Northeast Harbor, ME

We awoke on Sunday, August 18 to another foggy morning in Maine and this time it was misty as well. We weren’t sure if Michael would be up to taking his Boston Whaler out to Cranberry Island as planned but we are all hardy souls so the plan was still on.  Michael and Melina took the launch from the Seal Harbor Yacht Club to pick us up. 

Then we all took the launch out to their Boston Whaler so we could pick up Steve and Cindy on their boat.

 Archie just loves traveling on launches!

From there we headed out to Little Cranberry Island in the fog and mist. Melina had made brunch reservations for the six of us at 10:30 and we thought that we might be the only ones there due to the weather. But that was not at all the case. We arrived at The Islesford Dock, Islesford being the name of the town on Little Cranberry.  We had been here once before and really liked it. The restaurant is filled with artwork from local artists.  Brunch was also very good - I was particularly happy with my duck hash. 

Afterwards we hung out on the adjacent dock and walked through the pottery shop next door and this time I was able to resist buying anything.  Last time we were here I bought stocking stuffers for Stephanie and my nieces for Christmas.

After returning to Zendo, we decided to move to a Northeast Harbor anchorage where it would be less rolly than Seal Harbor which is not quite as protected. We also needed to get a pump-out and fill our water tanks which we weren’t able to do at Seal Harbor.  This time we were able to secure the mooring and we made the quick 40 minute trip in the early afternoon. 

We took the launch to pay for our mooring and take Archie for a walk.   While Jonny was paying, Archie met a fellow doodle in the nearby park and started doing zoomies through the park. It’s so much fun to watch him run like that.

Northeast Harbor is a really cute little town and we walked up the Main Street where we saw an old-fashioned market.  Ducking in, we bought a few items just because we could!

We were invited to join Michael, Melina, Steve and Cindy for dinner at the Nor’easter but we needed to catch up on a few things on Zendo. We planned to leave early the next morning. So we hunkered down for the evening among the lobster boats moored nearby and planned our next few days.  Hurricane Ernesto was on its way out in the Atlantic but is causing some ocean swells that we would like to avoid. So we’ll be cruising among protected islands to a calm anchorage.