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TO SEE MORE PHOTOS FROM THIS TRIP - GO HERE We almost won. Actually we did win but not technically. It was something about changes in the course that I didn’t understand. But considering that the Mercantile is old and slow, she made a good showing in the Great Schooner Race of 2011. The Mercantile was built in 1916 as a cargo ship and converted to passenger service in the ‘30s. It was completely refurbished by her current owner in 1989. We spent three wonderful days on board including the day long schooner race on July 5. Louise had always wanted to sail on a tall ship and this was our first time. I admit that it was great fun sailing off the coast of Maine in Penobscot Bay on a hundred year old, 80 foot wooden vessel with 25 new friends and the crew of six. We arrived in Boston on Friday, July 1 and took the subway, the“T,” from our hotel to Boston Commons. I couldn’t help but sing, “ Did he ever return? No he never returned And his fate is still unlearn'd, He may ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston. He's the man who never returned.
From there we walked the Freedom Trail, visiting the historic sights of Boston and colonial Massachusetts. On Saturday we went to Cape Ann, Kennebunkport, and Freeport, Maine, eating our way up the coast.
We were on the ship from Sunday until Wednesday including the race on Tuesday. We got to watch the fireworks display in Camden Harbor, Maine from the deck. Wednesday night we attended a cooking class hosted by a local winery. We now know a LOT about lobster.
On Thursday we drove on up the coast to Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor. Friday it was back to Boston where we hung out at Harvard, and M.I.T. and had dinner at a local watering hole next to the M.I.T. campus.
It was a good time of seeing some new things, eating a lot of great food, and personal reflection about our last forty years of marriage and what might be next.
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