We took a trip to Maine for Labor Day weekend! We rented a cabin on an island in Muscongus Bay - about 1.5 hours north of Portland. To get there, we piled into a 16-foot skiff to take a short boat ride to the island...
Thom John was our captain since he'd driven similar boats on fishing trips in Canada.
Our little red cabin was roomy enough for four adults, two children, and a dog.
Early mornings would start out foggy and high tide would bring the water up close to the cabin...
...but as the tide went out and the fog lifted...
we'd be treated to a beautiful morning!
The kids loved playing on the rocks while the grown-ups ate breakfast, drank coffee, and made plans for the day.
We'd get back on the skiff...
...and drive the boat back to the marina, being careful to dodge the buoys marking lobster traps.
Each morning we'd pull into the marina (except Sunday since traps are not allowed to be hauled up on Sundays according to Maine law), the lobstermen were happy to show us their lobsters and to let the kids touch the lobsters. This lobsterman was looking for a huge lobster that had come in earlier - but he couldn't find him. Figuring the big lobster had been bought, he showed us a pretty big lobster...
After the kids were done checking out the lobsters, we were free to continue on our way :-)
