Penobscot Bay & Mt. Desert Island

Buck Island. Early Morning Reflections.


Buck Harbor. A village residence.


Blue Hill Lighthouse.


Blue Hill. Tides are 11 feet here. The town dock is only reachable from the water for a couple of hours either side of high tide.


Blue Hill Waterfront home early morning.


Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse.


A Fairway Buoy. Most navigation marks have a distinctive bell or sound activated by wave motion for recognition in fog. As the buoy rocks in the waves the hanging hammers strike the bell.


Southwest Harbor.


Fog in Southwest Harbor.


Making a long distance phone call on a foggy day. It’s amazing how exposed most of the public phone boxes are when you consider how cold the winters are up here.


Maine License Plate.


Lobster Wharf in SW Harbor. Live lobsters are often stored in floating crates before going to market.


Maine lobstermen often take their families out on weekends.


Bar Harbor Lobster Restaurant.


Southwest Harbor. Great shame this house was not for sale!


Southwest Harbor. A novel restaurant balcony.


Free transport thanks to LL Bean. These buses run throughout Arcadia National Park and are fueled by propane.


Swans Island.


Swans Island Inlet.


Stonington Town Dock Sign. Figure this one out?


Stonington Waterfront. Fishing gear is everywhere in a typical lobstering community.


. Stonington Ship House. This house was built 115 years ago and is reputed to be stunning on the inside.