Destination Reached - Rockland, Maine

The trip to Rockland from Boothbay was just stunning.  We had to travel through this channel called the Muscle Ridge Channel that was a little unnerving due to all the rocks and ledges.  But it was well marked so we had no problems.

What sometimes looks to me to be just a very large rock they call an island.  Island? Rock?  No matter - they are all marked on the chart.

Barely a ripple on the water as this lobsterman checks his traps.  It is the calm before the storm.  We were trying to reach Rockland ahead of some weather that we knew was heading that way.

Island

We thought that this rock looked like a whale. 

It is so odd to see these islands with only one house on them.  There is not even a lighthouse on this one.

 And this was the view as we started to round the corner into Rockland Harbor.  We had no idea there were mountains!  We just couldn't believe how beautiful it was.  You can see the storm clouds starting to gather.

 Here we are Rockland Harbor - this lighthouse lights the way into the harbor.  As it turned out we made it just in time - the rain started to fall just as we were entering our slip.  A prelude of things to come.  That night we experienced a real "Nor'Easter".  The wind blew 35 to 40 knots and the entire dock was moving several feet.  We have never had that much movement while at the dock!  But we couldn't get off the boat - the dock was a very unsafe place to be.  There was nothing to do but ride it out.  Needless to say there was no sleep that night!