"Miss 'Definitely' Downtown. A Norfolk mermaid.

A Portsmouth sailor mermaid.

A Portsmouth sailor mermaid.

Norfolk skyline as seen from Portsmouth.

Norfolk skyline as seen from Portsmouth.

A navy ship in drydock at Norfolk as seen from Portsmouth.

Shipyards on the Elizabeth River, Norfolk.

Tug pushing barge down the Elizabeth River with Norfolk skyline and shipyard in picture.

Tug pushing barge down the Elizabeth River with Navy ship in drydock.

Docking USS ENTERPRISE with USS HARRY S. TRUMAN at dock.

USS ENTERPRISE maneuvering for docking.

USS ENTERPRISE maneuvering for docking.

West Quoddy Head Lighthouse, the easternmost point in the contiguous United States.

West Quoddy Head Lighthouse, the easternmost point in the contiguous United States.

West Quoddy Head Lighthouse, the easternmost point in the contiguous United States.

West Quoddy Head Lighthouse, the easternmost point in the contiguous United States.

Fog dew on evergreens at West Quoddy Head.

Fog dew on evergreens at West Quoddy Head.

Sea spray and rocks at the eastern end of the United States.

A lobster pot left by the waves at West Quoddy Head.

Metamorphic rocks smoothed by the surf at West Quoddy Head.

Sail Rock, just offshore from West Quoddy Head.

A cobble beach with kelp and flotsam at West Quoddy Head.

The high tide line is marked by wet rocks on the left and dry on the right on the cobble beach at West Quoddy Head.

Multi-colored rocks on the cobble beach at West Quoddy Head.

A teredo-bored flotsam surrounded by kelp on the cobble beach.

Looking into a tide pool at West Quoddy Head.

Quartz-veined metamorphic rocks meet the sea below a fog-shrouded lighthouse at West Quoddy Head.

Rock-hopping below the lighthouse at West Quoddy Head.

Quartz-veined metamorphic rocks below West Quoddy Head.

Cobble beach, rocky cliffs, and fog-shrouded evergreens at West Quoddy Head.

Ocean and rock doing battle below West Quoddy Head. The rock is doomed to lose.

Part of a foggy rocky shoreline at West Quoddy Head.

Part of a foggy rocky shoreline at West Quoddy Head.

Looking to the sea through a cleft in the rocks at West Quoddy Head.

Lobster pot, foam-flecked sea, and the hard cliffs of West Quoddy Head.

Rock, foam, and fog.

Rock, spray, and fog.

A good tree for a Harry Potter story at West Quoddy Head.

Probably the easternmost tree in the United States clinging to a precarious foothold at West Quoddy Head.

Patterns in a weather-beaten tree trunk.

Another good tree for a Harry Potter story at West Quoddy Head.

Look closely for the patterns in the tree bark.

Ferns at Edgar Tennis Preserve.

Leaving Bar Harbor behind on a whale-watching cruise to the Gulf of Maine.

Egg Rock Island Lighthouse as seen leaving Bar Harbor on whale-watching cruise.

Egg Rock Island Lighthouse and Cadillac Mountain at Acadia National Park. Leaving Bar Harbor on a whale-watching cruise.

A humpback whale in the Gulf of Maine about 20 miles south of Bar Harbor.

A humpback whale in the Gulf of Maine about 20 miles south of Bar Harbor.

A humpback whale in the Gulf of Maine about 20 miles south of Bar Harbor.