July 27
        
        I did drive Faith to the Kittery Malls by dinghy. No parking problem but Faith
        almost had to do all the walking in wet feet. I left her on the shore and motored
        back to the boat. Faith would take a taxi back to the dock and I would do some
        cleanup back at the boat. It was a nice quiet day.
        
        On Wednesday, July 28th, we awoke to a heavy fog. We had breakfast and I
        jumped over the side to check the zincs....electrolysis....for replacements. The water
        IS cold in Maine! Everything was fine and by about 11:00am the fog lifted. We left
        for the Saco River. It took us several hours to get there and it was low tide when
        we arrived. We decided to stay outside of the river close by, since we didn't have
        enough water to get into the anchorage. The next morning looked like another
        beautiful day. We were heading up towards Portland or Falmouth. I had hoped to
        get somebody to look at the tach in Portland and the parts for my battery
        monitoring system sent to Bob Kammann's house, a cousin, in Falmouth. 
        
        The trip was about 3 hours with no problems. We even saw our first seals! Portland
        is a pretty harbor to enter. There is a lot of activity both private and commercial.
        On the trip up we could see several tankers on the horizon. While the harbor was
        busy with large ships it was still clean. There wasn't any evidence of pollution and
        we could see the bottom in several feet of water. 
        
        We called ahead and were lucky to find a mechanic to look at our tach. We ended
        up staying overnight at their dock for free, waiting for parts. I took a taxi to
        Falmouth to pick up the parts I needed for the battery monitoring system.....Bob
        was away for a few days. I put the system back together and everything worked!
        Things looked like they were coming together!
        
        On Thursday morning we got the tach working and did some provisioning. We
        were planning to move to Falmouth for the night. Maybe we would get a chance
        to see Bob on Friday.