Wednesday-Thursday June 22-23:  Home 

     We left Portland after showers & breakfast on Wednesday.  It was a pretty day and we weren’t going to push it today.  Three days of 50 or 60 miles had gotten us this far, we didn’t need to get to Camden all at once.  We have a friend who is getting his boat ready for a trip to Newfoundland this summer, and we thought it would be fun to pop in on him.  So we set our goal for Cushing, about 38 miles away.  The day was a fairly easy run.  The sea was still behind us but it was much tamer and our autopilot handled it just fine.  We just had to watch out for the pot buoys.  

Lobster boat out working, somewhere between Portland and Boothbay.

    We got to Pleasant Point Gut about mid-afternoon.  This is a busy, extremely picturesque working harbor near the mouth of the Georges River.  We dropped the hook near Serianna, our friend Bill’s beautiful West Coast-style troller, a William Garden design.  Bill had planned to leave last week, but was delayed for some repairs.  Dan offered his help, and Bill accepted for first thing in the morning.  Dan told me to sleep in.

Pleasant Point Gut.  That's Serianna in the foreground.

     First thing to Dan and first thing to Bill have different meanings.  I did sleep in - til 7:00 - and we had eaten and had dishes done by the time Bill came over to collect Dan at 8:45.  They spent about an hour or so on Serianna and then Bill delivered Dan back so we could “get on home.”

     We had a very nice cruise up the coast to Camden, enjoying sights familiar to us.  We’ve seen a lot of pretty places this year, but few compare to the beauty of this place.  We’re sorry this adventure is ending, but it’s so nice to be back in Maine.  

 Owl's Head Light

Camden Hills

     Thirteen months: three countries, fourteen states - it all seems like a dream now.  Our cruise is not over, we are just taking a break while we figure out what, when, and where the next adventure is.  We will continue to update the blog, even if we're on land or if we’re just out for a long weekend.  Stayed tuned as we make plans, and come visit us if you’re up this way.  We experienced the incredible kindness of so many people along our path, we'd love to pay it forward.  If you come to Maine we'll have a hot shower, a hot meal, and way to get you around for errands. Give us a shout, we'll come get you.

Camden Harbor

The official map of our adventure - courtesy InReachDelorme.  That straight line through the Appalachians is part of the plane route we took in March when we flew from the Bahamas to Maine and back.