Twilight At The Waterfront

If you can deal with the crowds this time of the year, twilight is a great time to visit the waterfront. I have my secret spots I go to every evening alone to enjoy the last light of the day. A visit to the Boat Basin is a must. There's always a great variety of mega yachts there to view. All of them are rather ugly to me and I hardly ever give them a second look. Give me an old wooden Harvey Gamage eastern-rigged dragger or scalloper any day and I could stare at her for hours!

I ventured down to the waterfront recently at twilight and captured a few scenes-
The M/V Great Point steaming recklessly through the no wake zone. Not sure why Hy-Line is allowed to do that on a daily basis. Note her bow and stern wake. I never understood why this boat is exempt from following the no wake zone rule.
Kids hoping to net a minnow.
The mega yacht, Sea Owl at the fuel dock. Note all her underwater lights.
Boat Basin at twilight.
Yachts Med-moored. East face of Straight Wharf.
The Endeavor coming back from her sunset cruise.
You could drive a pick-up truck through that stern door!!!
Boat Basin.
Med-moored yachts. East face of Straight Wharf.
Not sure why this little boat has 1,050 horsepower. I guess bigger is really better.
Twilight at the Boat Basin.
Regular gasoline.
Twilight at the Boat Basin.

Boat Basin.

Buck Of The Week:

I was able to get one buck on one of my trail cams last week but he was too far away for me to enter it here as the buck of the week. I'm hoping to get a closer shot of him in the coming weeks. So for this week, I decided to post pictures of some of the fawns I have captured on my trail cams recently.

I caught these twin fawns on my new Bushnell trail cam. I always like to get fawns, especially twins, on my trail cams. I have yet to get triplets. In this video, the twins are messing around and then realize mom is gone so they take off after her. After they leave, there is nothing else on the video.

Summer. Finally!

It finally arrived. Summer. After the worst June in recorded history, summer has arrived and it looks as though it will be here to stay for another 8 weeks. Each day now is shorter by one min. I love this time of the year but am also looking forward to winter when we can have our island back. There are only so many people and cars the island can handle before it becomes unbearable to live here. It seems particularly worse this year.

I am always able to escape the crowds and madness in my boat. I was out this weekend on the water and grabbed a few shots of the waterfront-

Community Sailing School sailboats. East Polpis Harbor.
Interesting cloud formations. Pocomo Meadows.
A busy waterfront.
Fluke boats and the idle dragger, Ruthie B. Town Pier.
New fluke boat, Underwing. Town Pier.
Harbor cruise boat, Minke.
A full boat basin.
Mega yacht. Boat basin.
Sea Owl. Fuel dock.
Mega yacht. End of Straight Wharf.
Large sailboat Med-moored. East face of Straight Wharf.
Med-moored yachts. East face of Straight Wharf.
Scott Bowman's new (to him) boat, Good Point. East Polpis Harbor.
Scott Bowman's new (to him) boat, Good Point. East Polpis Harbor.
Scott Bowman's new (to him) boat, Good Point. East Polpis Harbor.
Scott Bowman's new (to him) boat, Good Point. East Polpis Harbor.
Sunset over Hulbert Ave.

BUCK OF THE WEEK-

I recently got a new trail cam. It incorporates the latest technology where there is a very low glow infrared flash which will not scare away the deer when their picture or video is taken at night. I had some interesting results with the new cam as soon as I put it out. This buck was very curious-

Here's another video clip of the same buck. Note how he is spooked by a bird flying away.

First Day Of Summer

I think the weather has finally broke. I'm not getting my hopes up just yet as it is still Junuary here. Today was the longest day of the year. Soon the days will be getting shorter by a minute each day. I'm already looking forward to fall and the slower pace of the island.

It was a nice evening down at the waterfront. Calm and warm. There is always something going on down there-
M/V Great Point. Straight Wharf.
Rag Boat Christopher. Straight Wharf.
Rag Boat Christopher. Straight Wharf.
Minke.
Brant Point Lighthouse.
Hulbert Ave.
Hulbert Ave.
Reflections. Easy Street Basin.
Fluke Boats. Town Pier.
Fluke Boats. Town Pier.
Conchs on the buy boat for the fluke boats. Town Pier.
Conchs on the buy boat for the fluke boats.

Fluke boat rigging. Town Pier.

BUCK OF THE WEEK-

This little guy is a regular visitor to my cams. He's in velvet now. I'm documenting his antler growth this summer by using several trail cams strategically placed in his home range. It's interesting to see where he travels around the island on a daily basis. So far his antlers are growing about an inch per day.

Double click on the picture for a larger view.