York, ME

We took our time leaving perfect little Perkins Cove on the last day of August. It had rained during the night and Jonny waited for things to dry before taking Archie in for his morning walk. Eventually, they headed out and walked over a long footbridge to circumnavigate the cove.

We only had a one hour cruise to our next stop in York so we didn’t leave until 10:25. It was a stunningly beautiful day and a bit breezy with winds of 10 - 15 knots, but we had a very smooth and comfortable passage.  We passed many magnificent shoreline homes along this more populated part of southern Maine as well as the quintessential Nubble lighthouse off of Cape Neddick.

There was a raging current, which we had read about, as we entered York harbor.  But, of course, Jonny managed it masterfully.  We contacted the harbormaster by phone (he was not in that day) and he directed us to our mooring. Once we tied up, we had a leisurely lunch and then headed into shore to explore the area.  Archie is always happy to ride in the dinghy, one of his favorite things to do!

We walked across the Wriggly Bridge to a beautifully maintained nature preserve. Archie got to explore it off leash, another of his favorite things to do. It was a tranquil spot and provided us all with a wonderful walk in the woods. 

From there we hiked up into the historic town of York.  We had read that it was one of the prettiest towns around but we were a little disappointed. There were a few historic structures but the road through town was quite busy and this part of town had no commercial establishments nor did it have an accessible collection of historic residences.  There may be another part of town that had more of that but it was too far for us to walk.  

Instead we strolled for awhile along the Fisherman’s Walk which was a lovely walkway along the coast.

Cell phone and internet coverage aboard Zendo was basically non-existent even with our hot spot and quite spotty on shore as well.    We did manage to find a picnic table along the shore where we were able to call Jonny’s mom, Janice, and connect briefly to the internet.

That night we were unable to watch our favorite PBS New Hour but we coped! Jonny made us delicious Perfect Manhattans and I made sausage, pasta and salad for dinner and we had another cozy night together.