Maine - Rockland

We drove into Rockland to explore the stores, check out the movie theatre (The Strand) and look at the harbour.

Lobster sculpture across from the Lighthouse Museum and Tourist Information
Office.

Lobster rules in Rockland. They have a lobster festival every summer. I spoke to the man who runs one of the marinas and he told me they can catch lobster all year round in Maine. In Canada there are limited seasons around the East Coast. He said that each lobster fisherman can set 800 traps, which they do in the summer but often set only about 100 in the winter. They are required to check their traps within 3 days of setting them. He said Rockland's main industry is lobster catching followed by tourism.

My first lobster of the trip! We ate at the Rockland café and this lobster with butter,  fries
and coleslaw was $13. Absolutely delicious.

Heather and Don tried the local brew.

Heather and Don went to the Farnsworth Art Museum, Judy toured the little shops along the main street and I wandered the waterfront and did some sketching.

There are marinas but most of the sailboats are moored on buoys. About half of
the buoys are already vacant as the boats have been taken out of the water.

The commercial section of the harbour.

The Rockland  lighthouse is a mile long walk on a cement
breakwater, not an appealing stroll so I will hope to get better pictures
when we take the ferry to Vinalhaven later in the week.
(Plez corrected me on this saying that that it is not cement, but, rather, huge granite blocks mined from the
local islands and laid in place by sailing vessels in the late 1800's, early 1900's. She also said that she
 and Chuck find it to be a very enjoyable walk)