Further south on the east side of the Sheepscot is an inlet to the Back River by Hodgdon Island. The little town of Trevett is there, and on the charts was an anchorage called Sawyer Island that looked like a great place to anchor for a couple days. As it turned out there was barely room to get the hook down with enough scope between the mooring balls, and the bottom was covered in kelp, so we stayed only one night before moving on. However, this seemed to us like it would be a good place to stage up to dinghy over to the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens to walk. If you were on a mooring ball, using the dinghy to go over and walk to the gardens seems like it would be a good idea.
Unlike most towns we go to in Maine, Trevett was not particularly cruiser friendly. We went into the store and told them we would need to buy some supplies and lunch, and could we use their trash for our small bag of trash from the boat. No, that would not be okay they said. We changed our mind about provisions and lunch. We did try walking along the road, but it was quite busy, so we turned back.
A few more miles south on the east side of the river is Ebenecook Harbor, and off that harbor is Love Cove. We spent a few days there on a free mooring ball that’s provided by the Winslow family who own a beautiful property on the east side of the cove. All of our hiking consisted of taking the dinghy over to Hodgdon Boatyard and walking the roads from there, and really those road hikes were pretty nice. Hodgdon has a number of balls available as well, but we really liked the quiet in Love Cove. Walking around the boatyard, talking to a few of the folks, seeing their work, I really felt like it would be a good boatyard to get work done in the area.