Adventure Yields the Unexpected

Greetings from the Seymours on Tug Sally W, #42, in Maine.


Mariners who cruise the coast here owe a debt of gratitude to members of the Rockefeller family for their efforts to preserve the natural beauty. Much of their acquisitions have been donated to the Maine Coast Heritage Trust.

Our tug is the perfect transport for exploration. We dropped 80 feet of chain and anchored off Buckle Island in ten feet of water at almost low tide, figuring it would suit the ten foot tides here. This gem was a Rockefeller purchase from a lobsterman for $300.

Members of the family built a cabin and visited for overnights. They felt strongly in teaching their children the value of self reliance.






The cabin is no longer there, ...

... but a primitive hiking trail rings the island.

Along the way, there are fairy houses which can be found on many islands, the product of children, both young and old, who pause to indulge their whimsies.

Along with fairy houses, metaphors abound here. Hikers delight in this surprise ... a door, right in the middle of the trail. One side says, "Reality." The other side - "Etheria."