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!

Salem, Mass. (7/11-12/2012)

(July 11th and 12th)   We are in Salem, Mass. and the sunset was really pretty. There is really so much history in Salem beyond the witch trials.              

We took a tour of the birth home of Nathanial Hawthorne. He was the author of the Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables. He used to visit his cousin that lived in a house with seven gables. It gave him the inspiration to write the book. Wonder what inspired him to write The Scarlet Letter.  It was really neat to see how the "well-to-do" lived.

This is a picture of the Salem Witchs house. It is

incredibly awful what happened to those poor 

people back then. 

And of course, who could pass up going aboard a "Tall Ship". This is a replica of a vessel called "Friendship" that sailed from Salem and was captured by the British during the war.

Monhegan Island

This Monhegan Island. It has been made famous among artists. Famous artists like Jaime Wyeth and Windslow Homer have painted here. Artists come here to feel inspired and to paint. It is also quite beautiful. We took the ferry over from Boothbay Harbor since we couldn't get a mooring here.

Expect The Unexpected

   I need to go back to July 7th and mention one awesome thing. We were anchored in this beautiful and quiet Seal Cove. I looked up and a dozen seals were swimming toward our boat. As they got closer to the boat they spread out and swam under ,around, and past the boat. It was apparently time for them to go fishing. It was wonderful. What a gift. A few small seals were left behind and came closer to the boat to have a look. I got a cute shot of one of them. We had to pull anchor and start on our way. But, as we were heading down the Damariscotta River, the engine temperature began

 to rise and there was white smoke coming                                                           

out of the exhaust. Fortunately, we were right in front of the Ocean Point Marina in East Boothbay, Me. We tied up at the dock and Bill began trouble shooting the problem. As you can see, the engine is in a tight spot and many times he needs to curl up in a ball to work on it. After cleaning out the raw water intake hole and rebuilding the raw water pump, the problem seemed to have been solved. We took some kelp into the intake and it was clogging things up.  

The next  morning we made out way to Boothbay

Harbor, Me and enjoyed the day sightseeeing.

Boothbay Harbor is a real touristy place with lots of resturants and shops.

This is us on a mooring.