July 31, early mornings are the theme in boat life and I was up making coffee, happy our new solenoid was working wonderfully. Appreciate the little things in life! Suzanne had breakfast made shortly after and it's nice to have the stove working again and having a warm meal. We were ready to move on again, so I went ashore to pay for the mooring. I brought the garbage with me to dispose of, then went inside to find a building steeped in history. The desk was in a wooden room filled with bits and pieces of hardware for boating, mostly fishing hardware, etc... I paid the lady the $30 fee and headed back to the boat, ready to get a little closer to the Canadian border. We were close now and getting eager to be home. It's great to be out to see new parts of the world, but the longing to be in your own home always returns. We headed East out of the channel into Penobscot Bay and towards our stop for the day at Winter Harbor dodging the insanity of floating lobster pot buoys in our path. The weather was fair and the day uneventful.
Entering Winter Harbor, we headed towards the inner harbour to the fish Co-op to fuel up. This was obviously a working dock for fishing boats with the dock being a steel grate with pieces of rope tied in the grate. We tied up, with more care than usual to ensure the fenders protected us from the steel. We filled with diesel and asked the guys about where we could tie up for the night. He gave us the phone number of the guy in charge of the harbour and he allowed us to use the big yellow mooring ball at the beginning of the inner harbour. No charge for using this. It was a big rolly being a bit exposed, but a safe spot nonetheless. It was light winds and definitely colder in Maine than the other States we had passed through so far. These little towns along the coast are very scenic and enjoyable to pass through, but be prepared to show up well prepared. There are generally no services to speak of, with the only things to go ashore for is a nice walk along the beach and to enjoy the scenery. COVID is still spreading and we were happy enough to stay onboard most of the time in our own little bubble. The winds eased through the evening and it was a calm night on the water.
Entering Winter Harbor, we headed towards the inner harbour to the fish Co-op to fuel up. This was obviously a working dock for fishing boats with the dock being a steel grate with pieces of rope tied in the grate. We tied up, with more care than usual to ensure the fenders protected us from the steel. We filled with diesel and asked the guys about where we could tie up for the night. He gave us the phone number of the guy in charge of the harbour and he allowed us to use the big yellow mooring ball at the beginning of the inner harbour. No charge for using this. It was a big rolly being a bit exposed, but a safe spot nonetheless. It was light winds and definitely colder in Maine than the other States we had passed through so far. These little towns along the coast are very scenic and enjoyable to pass through, but be prepared to show up well prepared. There are generally no services to speak of, with the only things to go ashore for is a nice walk along the beach and to enjoy the scenery. COVID is still spreading and we were happy enough to stay onboard most of the time in our own little bubble. The winds eased through the evening and it was a calm night on the water.
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