the 2000
Maine Cruise
photos by Dick Harrington & Allan Parry
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Round Pond (Abbey on the left and Allan on the right).  At last the boats are loaded but it is getting late.  The moon is full and we have a spring low tide--about a 12 foot tidal range.
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Left, Allan Parry. Center, Dick Harrington.  Right, Abbey Gura.
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Finishing up breakfast - Allan in the foreground and Abbey behind.
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Abbey, sailing Helga H., is approaching the entrance to Tenants Harbor.
Abbey still approaching the entrance to Tenants Harbor.
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Tenants Harbor.  Dick at the landing for the "Cod End".
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Going ashore at the White Islands was, as Allan would say, "brilliant"!
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This is a nature preserve consisting of a small, remarkably beautiful archipelago of islands.  It is also abundant with delectable mussels.
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Abbey and his boat at Duck Harbor on Isle au Haut. Far out in the Atlantic, this remote, mountainous and pristine island is heavily forested and part of the Acadia National Park.
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Duck Harbor.  The landing to the right of Abbey & Allan is for the ferry that transports campers to a small, primitive Acadia Park campground.  Says the ranger, "People come here to escape the world."  Camping reservations are difficult to obtain.
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Allan Parry's Cruise Report