What a perfect Maine day. The air is clear, the sky blue, the water calm. Just the right day to take the ferry out to Monhegan Island for a picnic and a hike and a visit to the quaint art galleries in the little town. Monhegan Island is known to be an artists’ haven where artists such as Andrew Wyeth have spent summers painting the typical Maine Coast scenery.
Jamie Wyeth's home in Monhegan Island's Lobster Cove.
No tourist cars come onto the island. The few vehicles there are for security or agriculture. Put a quarter in the slot and take a hiking pamphlet. There are dozens of trails taking you across or around the island. I suggest you take the Cathedral Trail which takes you through a pine wood over the top of the island to the other side where the ocean rolls into the cliffs.
Take note: there are numerous Fairy Houses along Cathedral Trail. You must keep your eyes out and be careful where you walk.
Walkers before you have taken time to gather forest floor elements and build small constructions for the Monhegan fairies. Children, nature-lovers, artists have made it a tradition to use only findings such as dried twigs, bark, ferns, moss, pinecones, shells, seaglass, stones to create precious, fragile, sometimes fabulous homes for fairies. As you walk softly through that woods, you may be tempted to gather some bits and pieces yourself and build a fairy house as a thank you present for a beautiful day.
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