Kayaking Kettle Cove on a Blue Moon Eve

This is how the moon looked last night, Aug 30th, midnight. It looks pretty darn full and the clouds are textured and beautiful. 

Tonight Aug 31 2012 was the official Blue Moon (2nd full moon in the same month), which won't happen again until July 2015.  To do something special my sister and I dropped the kayaks in the Atlantic, in Kettle Cove, Cape Elizabeth. As you can see in the pictures, the water was calm, and there were gentle rolling waves. 

Sue - Kettle Cove, Cape Elizabeth

Sue at sunset

C at sunset

C- Kettle Cove

Ultra-lite soars overhead

Gull- Richmond Island in the background (or should I say in the backwater?)

As night emerged, so did thickening clouds

After paddling out quite a ways, we were surprised to turn around and see an acceleration of clouding, rather than a clearing, which we'd hoped for. No chance, it seemed, to view the rising moon. 
"We better head back."  A minute later I saw the first flash of lightening. We paddled actively, grateful that the water stayed un-choppy and the wind didn't pick up.  The lightening could still be seen toward the horizon, a distance away from us. 

The night was peaceful despite the distant unsettled weather. 

We plan to try again tomorrow night. The forecast is favorable for clear skies.  

Went back to Sue's and played SCRABBLE. She wrote TAR. I used all my 7 letters to turn TAR into STAR (which should be worth extra points for the beautiful transformation, I might add...)  to make LISTENS. A 50+ pointer!! 59 to be exact. Ha! Beat that biatch. I'm unstoppable!

Fast forward to end of game.  The biatch still ended up whomping me by 43 points! 

Say wha...?

 I've never beat her.

Yet. 
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NEXT NIGHT UPDATE   Sept 1 The moon is still full (it's not a one night only thing) and we watched the sunset, turned, and watched the moonrise from its horizonal hiding place, then extend the white light carpet across the waterway.

Later, snapped this sacred shot of its luminous essence, framed by cloud.