October Haul, Eggemoggin Reach, part 2: Stonington and Deer Isle

Went back to Benjamin River this morning to finish getting Scout ready for hauling out. This meant pulling the motor. She's a Cape Dory 25 with a small outboard in a well, that we use for getting in an out of the harbor. (Nissan 6 h.p. four-stroke.) When the wind dies, as it did yesterday, it will move the boat at @ 7 knots. Motors, even small ones, are heavy. I pulled it out, somehow got it into the dinghy, and rowed it ashore. Then went back and got the boom off, cleaned things up, and generally got her shipshape to be hauled out--maybe tomorrow morning, depending on Bill Grant's lobstering schedule, and the tide. Then I had to drive down to Dean's Small Engine at Stonington, on Deer Isle, where the motor is winterized and stored. Beautiful day to cross the D.I. bridge. The Island always feels like its own world. Grabbed a couple of photos on the way, for anyone missing Maine.