Ricks Pictures

• Old Quarry Launch Ramp
• Heading out, approaching Bold Island
• Lobster boat in front of Bold Island
• Sailboat coming from between Bold and Devil Island and Acadia Mountains in background
• Intercept
• Will they trade boats
• Our passage between Devil (left), Camp (right) and Bare (background)
• Passage between Devil (left) and Camp (right) islands
• Stand of trees on Camp Island
• McGlathery,Round, and Wreck
• Acadia Mountains seen between Coombs Island break
• Islands to the East
• Isle au Haut in distance between McGlathery (left) and Round (right) islands
• Sea gulls gaurding passage
• Our camping island Wheat from the NE
• Wheat from the SW
• Wheat with gull
• North ledges of Wheat
• SW view from Wheat over to Burnt Island
• Lobster boat in front of Harbor Island
• Looking NW from Wheat with Merchant,Harbor, and Bills Island
• Town of Stonington 5 miles away
• The spit on Wheat at high tide
• The spit with Pell across the way
• Neighboring Pell Island
• Neighboring Pell, Merchant, Harbor, and Bills islands
• Neighboring islands, Kimball and Harbor, from left to right
• Neighboring Peninsula of Burnt Island
• Sarah unpacking
• Boats up above high tide
• North side of Wheat where we hung out
• Two of three other campers
• Tents of other group at site inside trees
• Storm coming in for Fri into Sat morning
• My Bibler and South view towards Burnt Island
• Our tents and SE view
• View looking into windy NW on Sat
• View looking South to calmer side
• Island Rose
• Sarah and Mike action shot
• I'm heading across to spit to photograph gulls
• Crossing to spit is possible at low tide
• Sarah and Mike from the spit
• Ancient sea kayaker ritual site
• My gull subjects before seeing me
• The gulls see me
• Gulls stirring
• Gulls mostly airborn
• Gulls now heading to seek revenge (unload) on our tents
• Wheat from the spit
• Beautiful crushed shell beach on the spit
• Nice colors on the spit
• Another Wheat view from the spit
• Sarah at tidal pool on spit
• Sarah
• Late afternoon - Sarah on the spit
• Two paddlers (turned out to be Gloucester rock climber Doug Millen and fellow paddler) landing afer 17 mile circumnavigation of
• Sunset
• Moon and headlamps on Wheat
• Dusk
• SW view at dusk
• Doug's boats
• Two co-campers heading to shore Sun morning (Acadia National Park in the distance)
• Sarah and Mike pushing off
• Break before last crossing back
• Another view
• Heavily camped Hells Half Acre Island