Day 5 Holbrook to Pulpit Harbor

The night was calm and the air clear - but this brought cool temperatures in the lower 50s - glad we put the fleece blanket back on the bed. The day was sunny to start then clouds and rain in the evening. High sixties with calm winds in the morning turned to 15 knots of breeze in the afternoon.

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The day was again an easy ride. There are so many great spots within short distances of each other that day travel can really be minimized if you are in no real hurry to be somewhere in particular. Today's trip was traveling down the east side of Isleboro to Pulpit Harbor in North Haven Island. This photo is looking west over Isleboro to the mainland as evidenced by the Camden Hills. The long distance shots do not do the grandeur of the scene justice - but I trust you "get the picture."

 

And you can see there is ship traffic that moves on Penobscot Bay. This tanker is coming from Searsport and headed to sea.

 

This is looking nearly 180 degrees from the above view. Looking at the north end of North Haven on the right and other islands to the left.

Here we are approaching Pulpit Harbor.

Some amazing summer places guard the entrance.

And this is Pulpit Rock - the sentry of the harbor.

We are anchored and this is the view out the harbor that looks west.

Time for a walk. We dinghy to the town dock.

A bridge crosses the back water of the cove - it is call Mill Pond.

And looking the opposite direction.

Just several hundred feet beyond the bridge we decide to check out where these steps would take us. It does indeed take us along Mill Pond for a most pleasant hike. We have never taken this trail as we are most often headed to the island store. Another find in Maine!!

 

 

Another tree that is finding it hard to keep its roots underground - shallow soil in the rocky areas of the coast.

Rain from this summer has certainly brought us very green forest moss.

Friends Bob and Paula from Honeydew are here. We join them for dinner and have a great time catching up. We were able come and go from their boat between rain showers.

As we are back on our warm and dry boat and night has fallen it must be time to say ...........

Good Night and May God Bless