Mon/Tues July 26-27: Valcour Island back to Burlington Boathouse Marina.

In which Rick woos me with three special words ...

We had thought to hike Valcour Island some more today, but given the state of the trails we dropped that plan.  The next stop was Essex, NY which I started to plan - but Rick stopped me with three of my favorite words: Fried Cheese Curds.  He surprised me by proposing to stop a night in Burlington to get the curds I regretted not ordering before, and so we could have good indoor AC while it is hot and the western smoke is so strong. OMG.  That boy.  He's such a keeper!!! (Plus, we have time to kill before we get back to the Erie Canal so why not stop?)

We got our ducks in a row (lol - it's amazing how much fun word-play is with the word 'duck') and ducked out of the bay.

We motored out of our wonderfully calm cove on Valcour Island and after passing the lighthouse headed back to the Burlington Community Boathouse for our Burlington “redo”. 

Goodbye, lighthouse!

It was nice to come back to a familiar marina (each time we come in to a new marina it is a bit stressful to figure out how all the docks are set up and what we need to do to get to our slip) but we didn’t linger long at the Burlington Dock because I. Was. Hungry.

Hello, Garlic Fried Cheese Curds!!

We had a nice relaxing lunch while people watching on the Burlington pedestrian mall and then, you guessed it, walked over to the supermarket (stopping at the bookstore on the way).  We just seem to need to stop at the market every day. 

Apparently boat-pun merch is now an interactive part of this blog...  This just in from our faithful reader Dottie!  Maybe there is a way we can make money selling T-shirts to boat owners?  I mean they are already spending so much money on a boat, what’s another $27.99 for a T-shirt with a clever name???  In fact, call us now for our Blue Horizon merchandise!

We decided to extend one more day so that we could finally get out our bikes and ride along the pretty Burlington waterfront.  Tues started out nice, and on our bikes we headed northward along the waterfront towards the boat ferry that takes bikers across to South Hero Island.  Almost to the ferry the heavens opened up - and rain was what happened the rest of the afternoon.  Rain = a nap (what else is there to do on a rainy afternoon?). 

Evening brought crepes from “The Skinny Pancake” - a restaurant located right by the marina that had always had such a long line that we couldn’t get close.  The rain sent all the crowds home and we had nice chicken/pesto and apple/Brie crepes for dinner - then off to the Call of the Sheets (a lesser known book by Jack London).