Marie and I spent a few days last week in Wiscasset, Maine. Mario had invited us down to meet his new lady friend, Elizabeth, who had rented a large cabin along the Sheepscot River on Westport Island, just east of Bath. We knew the general area of this part of the Maine coast having visited often the past 5 or 6 years but it was our first time in Wiscasset. Elizabeth, a professor at a Boston university, bought along her two "children", Cash and Lark, two very friendly Belgium Tervuren sheep dogs. The days went by very slowly - Elizabeth and Mario didn't move much from their comfy armchairs and their books - the weather was fairly nice and as we were on the water I found it quite relaxing and peaceful. Maybe too much for me as I dragged out two kayaks our first morning there and took Marie out into the river. At low tide the mud flats are exposed and people came down to dig for clams. We saw very few boats out on the water but its not hard in this part of the world to be invisible with all the coves and hidden spots along the rocks. Wiscasset is known as the prettiest little town in Maine and is in the Guinness Book of Records as having the world's smallest church. It was a rainy day when we left and headed back up SR27 through the capital Augusta, and home. We stopped along the way to look at boats - Phil had expressed an interest in one day owning one with us and sailing up and down the east coast - and we pulled into our driveway just before dark. We will be going back down to the coast next month for a few days in the same area and this time will enjoy our once a year fresh lobster dinner. gws
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| Elizabeth, Marie , me and Lark |
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| Lark and Cash contemplating whether or not to jump in |
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| Low tide and clammers |
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| Sheepscot River from Westport Island |
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| Cash, Marie and Mario |
