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I am enjoying a couple of days off this week to rest up and prepare for my next set of trips. Hurricane Bill passed by yesterday. We were concerned because Noah (our oldest son) was riding out the storm in Southwest Harbor aboard the Rachel B Jackson, The schooner he has been working on all summer. The forecast seemed to confirm that all would be well and it was. We were able to talk with him on his cell phone throughout the day and except for the excitement in Acadia National Park he passed an uneventful day in calm seas behind Greening Island on a mooring.

We have had several perfect summer days in August. Warm but not hot, clear followed by cloudless warm evenings. Mornings dawn foggy and cool but by mid morning it has lifted and the sea breeze is strengthening.

I have been enjoying the variety that the summer season brings.