Hi. Barb here.
It’s been a foggy, rainy, cold season on the Maine coast so far. But that hasn’t stopped some of our traditional celebrations.
This year was the 51st celebration of Windjammer days in Boothbay Harbor and there were lots of activities, including pirates and parades, but the magnificent schooners, as always, stole the show. You can read a history of Windjammer Days here.
This year I watched with particular interest. Boiled Over, the second book in my Maine Clambake Mystery series, which I am writing right now, takes places during Founders’ Weekend in my fictional Busman’s Harbor, Maine. Founders’ Weekend comes complete with Windjammers, so you can bet I was taking notes.
Kait Carson
Charlene D’Avanzo 
Great pictures, Barb. Thanks for posting.
Kathy/Kaitlyn
Awesome pics! How pretty 🙂
Thanks Kaitlyn and Liz. It was a fun celebration, despite the weather. But now I am ready for some sun. Enough already!
Great pictures. My neighbors are touring in Maine in their motor home. I’ve told them all the places to make sure to see. Well, they’ve tried many of them only to find fog so thick they couldn’t see the harbor at Camden or the mountains above Moosehead Lake. My husband and I will be in Booth Bay Harbor the 3rd week of October, hoping for some fall foliage. Later than we usually go, but, the heat (?) seems to delaying the colors, so we’re taking a chance and coming a week later. There’s clearly something messed up with all of our weather. You guys have had rain for weeks. In Texas, we’re having an unseasonably comfortable several days. Normally, we’re banging up against the triple digits by now. I’ve spent the last three mornings on my patio until almost 11. I know by this weekend it will be back to super hot, but this has been wonderful. Hope y’all get some warm weather, so my neighbors can see what a super state Maine is.
I have to say, fog sounds absolutely wonderful. The California north coast can go for months with over cast and fog. I love it.