6.03.2013

Greetings from in the fog

Morning in Block Island, RI, in the fog and rain.


As Jim pointed out in the comments about our last posts, this is quite a change from St Croix. In the course of 2 weeks we've gone from hot, sunny days, warm turquois waters and balmy nights under the stars, to cold, wet, foggy and "Have you seen my gloves?" As we came north from Bermuda, adding layer upon layer of clothing, I kept asking Steve "Whose idea was this anyway?" He was always very quick to point out that it was mine. Hmmmm.

We decided (back on one of those balmy warm nights, when we couldn't even imagine cold) to sail north, in one chunk, as far as we're going to get this year and then work our way south along the east coast before putting the boat up and driving around the country, bothering our relatives along the way. We almost made it. We're just south of our final destination of Amesbury MA and the home of friends Alex and Gary and their mooring on the Merrimac River. We ducked into Block Island to avoid yet another cold front and it's accompanying storms. Beautiful, but the mooring rates have gone up 50% since last we were here, it's now $45 a night. We'll be leaving ASAP.


The entrance to Salt Pond, looking north.

We had a nice trip up from the USVI. I won't use the 'b' word again, but it was nicely uneventful. Just a couple of days of sloppy seas, good wind most of the way and another 1500 miles under the keel. We didn't plan a stop in Bermuda, but the weather decided for us. It was a wonderful surprise and has been added to the list of places to go back to. I have loads of pictures and will do a separate post on Bermuda soon.



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Happy to hear you are back in the States. Does your trip down south include a stop in St. Petersburg? Everyone would love to see you guys...it's been too long. Take care, Kristel

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Janice said...

Greetings - sounds like you and Steve are having the same conversations we have been having on Tsamaya wondering at times why we decided to travel NORTH! Friends of ours in the Med are having a warm, wonderful time while we are sitting on Tsamaya waiting for a weather window to cross the Bay of Biscay. We haven't seen our shorts for a while - blue jeans & fleeces are the order of the day. We keep saying the boat can turn south but we are still planning on pushing north. Enjoy your time back in the US!