(Sorry it took so long to post. We haven't had Internet since we left. Our Verizon Internet card is not working and this is the first time we've had access to a library!)
On Saturday morning, we left the dock at Hingham Shipyard Marina. It’s been a while since we’ve been cruising, so it was exciting to be heading out again. We left at approximately 10:00 a.m. and motored sailed all day and into the night. During our travels on Saturday afternoon – WE SAW WHALES! Steve mentioned that there were reports of whale sightings around Stellwagon Ledge, so we started looking. After about a half hour or so, Michele spotted the spray shooting up from the water as the whales came up for air. They were at least a mile away from us, so we didn’t get too good of a look, but we did finally see them. We could see fins and tails coming up out of the water, but we weren’t close enough for a picture. Then they were gone. We spotted them again, but this time they were behind us. But at least we finally saw whales.
Michele took the first watch at 8:00 p.m. Although, Steve was below, he stayed awake reading until at least after 9:00 p.m. which would only give him 3 hours of sleep. Michele started a new book and was very much into it. The time passed quickly so she stayed up until 1:00 a.m. so that Steve could have close to 4 hours sleep. He then took the watch until almost 5:00 a.m. At 8:00 a.m., Michele got to go back to sleep for another couple of hours.
The fog started rolling in around 8:00 a.m. and we were pretty socked in by the time Michele got back up around 10:00 a.m. Thank goodness for radar and chart plotters (GPS). We managed to avoid all the rocky ledges and get into our anchorage at Duck Harbor, Isle au Haut, okay despite the fog. We chilled out on the boat for the afternoon deciding to spend the next day going ashore to explore. And that we did!
When we rowed the dinghy ashore, we found a campground with trail maps. So we started off on an innocent hike. Well, 5 hours later, we were exhausted. We circled the entire island which was probably about 13 -15 miles. We enjoyed a nice hike through woods and trails, waterfalls, ocean views and then into town. The way back was mostly on paved and unpaved road - which was an 8 mile jaunt back to Duck Harbor where we wer anchored. Since we ran out of snacks and water, we sssooooooo happy to get back to the boat. Next morning we planned to leave to McGathery Island. More to come later.
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