Fog hovers low over the land on a cool New England morning in May. As of the time of this picture, we’re about 3 hours from our boatyard.

Aww yeah.

We’re headed to Maine this weekend to open up our summer place. We’ll be leaving within the hour and driving overnight. More pictures from the trip to come as we go.

I took this video right after I took these pictures, but haven’t been able to post it until now on account of a 10MB video limit on my phone when uploading over 3G instead of WiFi. Anyway, the video begins at the end of the mooring row at Boothbay Region Boatbard and ends at our …

As I mentioned the other day, and have been making subsequent posts about, my family & I are currently on vacation at our place in Maine.  It’s been a great trip so far, and has been relaxing – for the most part.  Yesterday evening we had some rain, which started out as a very pleasant …

We’re having the beginnings of a large rain storm that’s on its way through tonight. Dinner is being made, the boat is tied up securely, everything is safe and the porch is cool & dry – the perfect way to enjoy summer rain.  It’s getting harder as I write this, but still very pleasant.  Enjoy …

The sunset as seen from Cocktail Rock, the top of the island overlooking the Sheepscot River.

Our shower rig out on the island. Water is in a shower bag we put out in the yard to heat in the sun all day, and holds 6 gallons.

This week I’m on my annual Maine vacation.  My family owns an island near Boothbay (disclaimer: we’re not rich by any means, my grandfather simply had the foresight in the 60s to recognize an amazing deal when he saw one, and we’ve inherited it) and the family is up here together through Sunday.  We try …

I took some photos of boats on moorings as I was heading out to the island this evening. See them after the break.