At Wendy's urging, we changed our original plans and decided to go to Monhegan Island on the ferry or as it's called there, the mailboat. There was quite a bit of rushing around as we had only one option for departure time and it was well over an hour's drive. But we made it!
We encountered fog on the outbound trip (an hour's ride) and it came and went all morning.
Monhegan is a tiny village with fewer than 50 full-time residents, although the population swells in summer. There were some beautiful flower gardens as we walked around.
We got some food in the village and walked down to lobster cover where we had to shoo away the very bold seagulls while we ate our picnic lunch.
Then we wandered along the south end of the island, encountering an old ship wreck along the way, finding more collections of cairns, and viewing more dramatic coastline.
Back in town, we headed straight for Monhegan Brewing Company to quench our thirst!
As we wandered back through the village, we mosied in and out of gift shops and galleries and Wendy bought art, while I bought great long sleeved T-shirts.
The ferry captain pointed out the building complex that belongs to the Wyeths (of art fame) on a nearby island.
There were lobster traps with their multi-colored buoys almost every where you looked. We got to see a lighthouse both on Monhegan Island and the one at Marshal Point we had previously visited.
Wendy took this very sweet photo of Hal and me on the ferry ride back.
We got into Clyde Harbor about 4:30.
We all felt too tired to cook, so finally settled on a place to eat in Rockland, and headed home after a very full day.
Monhegan is a tiny village with fewer than 50 full-time residents, although the population swells in summer. There were some beautiful flower gardens as we walked around.
As we wandered back through the village, we mosied in and out of gift shops and galleries and Wendy bought art, while I bought great long sleeved T-shirts.
The ferry captain pointed out the building complex that belongs to the Wyeths (of art fame) on a nearby island.
Wendy took this very sweet photo of Hal and me on the ferry ride back.
We all felt too tired to cook, so finally settled on a place to eat in Rockland, and headed home after a very full day.
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