Today we woke up late, got our first breakfast at the Bed and Breakfast. Home-made chocolate chip Belgian waffles...yum. Well, because the weather is supposed to suck tomorrow, we changed our plans and went out on the the Schooner Eastwind for a ride around Boothbay. The views were incredible. And the ship was amazing. Herb and Doris (our guides) hand built this ship along with 6 others over their lives. Two of them they have sailed around the world twice. 4 trips around the world in a 60' sailboat. I was telling Becky...I'm adventurous, but I honestly don't think I could do that. Evidently some rich couple paid them a crap load of money to take them around the world as customers even.Anyway, the ride itself was amazing. They took us through the harbor where we saw literally thousands of lobster pots, we saw harbor seals in the water, harbor seals basking on the rocks, porpoises, and seagulls. Because the sailboat was whisper quiet, we really could take in nature that much more.
We sailed south to Damariscove Island where evidently some crazy dude lives. All the islands out here are privately owned. Another stat that blew me away was if you stretched the entire coastline of Maine out (including the islands) it would be 7000 miles of coastline. Considering it's only about 150 miles from the Southern tip of Maine to Lubec on the border, that gives you a sense of how many crags and islands there are here.
After the schooner tour, we just took it easy and drove around the East and West Boothbay areas. The only other highlight really was visiting the Maine aquarium. It's quaint...unlike Atlanta's. It's a one-room building but they have marine life we don't have down there obviously. Specimens include a 25 pound lobster, dogfish (which are actually sharks) and all the local crustaceans you'd see in the tidal zones (baby lobsters, starfish, horseshoe crabs, etc). They also had a blue lobster that you could touch and pick up amazingly.
Very neat day. Tomorrow off to Pemaquid Point.
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