A Bit of "Chop"

 
 
Frenchboro Island, Maine

Today I spent a magical day with the kids who live on one of the islands that inspired Touch Blue. Jan Coates of Island Readers and Writers and I drove to the Bass Harbor ferry terminal to catch the first ferry out to Frenchboro early this morning.

 

"There's a bit of chop," the ferry terminal worker said.

It was very windy and I could see whitecaps on the waves. Still, a ferry is a big, solid boat, so I wasn't worried about it being too choppy. 

"There's the boat," Jan said..

 

All I could see was a tour boat. 

"Come on," Jan said.

And then I realized this was the "ferry" we'd been waiting for.

 

I've never been seasick before, but I've also never been on a fierce sea in a realtively small boat.  I decided to sit near the buckets. . . just in case!
 
 

The sides and back of the boat were zipped up, and off we went!

 

If this is "a bit" of chop, I'd hate to see a lot of chop!  Believe it or not, I was trying very hard to hold the camera still.



It was very exciting and wild!  But we saw a big flock of cormorants heading south and seals stretched out in the sun on the rocks. And once we got past the open ocean and into Frenchboro harbor, it was so much calmer and so very beautiful. 


Aptly named!!!


I'll tell you about my trip to the school tomorrow.  :-)