# @kirstenalana on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B2HTVYjhg2q
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2429541-kirstenalana-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2019-09-07T14:55:09.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kirsten Alana (@KirstenAlana) — https://gondola.cc/KirstenAlana

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Portland, Maine was a definite win for my sea-loving soul. We took the quick 20 min ferry to Peaks Island with @visitportland and enjoyed a wonderful half day of bike riding, golf cart driving, ice cream eating, beach combing and learning — at the most unusual museum I’ve ever had the privilege of visiting: the Umbrella Cover Museum — all before boarding the Nicte Ha and taking our sweet time getting back to the city with @calendarislandssailing. And no offense at all to everyone and everything involved in the day before we boarded the sail boat, truly, but I love sailing so much that Nicte Ha plus owners Sandra and her son Nathan, stole the show. Under a cobalt sky with just the right amount of clouds, we left Peaks Island and sailed around for a while in Casco Bay under the ideal amount of wind to really feel the appeal of sailing before returning all too soon to Portland Harbor. Along the way, I was able to learn that there are many islands off Portland’s coast and that Nicte Ha has enough solar power on board to last for several days. This enables them to dock without always having to worry about whether or not a harbor has traditional hookups for electricity and it made my clean energy-loving heart happy. I also learned that, as the name suggests, Nicte Ha has connections to Mexico and Mayan culture. But it is a John Alden Challenger built right in Maine, in East Boothbay! We stayed in Boothbay for the first three nights of this trip and I smiled to feel the universe signal a sort of coming full circle in terms of storytelling and the trip overall. Captain Nathan is also a Chef so he and Sandra can offer shorter trips like we experienced or much longer excursions with gourmet food and drink included and the chance to sleep on board.... which is what I’ll be signing up for the next time I visit Portland in summer 😝⛵️ #UnscriptedMaine
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