Our return to the United States was by way of the Nova Star ferry into Portland, Maine through the Casco Bay. We were greeted by the Portland Headlight locate on Cape Elizabeth. The light station, completed in 1791, sits on a head of land at the entrance of the primary shipping channel into Portland Harbor. It is the oldest lighthouse in the state of Maine. The light station is automated, and the tower, beacon, and foghorn are maintained by the United States Coast Guard, while the former lighthouse keepers’ house is a maritime museum within Fort Williams Park.  Running to the other side of the ferry, I had a chance to photograph Fort Georges and an abandoned light house.