Summer 2008 Days 5–7 (SAT 7/5 – MON 7/7) Reid Harbor
Reid Harbor is one of favorite places. Zak’s middle name is Reid after this Harbor because of it being a place we love. Reid Harbor is nestled on the south side of Stuart Island. Every time we visit we have to take a little walk to the schoolhouse as soon as we get there. The kids can get some energy out. We had an early dinner and headed there. It was a nice walk and really a nice evening. We returned to Ghost and put the kids to bed and the winds started picking up. They started getting a little nasty and around 9:30p.m. we noticed the 50 foot power boat in front of us had started to drag its anchor coming right towards us. We were waiting for the owners to come out and see what was happening when we realized there was no one onboard. There was really nothing we could do, except hope that it wouldn’t do too much damage when it hit. Luckily for us it hit us bow to bow with no damage and then moved back and crashed into our boarding ladder and then we were able to push it off and it just barely hit the davits in the back of the boat. There wasn’t too much damage. Our boarding ladder took the brunt of it:
Luckily the couple from the boat has been really nice about the whole thing. On Sunday we decided to get away from the boat and take the hike to the Turn Point Lighthouse. It’s such a fun hike and the kids are able to make it the whole way with minimal complaining. This year the lighthouse has opened a museum for the public and the people stationed here were extremely nice and fun to talk to:
When returned to the boat Scott started working on the boarding ladder to see if we could use it for the rest of our vacation.
He really did a great job repairing it, so we could use it. Zak took the kayak out to do a little exploring and did great. This was the first time he had gone so far away from the boat and explored on his own. It was a turning point for him and his independence.
We had a peaceful evening and decided to check into Canada the next morning.
