My kids on one of the trails along rocky coastline.:
Here's Monhegan village, as seen from the lighthouse hill. There are something like 25-30 people who live here year round. Each summer, the population swells to 200-300 or so. During the day, in the summer, the population jumps to about 500 as the boats bring tourists over for day trips. Then it drops back down to 200 or so at night. There are no cars on the Island, but there are two golfcarts, and a handful of pick-up trucks. When I was a kid, none of the trucks were registered. Now they all have plates with registration stickers that expired in the late 90's. A cop must have come out here on vacation and enforced the law one year.:
Of course, the island is a mountaintop sticking out of the water. It is surrounded on three sides by steep rocky cliffs. The harbor is the only point where the land slopes gently down to the water. Its a lot of fun climbing on the rocks. Here's most of my family:
