A week has passed…..more later why the delays
in posting of this journal of mine.
Oh, the wedding of my son, and
his lovely wife, was beautiful and it felt good to be back on land amongst
family and friends. My older brother David flew in from Calgary even. Pictures
of the ceremony will follow shortly. But
you can imagine my little Miss Viva was stunning in her white gown carrying a
basket of rose petals! What a love! She made me cry with delight to see how
grown-up a 3 year old can be. Was able to spend a great deal of time in her
presence and I loaned her my camera to take pictures, so I have very few of
her. Driving down to the rehearsal on
Friday afternoon, she’s sitting in her car seat and asked: “Nana do you have my
music?” Hmmmm……. hadn’t a clue! Steph didn’t tell me about special requests
from her :)
The happy couple 24 hours before the big day!
Now it’s a week later, July 28th and not
much further than where we were before the wedding……the gusty winds and
thunderstorms were not allowing us any slack. We did manage to leave the
Narragansett Sound Friday morning, and now we’re in S. Dartmouth, MA, a mere 11
miles from Cuddyhunk Island. As you know, we’ve been there and done that
already, but it remains one of my favorite spots…..more people living there
during the summer than the year round population! My kind of place for peace and quiet and
relaxation.
Leaving the Newport area
yesterday I did notice some lovely summer “cottages”!! Oh, the lifestyle of the
rich and famous. I would settle for the “poolside” cabana, with a view of the
water and a glass of white wine in my hands!
A typical Newport
"cottage"
As some of you know already
(forgive me for repeating myself) and others can imagine, I’m rather numb at
the moment. The trip isn’t going as planned. We were literally stranded in the
Narragansett Sound area for days on end with very gusty winds and thunderstorms
holding us attached to moorings. I’m saddened
by all of this Nature stuff that we have no control over. In a nutshell it
means we will most likely (actually very likely) not be able to sail to Maine
at all. Probably make it as far as the Boston/New Hampshire vicinity. So as you’ve noticed the blog has taken a
backseat. There are many days when I can’t get an internet signal and so the
blog “sits” on a word document waiting for pictures to be added and then
published……..all internet dependent you know. And then there are times I can’t
write while we’re sailing because it’s too rough/windy/blowing/water spraying
over the bow. By the time we get in, I’m exhausted and wanting to unwind with a
book or card game or listen to some music or enjoy a glass of wine. And then
laundry and showering and provisioning call…..it’s actually pretty busy being a
“live-aboard”. And with all of this weather around me, my circadian rhythm has
become one of going to bed when it’s dark and rising with the daylight. The days do fly by!
Spent an evening on a mooring at
the New Bedford Yacht Club (known as S. Dartmouth and Padanaram.....don't ask me why!!) this past Saturday. Amazingly they offer a free
“launch” from your sailboat to the marina and back, so you don’t even have to
put the outboard engine on the dinghy…..not difficult but becomes just another
“thing” to do in order to get ashore and explore the little villages/towns
after a long day on the water. But I
think it’s imperative to get on dry land and revitalize yourself by walking and
interacting with other homo sapiens. We went exploring for an hour, and by my
good fortune they had a street fair in progress. The gods are good! Although our plans to go ashore for a nice
dinner later were “dampened” by some
other gods who felt we hadn’t had enough of the rain dance scenarios. A pleasant hot meal onboard warmed up both
the main cabin and us…….and by candle light no less. Tomorrow’s another day so
they say.
(This actually is another Launch boat from the Jamestown, RI area)
We had been in S. Dartmouth, but they refer to it as "Padanaram", just south of New Bedford; now hope to head through the Cape Cod Canal later today, Monday.
Now here it is Monday morning,
the 30th of July and I was awakened by a beautiful ray of sunshine
pouring through the v-berth hatch. Could this really be? It ‘twas, and it felt
sooooo good to see…..even the birds came
back chirping . Everyone’s spirits are alive and well!
Just last evening we considered
the possibility of turning around and sailing back to the Chesapeake Bay and
forgoing the pounding of the winds against us coming from the north. But alas,
we are heading north still, and hope to make Plymouth, MA later today. Wanted
to get as far as Onset yesterday but the seas would not relent! Sooooooo, our
course is going to be a long one today if we hope to make any progress in this
northward bound venture. (It still is an adventure isn’t it? I keep telling
myself that!)
We are leaving the little town of
Mattapoisett in Buzzards Bay, as I write. Hope to get some pictures added to
this and post it for you all……so off the word doc for the time being.
Until later............
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