July
7, 2021
Since
the whale watching cruise we took in Kennebunkport was such a bust, we decided
to try one more time. So, we drove over to Eastport, ME (which is actually
about 15 min away by boat, but we don’t have one, so we had to drive about 45
minutes to get there). Not knowing exactly how long it would take us, or what
the parking would be like, we left a little early. Turned out we had lots of
time to kill before the cruise, so we walked through the shopping district. Not
very many stores open, but there we a few. We ended up eating our packed picnic
lunch sitting on a curb, the picnic tables set up next to the cruise office had
chiggers crawling all over them…yuk!!!
Turns
out, our cruise boat is a larger lobster boat with benches added in the back.
And we did see whales, or a whale, as I’m not convinced that we didn’t chase
the same whale all over the bay. This was a Minke Whale, one of the smallest of
the whale families.
We
did see “Old Sow” the largest whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere, and a few
smaller whirlpools. We cruised through Head Harbor Passage and saw the
lighthouse know by the same name and also know by East Quoddy Lighthouse. This
is in Canada, on Campobello Island.
At
the end of our cruise, the Capitan pulled a small lobster pot out of the water
to show us how it was done. It had one small lobster in it, a couple of crabs
and some baby starfish. Although it was an interesting cruise, I wouldn’t say
that it held up to my expectations of a whale watching cruise.
It
was a pretty day though and we got to see some things we wouldn’t have
otherwise, so it wasn’t a completely wasted day.
Back home in Lubec, we have a very nice sunset!
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