Bill and Maggie Johnston are friends of Angie’s parents who happen to live on Mt Desert Island just outside the Acadia national park boundary. In addition to cruising their sailboat down the east coast of the US to the Bahamas and back, they ran a charter sailing business aboard their boat for 21 years.
With a resume like that, it was no surprise that we would get along well. What was a surprise was the hospitality they showed us. Before we arrived, they arranged for a mooring for Madrone in the town Southwest Harbor, and a second one at the top of Somes Sound in case we wanted to sail there.
Once we arrived, they picked us up for an insiders tour of Mt Desert Island. And of course they gave the most welcome gifts to any sailor – a ride to the grocery store and the use of the laundry machine at their beautiful house in the woods (that Bill built himself, of course).
An already great trip to Mt Desert Island was made even better with new friends.