The Little Girl Who Cried Whale
05 July 2011 | The Basin
First Maine group of the summer!
...but more about the whale in a minute. Yesterday, was July 4th, and our first afternoon/evening aboard Boundless. We arrived one by one, first Leah, then Myla, then Mai. Between Myla's flight arriving and Mai's flight arriving, Captain Liz, Jenny, Leah, and Myla had lunch and explored Portland. We went to Mackworth Island, which is home to a host of fairy houses, all made of sticks and stuff. Jenny designed her own, then we had some delicious ice cream before picking Mai up at the airport. Once aboard Boundless, we got accquatinted with the boat and each other, had some delicious hamburgers, and heard some really great fireworks...too bad we never saw them due to Portland's ever present fog. Well, that's a bit of a stretch....
After waking up at a nice and leisurely eight o'clock we ate breakfast and were on the move. We took turns navigating the lobster pot filled water on our way to The Basin. And now... The Whale!! We deviated off course after the spotting of a whale. After setting back on course, being tailed by the coast guard, and nearly running over every lobster pot in Casco Bay we finallt reached The Basin.
Once we reached the Basin, the adventuring begun! Mai and Myla took off to explore the near island. They eventually discovered the island was closed due to an active eagle’s nest and went to explore the other shore. Leah chose to stay and relax aboard the Boundless, a rather good idea if I say so myself. Captain Jeff scuba dove in the frigid waters to clean the thousands of barnacles off the bottom of the boat. Jenny and Captain Liz also kayaked to admire Maine’s beautiful scenery. After adventuring, we all experienced the trouble of bathing in the cold water of the Atlantic Ocean. We were out of the water in minutes, it was freezing! Our dinner is barbeque chicken tonight and tomorrow night we might have fresh lobster. I think we all have had some new experiences in the last two days…