Falmouth to Rockport, anchor

By the map's travel line you can tell it was a bit of indecision. First we thought we'd go to Kittery. Then we decided, since the day was awesome, we'd go all the way to Rockport. Then we decided that would make for an unnecessarily long day and there's no reason to rush so we'd go to Isle of Shoals. But they were full, given the absolutely glorious weather and water (and it was Saturday, so everyone could be out and about on a boat). So we just made it a long day and headed to Rockport.

We had no real plans to jam south but it wasn't hard at all to spend 8 hours on the Atlantic. Rare, indeed.

That makes us a little ahead of schedule. We have plans to spend Labor Day weekend in Boston. So we'll stay here for a couple of nights. 

Early start to the morning, up before dawn in Falmough

Waving goodbye to Portland as we pass it and the old fort.

Lighthouse marking the Portland entrance. Everything is so pretty in morning light.

How good was the weather? The wind speed is 0.1 knots.

Love the Atlantic when it looks like this.

Morning in Rockport. Calm now, but it will bustle with boaters once the day gets going. We plan on getting one last lobster roll here, even though we're  not in Maine anymore. Hello, Massachusetts.