Isle of Haut

Earlier this fall Phill and I went to the Isle of Haut for a party at one of his Advisor's summer house. Upon the drive down there it occurred to me why I haven't seen this advisor yet... he is really far away!

After a two hour drive to Stonington we caught the mail boat/ferry to the island . I didn't take any good pictures of the ferry but it consist of a boat with a lot of deck space on which several lawn chairs were placed (this is still acceptable by coast guard standards apparently).

After riding the ferry to the island we had the choice of catching a 15 minute ride to the house or hiking about two hours through the woods (Isle of Haut is actually part of the Acadia National park system so the trail system- although very wet- is very well maintained). The car below wasn't what we would've been able to ride in , but we did notice that all the cars on the island were older, and without license plates.

Being that it was one of the first days we had seen the sun this year, Phill and I chose to hike through the middle of the island. The hike was quite pleasant and it was very surprising to see the amount of fresh water on an oceanic island. There was even a stream that was about the size of Bear Creek! (You can tell Phill was the one with the camera this trip)

Here is a panorama of one of the bogs we passed while on the island.
And me resting on the beach (note the nice pinkish color I have obtained by this point (who knew, I could burn after two hours of sun exposure in August).

We didn't take any pictures of the house once we got there (we have to work on taking storylines of photos), but there was plenty of good beer (somebody brought some kegs they brewed), food and cute kids (see below) playing on the beach.