Today was perfect! We took the dogs for a final walk in Salem and found a spacious park for them to run while we play some basketball. Once we got back to the boat we cleaned up and secured the cabin before motoring through the north channel to Misery Island.

“Misery Islands offer coastal views, rolling rocky terrain, diverse wildlife habitats, and interesting ruins that recall the Islands' past as an exclusive resort and summer colony.
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On the beach of Little Misery can be seen the remains of the steamship, The City of Rockland, wrecked off the coast of Maine and scuttled here many years ago. The Misery Island Syndicate bought the Islands in 1900. They built the Misery Island Club, which featured a pier, a club house, a saltwater swimming pool, guest cottages, a tennis court, and a nine-hole golf course. Tournaments and regattas attracted Boston and North Shore socialites, but the club fell on hard times a year after opening. Subsequent business ventures failed, but individual lots sold and a summer colony of more than twenty-five cottages took hold. In 1926, however, a devastating brush fire destroyed many homes, and summer families eventually lost interest in the islands.”

https://essexheritage.org/attractions/misery-islands

We found a mooring and took a mid day nap before rowing to shore the check out the island! The dogs were so happy to run amuck through the trails and even followed a herd of deer through the woods. We found a bunch of sea glass and had so much fun trying to envision what this desolate island once looked like as a resort 100 years ago!