Deb says...
"I don't need to give a caption of each picture, but here are a few of my favorite pictures from our time on Long Island Sound"
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Monday; September, 7, 2009
Summit North Marina; Bear, DE.
Hey All!
Deb here! Just a note to let you know I’m still on the trip with BK. He does such a great job on his Captain’s log; it’s hard for me to think of anything more to add! I look forward to reading his logs…just to see how much fun I had! And to see those awesome pictures! ;o)
We left Cape May Saturday morning a 6:40 am. The sun was just barely up (kinda like me). There was a heavy dew covering the boat, it was close to 70*, we had a clear sky, the wind was down (I hate the wind), and the water in the harbor was like glass. Coincidently, those are the exact kinds of conditions that I like for boating! We cruised to a marina about midway across the C & D Canal (which connects the Delaware Bay with the Chesapeake Bay). After continuing on through the C & D, we’ll spend some time on Chesapeake Bay before making our way down the ICW, crossing the Okeechobee and finally ending in Cape Coral, FL for the winter.
We spent most of August on Long Island Sound and, along with my sister Jeanie and bro-in-law Terry and also our friends Steve and Claudia, we checked out some great marinas and wonderful towns on Long Island and along the coast of Connecticut.
We picked up Jeanie & Terry at Liberty Landing Marina in Jersey City, and after a quick tour of NYC (including an up close look at the Brooklyn Bridge) we headed into Long Island Sound. We had a great time in Essex, CT discovering an old inn/restaurant/bar that had entertainment every night and we saw a great swing group called “The Shiny Lapel Trio”…check them out on YouTube…way fun!
We went on to Mystic, CT which looked like a movie set of a typical New England town…one of my favorite stops.
Block Island was incredible. Our marina was in The Great Salt Pond that was originally a landlocked fresh water lake on the island. They opened it up to the sea, creating a huge harbor able to support many marinas. Our marina had about 90 slips that they managed to fit about 250 boats into…rafting some off as many as 5 deep! Imagine crawling over 4 other boats to get to shore. (Not a good place to be if you had to walk your dog!)
On Block Island we went to a local bike/scooter/car rental place to see if they had a car available. They said, “Sorry no…er, wait…we do have this Mustang convertible…would you be interested in that?” (Really?) So we were able to do the “Bob Koerner Whirlwind Tour” of the island in style.
We were told that Newport, RI was ‘indescribable’ and found that this was a perfect word! It’s a New England ‘village’ that has for some reason become the place to see and be seen! Huge yachts…one after another…filled the harbor that was lined along the shore with quaint cottages, old warehouses and buildings that were hundreds of years old. Very cool.
We were in Sag Harbor with Steve and Claudia and it was again, a great example of a perfect little New England town. If you looked up ‘quaint’ in the dictionary, you would find a picture of Sag Harbor!
I can’t believe we were able to cruise Long Island Sound and visit all those New England port towns that we’ve read about over the years. Even though we weren’t able to get to Martha’s Vineyard or Nantucket because of weather (hurricanes Bill and Danny were threats at the time), we saw so many other unbelievable places, the disappointment didn’t last long…it was a great month on the Sound!
Now we have turned around and are heading back to the Chesapeake Bay. And maybe it’s because we’re retracing our steps, but it feels like the end of something to me. Or maybe it’s just a habit…all those years of flipping the calendar over to September and starting to think of the end of summer, the start of school, and knowing that the cool days of Autumn are right around the corner.
I keep forgetting where we are! When it gets cold we will just head south and follow the sunshine and the warm weather! We get to cruise down the coast to Florida and skip another Illinois winter! We have so much more boating ahead of us! I could get used to this!
Summit North Marina; Bear, DE.
Hey All!
Deb here! Just a note to let you know I’m still on the trip with BK. He does such a great job on his Captain’s log; it’s hard for me to think of anything more to add! I look forward to reading his logs…just to see how much fun I had! And to see those awesome pictures! ;o)
We left Cape May Saturday morning a 6:40 am. The sun was just barely up (kinda like me). There was a heavy dew covering the boat, it was close to 70*, we had a clear sky, the wind was down (I hate the wind), and the water in the harbor was like glass. Coincidently, those are the exact kinds of conditions that I like for boating! We cruised to a marina about midway across the C & D Canal (which connects the Delaware Bay with the Chesapeake Bay). After continuing on through the C & D, we’ll spend some time on Chesapeake Bay before making our way down the ICW, crossing the Okeechobee and finally ending in Cape Coral, FL for the winter.
We spent most of August on Long Island Sound and, along with my sister Jeanie and bro-in-law Terry and also our friends Steve and Claudia, we checked out some great marinas and wonderful towns on Long Island and along the coast of Connecticut.
We picked up Jeanie & Terry at Liberty Landing Marina in Jersey City, and after a quick tour of NYC (including an up close look at the Brooklyn Bridge) we headed into Long Island Sound. We had a great time in Essex, CT discovering an old inn/restaurant/bar that had entertainment every night and we saw a great swing group called “The Shiny Lapel Trio”…check them out on YouTube…way fun!
We went on to Mystic, CT which looked like a movie set of a typical New England town…one of my favorite stops.
Block Island was incredible. Our marina was in The Great Salt Pond that was originally a landlocked fresh water lake on the island. They opened it up to the sea, creating a huge harbor able to support many marinas. Our marina had about 90 slips that they managed to fit about 250 boats into…rafting some off as many as 5 deep! Imagine crawling over 4 other boats to get to shore. (Not a good place to be if you had to walk your dog!)
On Block Island we went to a local bike/scooter/car rental place to see if they had a car available. They said, “Sorry no…er, wait…we do have this Mustang convertible…would you be interested in that?” (Really?) So we were able to do the “Bob Koerner Whirlwind Tour” of the island in style.
We were told that Newport, RI was ‘indescribable’ and found that this was a perfect word! It’s a New England ‘village’ that has for some reason become the place to see and be seen! Huge yachts…one after another…filled the harbor that was lined along the shore with quaint cottages, old warehouses and buildings that were hundreds of years old. Very cool.
We were in Sag Harbor with Steve and Claudia and it was again, a great example of a perfect little New England town. If you looked up ‘quaint’ in the dictionary, you would find a picture of Sag Harbor!
I can’t believe we were able to cruise Long Island Sound and visit all those New England port towns that we’ve read about over the years. Even though we weren’t able to get to Martha’s Vineyard or Nantucket because of weather (hurricanes Bill and Danny were threats at the time), we saw so many other unbelievable places, the disappointment didn’t last long…it was a great month on the Sound!
Now we have turned around and are heading back to the Chesapeake Bay. And maybe it’s because we’re retracing our steps, but it feels like the end of something to me. Or maybe it’s just a habit…all those years of flipping the calendar over to September and starting to think of the end of summer, the start of school, and knowing that the cool days of Autumn are right around the corner.
I keep forgetting where we are! When it gets cold we will just head south and follow the sunshine and the warm weather! We get to cruise down the coast to Florida and skip another Illinois winter! We have so much more boating ahead of us! I could get used to this!
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