A new tradition

We started a new tradition for the Deborah Lee. Any time we travel down the C & D Canal, we make Pillsbury Cinnamon Buns. "Nothin feels more like lovin than somethin from the oven"!

Back to Cambridge, Maryland

We left City Island on Tuesday, July 24th. 36 and a half hours later, we landed in Chesapeake City on the C & D Canal. What a ridiculously long ride. We were not doing too bad until we rounded Cape May and pulled up into the Delaware Bay.  The waves were knocking us all over the place. 6 hours later (noon) it began to settle down and we continued up the bay into the C & D Canal. We got a good night sleep that night. The following morning we took a leisurely ride down to Whorten Creek. We needed to decompress and that was the place. We could relax and swim without worrying about nettles.
Friday, July 27th, we made it back to our starting point, Cambridge, Maryland.  We will spend another day at the marina before heading home ot Pa. We will get the boat cleaned up, refill our tanks, get rid of all the salt, and unload all the stuff we have purchased for the kids.

WHAT A RIDE!!!!!!!!!

City Island (7/22-23/2012) & New York City

Our next stop was City Island. There was one really important place we wanted to visit while up here in New York. We took a bus into the city. Then took two trains into Manhatten. After visiting the preview center to get passes, we visited the 9/11 Memorial.                                               

It was pretty spectactular to see it in person. The waterfalls that go into a black square hole is very moving and the names of all of those souls lost  are cut into the stone  framing the entire waterfall. You can see one of names in the picture to the right.

There  is a great deal of security and probably justifiable. The city has been through a great deal. They lost so much of themselves that day. I think we all lost something of ourselves that day.  The city is so congested and there is street work going on, buildings being built. We decided to take a walk on Broad street. It was open and not as closed in. It was a far cry from sitting on a sailboat out in the middle of Long Island Sound. And it is time to get going. We took a picture of the East River as we were going down and also got a nice shoot of the Statue of Liberty. What a site.

                             

Port Jefferson, NY (7/21/2012)

Had a 6 plus hour ride to Port Jefferson, NY. We crossed the Long Island Sound and the wind was directly on our nose again. We really have had to do a whole lot of motoring. This happens when you make plans. We rented another mooring ball and took the launch into town. This place has really become a tourist attraction. There are lots of places to eat and buy stuff. We had a really nice lunch at "Tommy's Place". As with other towns, they have made available to boaters a place to take showers, wash clothes, and just sit and watch tv. They called this building the Annex. It looked really new. This is a far cry from the last time we were here. They were not boater friendly and even trying to tie our dinghy up somewhere was impossible.They only wanted to talk to you if you were staying at the Marina and Spa. Those of us that anchored were not considered "guests" of Port Jefferson docks. Things have certainly changed for the better. Because there are moorings now in the harbor, they really needed to do something for the boater. We saw a Masonic Temple while we were walking in town.

Old Saybrook, Ct. (7/17-19/2011)

Spending a couple of days in North Cove, Old Saybrook, Ct.  Walked 1/4 mile into the quiet, little town and had lunch yesterday. Bought a few groceries at Walt's.  It is raining today and we will probably spend the rest of the day on the boat. It is good down time. We will continue on tomorrow to Port Jefferson, Long Island.

Pics of Newport, RI

We cannot spend any time in Newport without taking a scooter ride. We found some mansions that are off the main drag that many people don't seem to pay attention to.

                                                    

 And nothing is finer than taking a cruise along the ocean to see the rocks and the beauty. This is really a special place. Bill spent time here while in the Navy in the 60"s. We had to stop and check the map.

                                               This looks like fun. Watch out Thames Street!

Newport, RI (7/14-16, 2012)

And now we are in Newport, RI. I haven't taken any pictures. The Americas Cup races were a couple of weeks ago and the place would have been mobbed. We found a place to anchor . Newport has made a Marine Center on the beach level of the Armory for boaters. It's fantastic. There are washers and dryers, showers, restrooms, tv showing weather, tables to sit. AND FREE WIFI!!!!!!!!! The prices for showers are not bad and it's about $6 to do a load of wash. But, it's great to have a place to go without having to lug your stuff for blocks. We will spend a couple of days here and head down Long Island Sound.  Next stop will be Mystic, Connecticut for pizza at Mystic Pizza!