After leaving Blue Hill Bay we made our way south to the “Merchant Row” islands, stopping at Camp Island, Stonington and Isle au Haut, where we spent a number of days. There are literally a hundred islands in an area no more than 6 miles by 6 miles, to weave between, anchor behind and explore. While most are privately owned and thus limited in access, the few areas that are public, like Acadia National Park on Isle au Haut are truly magnificent.
We experienced our first “fogger” day(s), defined in Maine (really a term that is used officially by the national weather service) as fog thick enough to reduce visibility to well less than one mile. The worst, “fogget” we have thankfully not yet seen, where one is not able to see the bow of the boat. Cheating heavily using chart plotter and radar, we were able to navigate rather smoothly (knock on wood) , though still unnerving to see a radar blob tract towards you and appear no more than 500 yards away for the first time as an inter-island ferry.
We were able to get some hiking in while on Isle au Haut. Rae Ann was attacked by a 9 inch (length) by 1/16 inch (diameter) green snake. Only quick thinking on my part saved her, although I could not save her leg. Isabelle took her first swimming lesson… after a particularly frustrating dinghy trip of trying to keep both kids in the dinghy, I tied it off to the back of the boat and got up on deck. Both kids elected to stay in the dinghy (life jackets were of course on), which I was more than happy to allow. About 5 minutes later we heard Jake say “oh no Isabelle” I went to the back deck to see her in the water. I fished her out and still get credit from Isabelle for “saving her”.
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