Monhegan Island

From the village, looking out at Manana Island

Ideal setting for a home

The Rocket taking a great foto

Ship wreck

Monhegan's rocky shore

Chris Hiker admiring the views

Monhegan's also a great spot to walk through a lovely forest

An ideal spot to go birding

Cove after beautiful cove

It'd be a great spot for a dip except for all the rocks

More beautiful shore line

chris hiker

It was nice peaking through the trees and seeing ocean

Johnny Rocket

I'd like to be a bird

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A great forest walk could be found here too

A "pigeon"

After the wonderful ferry ride from the mainland, The Rocket and I decided to walk around the island following the cliff trail.  This would go down as one of my favorite hikes of all time.

The walk starts in the village passing numerous art galleries and cafes.  It's Maine, so there were many places selling lobsters.  We eventually made it through the village to a trail that lead to Lobster Cove.  This would be where we'd pick up the cliff trail, which takes you along the Atlantic Coast.  Lobster Cove is also the site of a ship wreck.  Walking along the rocky coast, you do not wonder why it'd be a bad situation if you get too close.  The waves crash along the coast with such ferocity.

We continued walking along the coast admiring each cove we'd come across.  The Rocket and I imagined how amazing this place would be in the winter.  The dark clouds and crashing waves mixed in with a bit of snow and bare trees and a biting wind.  Oh, how wonderful a place this would be in the winter!  But, we didn't need to imagine too much, since today was a great day to be here.

Stopping in the museum, I read that Maine's coast is almost exclusively rocky.  Quite different from the beaches of Long Island and the Jersey Shore, which I am most familiar with.  For scenery, I prefer Maine's coast.  The rocky shore and the crashing waves, blended in well with the grassy, pine tree lined trail that we walked.  While admiring the views, I listened to the sound of the waves crashing and the sound of the seagulls.  I thought to myself, "Is there anything more natural than this?"

We ended our day at the museum.  Here there is a history section and an art section.  I wish I had spent more time in the art museum.  There were so many wonderful paintings.  It was not hard to imagine why so many artists frequented this magnificent island.