Rich entering a sheltered pocket bay on an outer island in Casco Bay.

Display booth at 1st annual L.L. Bean Paddlefest.

Schlepping the "Sea Slug", Gray's Homestead Campground, Boothbay Harbor, Maine.

Natalie planning our route through Penobscot Bay.

Sitting out a nor'easter on a Muscungus Bay Island.

Nat and Rich paddling during a foggy morning on Muscungus Bay.

Dan's view from the back of the Necky Outfitter kayak.

Dan cooking a typical meal . . . no, it's not all freeze-dried food.

Muscungus Bay sunset.

Phytoplankton workshop at Searsport Shores Campground.

Sea kayak skills workshop at Searsport Shores Campground.

Kayaking from Lincolnville, ME, to Warren Island.

Blue Northern performing at Warren Island (Paul Anderson, Executive Director of Maine Sea Grant, is on the mandolin).

Some of Natalie's family: childhood friend Chrissy Ford Hayden, René Springuel (father), and Myriam Zimmerman (sister).

Gulf of Maine Expedition's Education & Outreach Coordinator, Bob DeForrest, paddling at Warren Island.