At 0530 this morning, the fog was thick! We were nestled in our nice thick blanket of fog when there was a sudden flash of light ashore, followed a second later by a boom of thunder. I don't know that I've ever experienced lightning before with the intensity that followed, while in heavy fog. Then the rain began, and it washed away the fog, for a little while.
We ran the inflatable into Castine to say good-bye to our Nordic Tug friends, who are slowly working their way back home, while we plan to stay in the area for a little longer... so much coastline, so little time! We walked around town a little bit, feeling a little lonely all of a sudden! We've had such a good time with this group of people.
Castine is a pretty little town, and the home of Maine Maritime. The State of Maine, the Maine Maritime training ship just came into port yesterday, which is a pretty big event, I think.
The town of Castine has a public dock where you can drop folks off, get a pump-out, or dock your dinghy if they have room on the shore side of the dock. We tied up for awhile, and walked around. If you go, be sure to pick up a walking map!
We ate a good bar b que pork sandwich in town, and started to walk up to the lighthouse, when we saw a couple with two yellow labs coming down the hill. We walked with Jeff and Karen Siegel, and their dogs, Dylan, and Dee Dee, who started and run Active Captain. They are a super nice couple.
Dylan looks like he and Mercy could be brother and sister, from their facial expressions, to the way their fur curves along their backs, to their "angel wings" on their shoulders.
We lounged around the town docks for a long time, visiting with the Siegels, and watching the world go by, before walking a little more, and returning to the boat.
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