On Friday I stoped at a point of land just south of Calais in Maine. On an island, just off shore, Sieur de Monts and Champlain arrived with the first settlers. They chose to set up on the island, but it was a cold winter, there was no water on the island, for months they couldn't reach the shore, and many died of scurvy. In the spring they pulled up stakes (literally)and built Port Royal on the Annapolis Basin, not that far from where I live. Sometimes I look out to sea and imagine the French ships sailing by. One picture shows the island just off shore, and the other shows that their ghosts are with us yet.
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