August 6 Before Dick left, he gave us a ride to the grocery store so we could provision for our next guest. Robin Blanchard arrived mid afternoon and we had a welcome dinner for her and a quiet night. She is American but lives is Brazil these days and has been on both our other sailboats.

August 7 We took the short trip up the bay to Islesboro and anchored in the main harbor near the SSCA group of boats. They were there for a big get together but we were there to see Mike and De. Since Robin knew how to play Biriba, we had a Biriba round robin tournament before, during, and after dinner. De won and Mike was second.

August 8 It was another beautiful day so we motored up the bay to Castine and Smith Cove. We took Robin ashore for some shopping and saw our old Windermere with her new owner picking up a mooring in town! Afterwards, we went back to the cove and Robin went musseling. These mussels were bigger and cleaner than our usual ones in Winter Harbor. What a find! It took no time to clean them but we decided to eat them the next day so they could hang in the water and clean themselves. It was movie night and we watched a good John Grisham one.

August 9 Left the cove and headed down the bay to North Haven island and Pulpit harbor. We launched the dinghy and took it to the dock there so we could take a walk to the general store for ice cream. We made mussels in a white wine sauce with pasta for dinner and went to bed early.

August 10 Tried to sneak out of the harbor early but were surrounded by boats and woke up a few of the closer ones. Robin had to get back to MA where she was staying efficiently. After she left, we took the dinghy to check out a nearby anchorage in Muscle Ridge Channel. There are three islands that for a triangle of protection from the prevailing winds and one has a sand beach to explore. always looking for new territory to explore.