August 21 through 26 - drive to Portsmouth, NH

Harry gets antsy after a few days on the boat at the same place.  So he was not pleased by two things; 1) they continue to work on his dinghy and cannot seem to fix it, and 2) the forecast is heavy fog/rain for the next several days.  So he gets on the phone and talks with his sister who is sailing in Bar Harbor, ME and reports they are coming off the water and returning home because of the weather forecast.  Nancy suggests we rent a car and join them at their home to wait it out.  Harry is past pleased when he gets some great deal on renting a car (weekend deal:  9.99/day).  i never heard the end of it… 

So…we drive an hour to Portsmouth, NH, very glad to be in such a wonderfully cozy home ‘waiting out’ the weather.  As always, we eat good, sleep good, get caught up on my blog, see more of Portsmouth than ever before, attend a house concert at the neighbors, featuring a Nashville songstress named Liz Longley and overall enjoy ourselves.  But we have 'way' overstayed our welcome because the forecast continues to be bad... But the fog is scheduled to lift and stay away on Thursday.  

So tomorrow (8/26) the plan is to drive Nancy and Rod back to Bar Harbor in our rental car and spend the night and on Thursday see a bit of Acadia National Park, then drive back to Freeport and head out on our boat Friday.  Stay tuned to see if all that transpires.