We’ve failed to maintain this blog as promised at the start of our cruise to Maine, but we did try to let our friends know what we were doing through an email log sent out every few days. Sorry ’bout that!

We had a great trip, and now it is almost finished. We reached Bar Harbor, Maine, as far north/east as we were able to get with the time we had available. That was about 70 miles short of Eastport, Maine, which is on the boarder with Canada. We found cruising in Maine to be extremely rewarding with beautiful vistas, anchorages and towns, friendly people, and boater-friendly harbors. We’re ready to head back at the next opportunity and see more!

We turned around in late August, and after a quick weekend trip to Kansas to help celebrate Judy’s mom’s 85th birthday, have been steadily heading back toward Florida. The weather didn’t cooperate as well on this leg of the trip, and we’ve had to wait for better weather in various places for about 10 days – Oyster Bay, Long Island; Atlantic City, New Jersey; Dismal Swamp Canal, Virginia. As a consequence, and the need to get back to Florida by the end of October, we haven’t stopped to smell the roses as much as we would have liked. Nonetheless, we’ve had some great experiences along the way.

Sanderling is now at the Isle of Hope Marina, Savannah, Georgia, for a week while Judy is in Kansas. Bob is taking care of the rest of the crew and Sanderling, catching up on a little maintenance. When Judy returns on Wednesday, we’ll continue the cruise to Merritt Island – should take about five days once we get underway.