CC Bus trip to Maine, Day 5
#183073
09/12/06 09:23 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2001
Posts: 576
rgurskey
OP
Super Wacko
|
OP
Super Wacko
Joined: Sep 2001
Posts: 576 |
The great lighthouse cruise! Well, it would have been a great cruise if the weather had cooperated. We sailed out of Port Clyde on the Elizabeth Ann to visit 14 lighthouses from the water. Cruise was planned to last from 9:00 am to 6:00 p.m. Number of lighthouses observed: 0, zero, zip, nada. Incredible fog. You could certainly hear the fog horns at every lighthouse, but you couldn't see them. Marianne, Carol Propst, and Sheila Hines sitting on the forecastle of the Elizabeth Ann. Notice the fog to the left. After several failed sightings, the captain radioed to the other lighthouses and they were all fogged in. We cut the cruise short and were back at the dock by noon. Had a damp lunch on the dock. The cruise company voluteered to use their shuttle buses and take us to Marshall Point, which is close to the dock. Look at all that fog. The keeper's quarters at Marshall Point. Notice the shuttle bus on the right. The keeper's quarters taken from the door of the tower at Marshall Point.
|
|
|
Re: CC Bus trip to Maine, Day 5
#183074
09/13/06 12:37 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 2,904
beachcomber
Member
|
Member
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 2,904 |
I guess we should all pray for good weather in October; I am afraid that it will be much worse than this but am hoping for a miracle - and maybe, just maybe, sunny days?
beachcomber
|
|
|
Re: CC Bus trip to Maine, Day 5
#183075
09/13/06 11:08 AM
|
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 2,415
5lights
Super Wacko
|
Super Wacko
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 2,415 |
Nice photos...definitely can see the dense fog. Too bad about the cruise being cut short and lack of lighthouse sightings, but it's better to be safe than sorry. We always hope for nice weather but Mother Nature has a mind of her own doesn't she?
Debbie
|
|
|
Re: CC Bus trip to Maine, Day 5
#183076
09/13/06 02:29 PM
|
Joined: Dec 1969
Posts: 7,893
Dave H
Saint
|
Saint
Joined: Dec 1969
Posts: 7,893 |
Man you sure seemed to have fog everywhere you went, Robert. Makes for some interesting pictures, but I still prefer the blue skies and puffy white clouds.....
Thanks for sharing your adventures with us.
|
|
|
Re: CC Bus trip to Maine, Day 5
#183077
09/13/06 02:56 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2001
Posts: 576
rgurskey
OP
Super Wacko
|
OP
Super Wacko
Joined: Sep 2001
Posts: 576 |
My eye doctor, who grew up in Rockland, says that August and September have less fog than June. He didn't mention October so you people going to Portland will have to give us a report.
|
|
|
Re: CC Bus trip to Maine, Day 5
#183078
09/14/06 12:55 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 2,904
beachcomber
Member
|
Member
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 2,904 |
You can bet on a report - particularly if it is not good! Bad news seems to travel a lot faster than good.
beachcomber
|
|
|
Re: CC Bus trip to Maine, Day 5
#183079
09/14/06 01:23 AM
|
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 1,962
MrsTLC
Super Wacko
|
Super Wacko
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 1,962 |
Your group is certainly a dedicated to lighthouses even in that awful fog. The cruise company voluteered to use their shuttle buses and take us to Marshall Point How great was that that they took you to at least one lighthouse. Hopefully your next trip there will be a better one.
Ruthie "Where words fail, Music speaks"
|
|
|
Re: CC Bus trip to Maine, Day 5
#183080
09/14/06 01:30 PM
|
Joined: Aug 1999
Posts: 862
kikigl
Member
|
Member
Joined: Aug 1999
Posts: 862 |
That is so sad. We plan these lighthouse trips and wait for them to happen and then the fog rolls in. The anticapation is so great and it's so disappointing after you have wited all this time. The last time I was ligjthousing in Maine, on a cruise it was foggy and raining. They did get us in really close to the lights so we did get pictures, but they would have been so much nicer had the sun come out. I quess we were lucky to even see them. I hope it's nice in October!
Kay
|
|
|
Re: CC Bus trip to Maine, Day 5
#183081
09/14/06 08:01 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 876
regalhobo
Super Wacko
|
Super Wacko
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 876 |
regalhobo Tom K
:) :cool:
|
|
|
|
Forums39
Topics16,978
Posts184,640
Members2,579
|
Most Online10,155 Jan 14th, 2020
|
|
0 registered members (),
1,480
guests, and 3
spiders. |
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|