Weather and Tides
The weather in Maine is fickle and the tides are extreme ... compared to the tides in the Chesapeake Bay. Driving up from DC it was hot and muggy. When we arrived at Colleen's house we commented on how hot it was in Maine ... since we had brought all this cold water gear. She assured us that the weather would change over night.
Expect the weather to change rapidly in Maine. It can be sunny one minute and foggy the next. When we launched Sunday morning to kayak out to "The Hub" it was hot and sunny but there were storm clouds in the distance. Shannon convinced me to change into my drytop and tights "just in case." By the time we landed on "The Hub" it was pouring rain and cold! It rained for two days straight. And each morning we awoke to find a heavy blanket of fog wrapped around our little island.
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The other thing we learned was to watch the tide line ... carefully and constantly. The tides change by about 10 feet throughout that area of Maine. In some areas the tide rises even farther. In the photo above Shannon is waiting for the tide to come in. The first night we camped on "The Hub" Shannon got up in the middle of the night to check on the kayaks and move them to higher ground. And I was glad that she did. I think the high tide came up to within a few feet of our kayaks. When we camped on the next island in Stonington we carried our kayaks way above the beach ... just to be safe.