Topside Inn got a fancy new table for serving food. It has lovely wood, solid walnut, with a resin ribbon that looks like water and waves.
Here is the table in action; the use evolved during the week. The subsequent collage contains some of our breakfast items.
Before breakfast we often walked down to the harbor to see if there were any interesting photo opportunities. The answer was sometimes yes, sometimes no.
Anne was captivated by these ropes, although the setting was a bit busy.
One of their friends was more photogenic.
The big news downtown was that the foot bridge was under reconstruction! This was actually a huge impact on us, since we always liked to walk on and across the bridge for photographs. You can see in this picture that there are no deck planks on the bridge.
Here is a view, from the head of the harbor, that gives a more complete view of the work.
The thing on the left is a floating crane, elevated on 3 posts to give it more stability (since they are in shallow water).
Since we couldn't walk across the bridge, we headed the other way and checked out the ship repair yard. They had a couple really really long masts on their dock, waiting to be installed. That is Paul in the distance, pacing off the mast (100 feet long).
Most of the boats already had their masts.
Many of the boats in the harbor are not sailboats. At least one was a houseboat - or perhaps 'garage boat' would be a better term. This boat has a garage around it, which we had seen earlier in the week. One day, however, they decided to move the boat ... including the garage!
As far as we could tell, this Coast Guard vessel was only doing some practice drills.
A red picnic table has joined the iconic red shed of Boothbay Harbor
You might remember the boat Novelty from previous years; it is a working mail and commuting boat, as well as providing short tours of the harbor.
We don't think that the kayak rentals were open yet, despite the one kayak that was out.
Here are a few more typical looks from the harbor:
This next scene is not as typical. It looked like the owners were going to head west and then got distracted.
Technically, Ocean Point is part of Boothbay (not Boothbay Harbor). Regardless, it is a very scenic spot to visit. One of the first sights you see is Ram Island Lighthouse. If your timing is good, you also get to see the lobstering action.
In this view, where they are throwing some seaweed back into the water, both Cuckold Lighthouse (a bit less than 4 miles away) and Seguin Lighthouse (about 11 miles away) are visible.
Lobstering is not a good career choice if you get seasick. And that day was basically a calm day. Notice the gulls; they love to hang around these boats in hopes of picking off items thrown back into the water.
Ocean Point is not all about the ocean, though. There is a small preserve, creatively called Ocean Point Preserve, that is through some woods and goes to the edge of a marsh. This provides a decent spot for birding. Paul got a creative photo of a bald eagle in flight.
A bit further back up the peninsula is another preserve, Linekin. They had done maintenance on this recently, and it now has a rather attractive small bridge over a little rivulet.
That trail does lead the explorer right back out to the water, though (looking upstream near the outlet of the Damariscotta River).
A few extra pictures before we leave this page:
Updated July 2023