
waxing of the hull. Additionally, we need to replace the upper
bearing for the rudder stock, but that will be covered in another
blog.
We enjoyed a great summer visiting Sam, Jeremy and the three grandsons. We also saw Sandra's sister Paula and
brother Scott and family while up in NE. We were pretty busy with
the grandsons, but did get out for a couple of hikes in the White
Mountains. In August we rented a cabin for a week on a lake in
central Maine. This trip from New Hampshire required us to stop in
Freeport for a visit to L.L. Bean. We always look forward to this stop whether we
get to Maine by boat or by car.
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| Looking down through Crawford Notch |
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| View from our cabin on Ebden Pond |
After the week on a lake, we headed to
the coast for a week of camping at Acadia National Park. We hadn't
been back there in twenty years. A few things had changed, but the
beauty and dramatic coastline remains unchanged. While we've never taken the boat up there, we did a bit of investigation to determine good harbors to sail in to. For those who haven't been to Acadia recently, there is now a free bus service that covers most of the Park. We could pick it up from several harbors and have great access to much of the Park.
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| The entrance to Somes Sound. |
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| We could watch scenes like this for hours. |
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| Classic Maine coast scene |
But all that is behind us now as we
change focus back to the preparations for our fall
pilgrimage south. As I write this, we are staying with Jenn and Greg
while we get the boat ready for relaunching in a few days. We'll
manage to keep busy restocking the boat and preparing for the travel
during the next few weeks. Since our boat insurance doesn't allow us
south of Cape Hattaras prior to November 1st, we won't
leave until late in October. Aside from the fact that we intend to get
to the Keys by early December, the rest of our plans are still
tentative. We have a number of options for stopovers, but we'll
address those as we get closer to the time. We like to keep plans
fluid to take advantage of opportunities that may arise.
Certainly more to come, but that's all
for now.
Carpe Diem
Captain Bob
