Kayak guides take time out for themselves to explore coastal Maine
STONINGTON “From out of the fog came the shape of the island, vague at first so we weren’t even sure it was there, then definite, familiar.”
And so begins the journey of Michael and Rebecca Daugherty as they set out from their hometown of Stonington on a journey “upwest and downeast,” which also is, fittingly, the title of their new book: “Upwest & Downeast: Meandering the Maine Coast by Sea Kayak.”
“You just work all summer,” said Michael, of the couple’s experience running first an art gallery (Isalos Fine Art) and now a kayak guiding business (Sea Kayak Stonington, formerly Upwest & Downeast Sea Kayaking). “You start resenting all these people who are having fun and you’re not … we were on the water but working all the time.”