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Boothbay Harbor: The Shore (3 of 3)

May 2015

The following day we headed North again, continuing on to Friendship. We really liked Friendship. We stopped in a little harbor on the way

Rocky shoreline and calm blue harbor water at Friendship with low islands and old pilings in the distance

and found this interesting skull fragment. We aren't certain if that is right-side-up or up-side-down.

Pale animal jawbone lying among seaweed on the shore at Friendship

Friendship is a busy little harbor town.

Busy Friendship harbor with lobster boats, stacked traps, and a small skiff moving through the water

Working dock in Friendship with lobstermen unloading beside a weathered wooden building and a lobster boat below

Seagull skimming low over the harbor water among white mooring buoys

At lunch we eavesdropped on an outdoor outfitting company doing a kayak training class. It was very informative. The key take-away: make certain your PFD (personal floatation device) is snug and won't ride up on your torso. We then stopped at a dock to take some pictures, and spoke with a lobsterman there. It was a very interesting conversation; he explained to us some of the features of a lobster trap.

As a slight side-story, this past season at a symphony performance, a brother and sister sat behind us. They are originally from Latvia, where the new BSO conductor Andris Nelsons is from. So the siblings came down to see him conduct. The woman lives in Friendship. We mentioned this to the lobsterman, and he said she was probably the person who used to run a B&B downtown. You can see the house in this next picture: On the right behind the gray house, it is a white building with an adjacent brown barn.

Harbor view in Friendship with working lobster boats and houses along the far shoreline

Our lobsterman friend also said that this past winter was rough, and that they walked to the boats over the frozen bay water. A deer must have gotten trapped; he found the skull this Spring.

Deer skull with antlers mounted on a weathered post by the water

Close view of bright green lobster buoys and clips stacked on a dock

Anne photographing from the shore with a tripod at Tenants Harbor

Another stop was in Tenants Harbor. Someone there seems to have a sense of humor (although I'm surprised this is allowed to be on a business sign). Near as we can tell it was actually established in 1989, although I'm certain there was a pier here before that.

Sign on a gray-shingled building reading Tenants Harbor Boatyard est. 1605

Down the road from there is Marshall Point Lighthouse. While not as impressive as the lighthouse at Pemequid, it is still a very nice spot. It includes a memorial to commercial fisherman who have died at sea over the years.

Marshall Point Lighthouse with a small motorboat passing behind it on a sunny afternoon

Closer view of Marshall Point Lighthouse and its white wooden walkway extending over the rocks

Marshall Point Lighthouse tower and keeper's house seen together from the rocky shore

Marshall Point Lighthouse and walkway silhouetted against a deepening blue evening sky

Marshall Point Lighthouse glowing faintly at blue hour with sparkling water and dark shoreline beyond

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