It’s starting to feel cold now as we approach September, cruising the beautiful outer Maine islands. Yesterday, our morning satellite weather forecast confirmed that we’d be seeing a strong NW wind starting overnight. We impatiently waited for fog to lift from our exposed anchorage on the north side of Isle Au Haut. Couldn’t beat the …
Category: Thoughts
Simple Things…
Maine’s pretty nice. I can’t say we’ve ever before sailed our home into a more serene and tranquil location than this little area north of Pemaquid. We’re tucked nicely into a very quiet cove, sheltering from the strong northerlies predicted today. At least two species of diving ducks, cormorants, plovers, eagles and other birds I …
Goo Goo For Glitter
Travel blog - shmavel blog. When not traveling what does one write about in one's travel blog? Maybe about something we come across often in our recent travels? How about a realization of an often seen, and commonly drawn-to phenomenon? Hint: What appears mostly over water? How convenient that we just happen to live (literally …
Catching Fish (not) And Finale (for now)
I forgot a few other juicy tidbits relating to our last post while traversing Bahamian waters. Two notable memories - aside from the incredibly clear water and raucous sea conditions, again due to remainders of T.S. Arthur. We sailed (not only motored) most of the way, making decent speed toward Freeport, the final Bahamian exit …
Cookies!
Cookies were a topic of conversation with one our sons recently. He had recently been baking his favorites, as a fun and delicious quarantine activity. An activity I’d do often with the kids when they were younger, I’m glad that pastime has stuck. Our talk reminded us of our dessert experience here in the Caribbean. …
