We are in our cruising region now, namely Penobscot Bay and the Mount Desert Island area. We are making very short daily trips to our new locations which we are doing under leisurely sail with light generally southwest winds. This gives us plenty of time to explore and still move on to a new site. This morning we went hiking on Isle au Haut (pictures from trail) before sailing to our current location in Burnt Cove Harbor on Swans Island. Isle au Haut has a large area which is actually part of Acadia National Park. It is remote, so it gets very few visitors. We hiked the Duck Pond trail and had it all to ourselves.
This part of Maine is broken up by hundreds of islands and inlets. The shores are generally bold with smooth granite and a very distinct tidal zone in the 10 - 13 foot range. The islands are blanketed with spruce trees interspersed with fields of grass. The anchorages are varied from busy working harbors to uninhabited coves. The weather is also varied. It can be bright and sunny with distant mountains as a backdrop, to completely fogged in when our world shrinks to just about the size of Ariel.
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