Domestic Expeditions
Lighthouses of Maine
Dates
October 9, 2008 through October 15, 2008
Itinerary
October 9, 2008
PORTLAND
Check in at hotel near the Portland Airport. When you arrive at the airport, a courtesy shuttle will transport you to the hotel. We will have our welcome dinner that evening at the hotel.
October 10, 2008
PORTLAND
We'll board our coach at 8 a.m. for a one hour trip to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and a 4½ hour cruise around the White Islands. We'll pass the Portsmouth, Whaleback, Isle of Shoals, Boon Island and Cape Neddick (The Nubble) Lighthouses. The cruise will include a box lunch on board. After lunch, we'll head back to Portland and visit the Portland Head Lighthouse for a tour of the tower and museum. Afterward, we'll return to our hotel and then proceed to dinner at a nearby restaurant.
October 11, 2008
PORTLAND - BOOTHBAY HARBOR
We'll take a short ride to tour the Cape Elizabeth twin tower light station and then Spring Point Ledge in Portland. We'll then visit the Portland Breakwater Lighthouse for photos. Leaving Portland, we'll head north to Boothbay Harbor for lunch and touring on your own. After lunch, the group will visit the summer home of a Society member at the Hendrick's Head Lighthouse. We'll arrive late that afternoon back in Boothbay Harbor where we will be staying overnight. We will eat dinner at the hotel.
October 12, 2008
BOOTHBAY HARBOR CRUISE - PEMAQUID
We'll start the day by boarding a vessel for a half-day cruise of lighthouses. We'll pass the Burnt Island, Ram Island, Cuckolds and Seguin Island Lighthouses, and then head up the lovely Kennebec River to pass the lighthouses of Pond Island, Perkins Island, Squirrel Point, Doubling Point Range Lights and Doubling Point. Our vessel will then head back to Boothbay Harbor through a picturesque inland waterway where we've often observed bald eagles, herons, osprey and occasionally seals. Leaving Boothbay Harbor, we'll drive to Pemaquid Point for a picnic and a tour of the light station and the Fishermen's Museum located in the old keeper's dwelling. At the day's end, we'll arrive at the beautiful Samoset Resort Hotel for check in where we will be staying for two nights. We'll have dinner at the resort.
October 13, 2008
ROCKLAND HARBOR CRUISE
We'll travel to Rockland Harbor where we'll board the Elizabeth Ann for our full-day cruise around Penobscot Bay. A hot lunch will be served aboard the vessel. On this leg of the journey, we'll pass the Rockland Breakwater, Indian Island, Grindle Point, Dice Head, Pumpkin Island, Eagle Island, Mark Island, Goose Rocks, Brown's Head and Owl's Head Lighthouses. Afterward, we'll return to the hotel and have dinner at a nearby restaurant.
October 14, 2008
WEST PENOBSCOT BAY - PORTLAND
We'll visit the Maine Lighthouse Museum (Rockland) in the morning and then travel a short distance out to the Owl's Head Lighthouse where the Coast Guard will allow us access to the light station. After this, we will travel to our last lighthouse, Marshall Point, where we will enjoy a picnic lunch and tour the museum. We will return to Portland and check in at our hotel near the airport for our final night. That evening we will have our farewell dinner at the hotel.
October 15, 2008
PORTLAND
Breakfast at the hotel. Departures from the airport.
Double - $3,379
Single - $2,132