Frenchboro is one of those special places – it’s remote, tiny, hard to get into, and has a great lobster shack that was sadly closed last year. This year we hit it perfectly! We came in on a lovely sunny afternoon and picked up a visitor mooring just outside the main mooring field. We think these were laid last year and they could do with being rearranged a little; however we got a good spot. We rowed into Lunt’s dock and ordered lobster and blueberry pie to go, then set off for a walk.

The trail we took ended just behind the town library and museum; we stopped in for a look. The museum is tiny but does a wonderful job describing life on Long Island over the centuries, including lists of people (mostly named Lunt) who fought in various wars, and pictures of the children at the island school. We chatted with the woman managing the museum that day, and found out that she attended the school, which is still open, and there are around 20 people who live on the island year-round. Others come for the summer, or at least take a couple of months in the winter to go somewhere less forbidding. The ferry stops there three times a week, and on alternating Wednesdays there is a return trip. On those days, the islanders have three hours to drive from the ferry dock to the nearest town, complete all their shopping and make it back to the ferry to avoid being stuck on the mainland for a night! We enjoyed learning more about the island and highly recommend this museum. We walked back to Lunt’s and picked up a delicious supper!

In the morning a huge barge arrived carrying a crane to work on the ferry dock, providing much entertainment as it maneuvered into place. However with our views and our peace and quiet interrupted, it was time to move on.