8/3/14
Up at 0600 and ready to lift anchor and go, but, no go. Our batteries are dead. I forgot to charge up last night. My bad. So, the Admiral, still bleary eyed, wanders out of our cabin and gives me the evil eye, and we wait and wait and wait for the solar panels to do their thing. I hop in our dinghy and motor over to Grayce, who offers a portable generator, but just as I get ready to put it into the dinghy, Debi yells over that she’s got the engine started. After thanking Jim and Joanne for the portable energy offer, I’m back on board River Rat and we’re off on a new adventure, this time southward around the tip of Ilesboro Island, east into Fox Island Thorofare across East Penobscot Bay and into Merchant Row, an archipelago of rocky islands, most of which have large pines growing on them. We wander through a sea of lobster pots, many of them submerged, and come upon McGlathary Island, which has a beautiful cove on the north side. We drop anchor in 35’ of water, let out 110’ of chain and go ashore in our dinghy. The massive granite rock formations are astounding. God was very creative here. Back on board, we feast on marinated salmon cooked on a cedar plank on the grill, avocados and left over black beans and rice. Debi turns in at 1930 and I follow her soon.