We dawdled around in the morning because we didn’t have far to go leaving around 10:00. The wind was WNW around 10-12 knots which made for a perfect broad reach the whole way across the bay. We dropped sails right at the mouth of Pulpit Harbor and after veering around Pulpit rock we anchored in about 25 feet of water ( high tide).

    This is a very pretty and well protected anchorage. The sides of the harbor are lined with rocks and spruce trees. There are only a few houses visible from the water. There are 3 narrow inlets all meeting ina broader inlet so there is plenty of places to pick from. There are plenty of empty mooring balls also.

    We walked up to a very nice grocery store and had lunch and bought stuff for dinner. It was a beautiful sunset looking out over the Camden Hills.

July 21- We had another great sail today. We were close hauled for a while until we zipped between Mark and Goose Islands and then we had a nice broad reach. We were right along side a schooner for a good part of the trip. We got to Warren Island State Park around noon and went ashore and hiked around the island. It is a pretty interesting place but very buggy. There were big winds and t-storms predicted for tomorrow so we decided to head for Camden tonight.

   The winds picked up to the 15-20 knot range and we put a reef in and beat into the whole way. We were sailing alongside the same schooner as this morning   It turns out that this is our 32^nd anniversary which I apparently forgot. Considering I barely know which month it is I think I can be forgiven. Anyway we were going into town to have dinner at a restaurant that the girls had given us a gift certificate for and the restaurant was closed and had been sold. As a footnote I emailed the folks who bought the place and would be glad to honor the gift card except they are not open yet. I guess we’ll have to come back in the fall!!

    Camden is a very busy harbor but not with any fishing boats. There are a ton of schooners here and also some very beautiful boats. We have a mooring in the harbor and can watch these great boats sail by all day.

July 22^nd- None of the storms materialized and it was a hot, sunny , and windless day. We did laundry and wandered through town.It was hot enough that I actually went swimming for the second time..There was big storm that rolled trhough around 3:30 in the morning with much wind and lightning but not much rain.

July 23^rd- The kids came today and  we waited for them and then went to lunch. After lunch we went for a schooner ride on the Appledore dodging thunderstorms along the way. We had fun hanging with the crew. Again it was very hot but after these storms it cooled off some. After dinner the kids went back to their campsite and we had a nice pleasant evening on the boat.

July 24^th- We hiked up Mt. Battie this morning. The view from here is very impressive. You can see the entire Penobscot Bay all the way over to Mt Desert and down past Rockland. The view of the harbor is nothing short of spectacular. After lunch the kids came out to the boat and at least Kalyn went swimming. They headed home around 2 after taking us grocery shopping. It was a very nice weekend now all we have to decide is where to head next!