Our next journey was a ferry ride from Rockland to Vinalhaven Island, several miles and a world away from the Maine coastline. It took about seventy-five minutes to reach the island on the boat and we saw all kinds of great scenery along the way. It got chilly on deck so Sean spent most of his time in the cabin.
We walked around Vinalhaven Island for a few hours and took a ferry back to the mainland. This is Nate at a little park on the island where we stopped for awhile. There were a bunch of things to see and do but it wasn't a tourist place. Vinalhaven is a real working town catering not to visitors but to the lobster industry. The harbor was filled with lobster boats. We sure ate a lot of lobster on the trip!
Back in Rockland, we visited another lighthouse called Owls Head that protects the southern approach to the town. It's part of a park that includes a rocky beach and picnic facilities. Here we are enjoying our lunch on a beautiful outcrop next to the ocean. The fog rolled in and it sure got cold!... hard to believe it's August.
Back on the Owls Head beach, Nate enjoyed some rock climbing as well as hunting through the tidal pools for more sea creatures. Nate had no problem getting to the top of these massive boulders but he forgot that he also needed to find a way down. He figured it out without too much difficulty.
Here's a rare photo where dad actually got in front of the camera instead of behind it. The building in the background is for the lighthouse keeper. Everything is automated today so now one of the Coast Guard officers stationed at nearby Rockland lives here. We don't know how they could stand the loud foghorn sounds that resonated throughout the harbor every few seconds!
Our next journey was a ferry ride from Rockland to Vinalhaven Island, several miles and a world away from the Maine coastline. It took about seventy-five minutes to reach the island on the boat and we saw all kinds of great scenery along the way. It got chilly on deck so Sean spent most of his time in the cabin.
We walked around Vinalhaven Island for a few hours and took a ferry back to the mainland. This is Nate at a little park on the island where we stopped for awhile. There were a bunch of things to see and do but it wasn't a tourist place. Vinalhaven is a real working town catering not to visitors but to the lobster industry. The harbor was filled with lobster boats. We sure ate a lot of lobster on the trip!
Back in Rockland, we visited another lighthouse called Owls Head that protects the southern approach to the town. It's part of a park that includes a rocky beach and picnic facilities. Here we are enjoying our lunch on a beautiful outcrop next to the ocean. The fog rolled in and it sure got cold!... hard to believe it's August.
Back on the Owls Head beach, Nate enjoyed some rock climbing as well as hunting through the tidal pools for more sea creatures. Nate had no problem getting to the top of these massive boulders but he forgot that he also needed to find a way down. He figured it out without too much difficulty.
Here's a rare photo where dad actually got in front of the camera instead of behind it. The building in the background is for the lighthouse keeper. Everything is automated today so now one of the Coast Guard officers stationed at nearby Rockland lives here. We don't know how they could stand the loud foghorn sounds that resonated throughout the harbor every few seconds!
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