Boat Cruise

Today we walked 1.5 miles into the town of Camden. We looked around in a bunch of stores selling antique furniture, expensive clothes, and tourist knick knacks. Many of the tourists here have little yip-yip dogs they take everywhere. Lobster roll for lunch – good, but $8 can buy a lot of tuna sandwiches.

We went for a two hour cruise on a schooner - a 2-masted sail boat with four sails.

The boat we sailed on was built in 1918 and is captained by the owner, who lives aboard with his wife. They go on 4 public cruises 7 days a week and have for 21 years. There is seating for 18 people, but there were only 13 on board today. Apparently the weather has been unseasonably cool for the last month and the tourist season here has been slow. Captain Jack told stories of the various boats we passed, the birds and lighthouse we saw, etc.

We saw the “Victory Chimes” – the largest 3-masted sail boat to fly the American flag – featured on the back of the Maine Quarter.

It is nice to be on the coast – good food is easy to find and the weather is cooler (sometimes). It's also easier to spend money. We want to go for a full day kayak trip somewhere between here and Bar Harbor, visit Orano, and then head home to Athens and put our house together. A couple of days ago I was feeling homesick, but the coast and associated culture has lifted my spirits. (Plus Jenny reminded me we are homeless.) It will be nice to go home and settle down soon.