Saturday 2nd – Monday 4th July.

The whole weekend was hot and sunny. 

Teresa’s sister Rome was visiting for a couple of days and their cousins Laurie and Darcy would be staying in Boothbay for the weekend, so we moved to a TBI mooring in the morning.  Rome joined us in the afternoon.  We lunched on board, and Teresa and Rome went for a drive around town trying to find a parking lot with spaces.  Tough job on July 4^th weekend! 

Teresa and Rome returned to the boat just in time for happy hour. 

On Sunday Debbie, Laurie, Darcy, Doug and their daughter Kasey arrived and we all took a boat trip to Cabbage Island for a Lobster bake.  This consisted of a pile of clams, 2 lobsters, baked potato,  onion,  sweetcorn, a hard baked egg (which acts as a clam/lobster timer) and blueberry cake.  Enough food to feed an army.  We then waddled around to explore the island before returning to Boothbay Harbour for another happy hour on Quinita. 

We spent most of Monday (4^th) in Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens which was very impressive.  

Rome returned to CT, Debbie returned to Union, ME  and we had dinner with Laurie, Darcy and Doug. 

Quinita was in a prime position for watching the July 4^th fireworks.  It was a little chilly after the sun set so we bundled up, and positioned ourselves on the tramp for a great view of the fireworks.