Time To Leave- Again
July 18, 2013
Having been here for over a week, we have visited several places inland. All of them were our first visits and yet we did not see all that we wanted. A rental car is something that ties us into the life on land to the degree that it would be easy to be stuck somewhere. As it happened this week, a record-breaking heat wave gripped the area and most of the days were hotter than in hometown in Texas. So much for the cool, foggy weather, we were told to expect. Guessing here that most houses in this area do not have air conditioners so the locals have been suffering.
We are in an area that was settled in the mid 1600s so many buildings are over two hundred years old and some over three hundred. It would be very easy to stick around here for an extended time, but we won’t. About the time we decide to leave fo r cooler anchorages, the weather is about to change and cool off. We have met some interesting locals and some passing cruising crews. We have been here long enough to know how to get around and where to do for stuff. That means we have been here too long. Our British friends have sailed beyond here and our Solomons, Md. Friends are past Bar Harbor heading to Nova Scotia. Notwithstanding them heading offshore at the end of August for the Caribbean Seas, we may see them again.
Since we decided to sail up the Maine coast some, we will leave here on Saturday, weather permitting, and sail toward Kennebunkport, Me where one of our most famous Texas residents has a summer home. More than likely we will not be invited for a visit so we will not bother stopping by for a howdy. Most of the Canadians we met along the way have already made it home and are now planning to head back south in a few weeks as will we. We do think we will take some extra time to visit some of the places we skipped on the way here. Of course, there are many variables in our thinking and now that we have had some time to rest, we are good to go back on the anchor for some time.