8/28/22 -- Eastport back to Southwest Harbor

                                 8/28/22 -- Eastport back to Southwest Harbor

            As described in yesterday's blog, we delayed our departure till almost noon so that we would have a favorable tide. That gave us time to go to the little Episcopal Church for morning prayer (they share a priest, and she was at the church in Machias, so a lay person led the service, and we didn't have communion). A couple dozen people attended -- with a few others besides us being "from away" -- and the service was nice. Afterwards we walked to the IGA to get some groceries and by the time we got back to the dock it was time to get going. 

            We had a beautiful sunny day on the water with a light wind out of the SW. We had a 4-mph current pushing us under the Quoddy Narrows bridge, and 1-2 mph running our direction almost all the way back to Mount Desert Island. We pulled into the fuel dock at Dysart's Marina (our new favorite) just before five. As we approached Southwest Harbor, we were greeted with this magnificent sailing yacht enjoying the freshening SW breeze, which seems appropriate for our first photo, even though it is "out of order", because it captures the glorious nature of boating in this part of Maine. 


            And now here are some of the usual lighthouse photos, although they also show the beauty of the granite rock formations and how nice the sea was this day. First is Libby Island Light, built in 1823, which makes it one of the older lighthouses in Maine. Second is Moose Peak Light on Mistake Island, which was built in 1851. What looks like a sand dune on Steele Harbor Island behind Mistake Island is actually granite. Third is Petit Manan Light, which was built in 1855 out of local granite with a tower that is twelve stories tall (118'). All of these lighthouses are still in service, although they were automated fifty years ago.




And to give Mother Nature her due, here is a picture of the hills on the SE corner of Mount Desert Island as seen from a few miles offshore.


Comments

  1. AnonymousSeptember 1, 2022 at 12:50 PM

    Amazing photos! Thanks again for sharing. Tabitha

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  2. DamonSeptember 1, 2022 at 2:54 PM

    Time to head "downeast"

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