Mike and Lou waiting for Marlene and Donna who are shopping in Boothbay Harbor, Maine
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OK, we found the famous Maine fog.......or, rather it found us. We left South Freeland and threaded our way back through the islands and lobster pots very carefully. At one point we were searching for a buoy, and I was watching the course on the computer. Lou was on the helm and going exactly the wrong way. Marlene had her finger on the chart trying to find where we were, Mike was on the lookout, and I was yelling "GO 180 DEGREES TO PORT NOW!" Naturally, Lou was not listening. We found the wrong buoy, but at least we knew where we were, Mike sighed out of relief, and Lou said he thought it was fun. We were all alarmed when we came upon another sailboat. She would float in and out of our vision, so we named her The Ghost Ship. Fortunately we didn't get too close. After that we all strained our eye balls to look through the fog. Our guesses about the visibility ranged from 1/4 mile (Lou), 330 yards (Mike), and 10 feet (Marlene and me).
We started a list of the creatures we've seen: a porpoise, a whale, lots of seals, and osprey and her chicks, a blue heron, a big variety of sea gulls, crabs, and live lobsters.
We arrived at Boothbay Harbor, and the fog lifted almost immediately. It's a cute harbor with lots of mooring balls. We'll head back to Portland tomorrow (hopefully without fog) to get Mike and Marlene to a train that will get them to Boston. From there they will take a ferry to Quincy to pick up their car. We will certainly miss them!
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