In which we awake to pea soup ...
We had heard that the New England coast can get foggy, but we assumed that everyone was talking about Maine. Turns out it can get foggy anywhere/anytime along the New England coast - and with the overly humid air and cold water we awoke to fog so thick you could hardly see the boats around us. We felt sure the fog would burn off (which is our experience with California fog) once the sun came up so we rolled over and went back to sleep for a couple of hours. And ..... NOPE. The fog continued stubbornly on.
The plan for today had been to travel to Block Island, but Rick was nervous about heading out in such low visibility (even if we do have radar and AIS to show us other boats, his logic was "why put yourself in danger if there is no rush?") so we decided to wait to see if the fog lifted. At 2:30pm it was, if possibly, even foggier, so we called it - no travel today! We called the pump-out boat to take care of our waste tank and settled in for a lazy, foggy day. I worked, Rick wrote blog entries and we contemplated a trip to the grocery/hardware stores for old times sake.
An evening outing was a welcomed treat! My beloved Auntie Cathy and Uncle Curt are on vacation in NE, and since we delayed our departure by a day we coincided with their visit to Newport. We chattered like monkeys through several hours of drinks, and by the end we were glad we weren't driving and could take the harbor launch back to the boat.
As the Featured Boat Name of the Day says, there were hops involved:
So the harbor launch is like valet parking for yachts? There's a lot of new lingo here ya know. For us non-loopers.
ReplyDeleteHey no pics of Aunt Cathy and Uncle Curt??? So glad you got to see them!
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