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Day 35 Bar Harbor to Black Island

8/23 We set sail from Bar Harbor to Black Island. We passed a boat race, which was lovely to watch, but we didn’t compete this time! We finally had a nice weather, clouds, and sun scattered and not too chilly.We anchored, watched the rising full moon, and Bryan had to re-anchor as we were in […]

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Day 34 Why is it called Bar Harbor?

We sailed to Bar Harbor, after hearing about how my sister enjoyed this town. I had wondered if it was called Bar Harbor because of all the bars in the village. Bryan anchored in the harbor just north of town, but as we found that the dinghy dock wss private, we rowed with our folding […]

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Day 33 Corea

8/21 We thought the fog might be lifting as we sailed between the islands, but it socked in again for a while. Between us we did well to avoid lobster pots but there was one lobster boat that came into view suddenly as I was hanging washcloths on the lifeline. Bryan plotted our course for […]

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Day 32 New Destination

8/20 Island state park trail maintenance workers bid us adieu as they went to work aboard their kyaks and we took off towards parts westward, not sure how far we would get. I just learned of a memorial service for a friend in Downers Grove, so our new destination is to get me to Portland, […]

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Day 31 Monday Live from Jonesport Harbor, Maine

Live from our new friends Dana’s and Tova’s house where we had a delicious dinner of scallops. A very foggy evening so the image is blurry, but the sound is fine. I play Two Shores, Old Man and the Sea, The Liberty Bell, After You’ve Gone, discuss my fiddle lessons with Chet Atkins, and more.

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Day 31 Friendliness

I believe Jonesport is the friendliest place I have ever been. At one time this port had three sardine plants and other businesses that have largely gone away. It does have better internet than elsewhere in these parts, so we returned, again in heavy fog, in order for me to broadcast my Monday Live from […]

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Day 30 Fog is for the Birds

A photo of outside this morning would be a white screen, as the fog obscured even the closest island. The little ducks, loons and geese seemed to be happy in this environment, and it was sometimes hard to distinguish them from the lobster pots scattered about. We saw many as we went a short ways […]

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Day 29 Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

We have explored coves on different sides of Roque island, all lovely and very few people anywhere. While in shore, a young hiker came by. She told us that she was almost back home after hiking 21 miles around the circumference of the island. She is a member of the original family who settled on […]

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Day 28 Eagles and Mosquitoes

We tooled around for a while looking for a place to anchor with good cell phone signal so I could sign onto Zoom to teach my guitar class. Then found a place on Roque Island with a nice beach where Bryan could paint another stripe on the dinghy while I went for a jog. Watched […]

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Day 27 Indian Artifacts

8/15 We returned to the mile-long crescent beach at Roque. Bryan repainted the dinghy on the beach as I went for a run along the entire length of the beach and a few short swims in the 53 degree water. We brought a black plastic bag with water heated by the sun for a shower and […]