August 1, we were up and off a bit later today. There was no hurry to leave early in the morning as I generally like to do, getting miles underway early. We are now entering the Bay of Fundy area, and the tide is as important as watching the weather. Tides here are the highest in the world and you have to pay close attention to this. The currents will fight you making the trip difficult if not impossible. We are off to Cutler today and it will be our last American stop before we cross into Canada. A cold trip again today across the long coastline of the Gulf of Maine, but calm. We are very surprised that we have not encountered any fog along our trip so far. We had expected to have some heavy fog days as we travelled the Maine coast. Nobody likes being in fog, and it can be dangerous, so we are happy with having clear weather daily. I don't have radar installed on the boat yet, but it is a priority. We entered the picturesque little harbour and chose a mooring ball to spend the night on. It was heavy with sea growth and after Suzanne and Mike had us secure, I think we had half the ocean on our bow deck from the lines. It was a bit calmer in the harbour and it had protected us from the cold wind, making it more enjoyable to sit out in the cockpit. We had supper outside, as we usually do. Sitting with a sundowner after supper, Suzanne was excited to be snapping pics with her phone to capture the views of this pretty little stopover. I thought I had a great pic from my side, so Suzanne handed me her phone to capture this moment. I took the phone, leaned back to press the the button for the capture, ....and the phone slipped from my hand. Bounce, bounce, ....splash! Uh oh!! It fell out of the cockpit, and slipped off the deck into the ocean. I glanced over and watched it swirl around as it drifted to the ocean floor. I'm in trouble, I thought! I looked back at Suzanne, who I expected would be upset. She was giving me the death stare, but surprisingly calm and much better than most would be. It is an addiction for many and the most important thing some people feel they own. I am very happy that I had taken Suzanne's phone and downloaded all the pics from our trip off of it the day before. Having a phone for keeping in contact was no big deal, as we rarely had any service while travelling, at any part of our trip. We will be doing it in a different manner when we travel again. Maybe pick up an American SIM card at our first stop, and use that while in the US. The phone was overboard, and it was deep with no chance of recovery. It wouldn't work anyway and would only be a SIM card recovery. After several apologies, we moved on to enjoying the night looking at the Cutler harbour. Yes, upon return home I did buy her a new IPhone 11, so an upgrade from her 6. A very pretty stop, but as with Winter Harbor, there is no services here. This is a small fishing village, with no stores, washrooms, or anything except a small fuel dock that the local fishermen offload their catch. I have attached pics, but some are from the internet. Another day done and tomorrow we will be in the province of New Brunswick, Canada and happy to be nearly home.
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