An historical diversion

After a peaceful anchorage at Harpswell harbor, in Harpswell Sound, complete with muffins for breakfast.......



........and the colorful Casco Bay Lines ferry.......

........I sailed down Merriconeag Sound to tour Eagle Island, the home of polar explorer, Adm. Robert E. Peary. There are a few moorings at this island, and there were no other cruising boats when I arrived, so it was easy to find a spot.

The island has several short walking paths and is a good place to stretch one’s legs.

The house is a great example of life in the early 1900s. Peary’s library looks like the inside of a ship and has a big polar bear skin rug and a sculpture of an eagle that are pretty neat.

Rincewind looked nice, as seen from Peary’s library, laying at her mooring.

After a couple of hours on the island, it is just two hour’s sail to my anchorage at the Goslings (yes, they are right next to Goose Island) and Irony Island.