Happy birthday to me!
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| On our way down the river about to pass our house |
Despite the cold and rain, nothing could dampen our spirits
today! We managed to get ourselves
(fairly) organized and left our dock in Danversport at 10:30 determined to
make it to Scituate.
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| It's hard to tell, but this is the Black Dog (notice the flag) Schooner Alabama out of Vineyard Haven, MA |
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| Lots of rain, but relatively calm seas |
While the rain gave
our windshield wipers a workout, the wind and seas were relatively calm and we
made good time, arriving in Scituate at 2:30, cold and wet, but triumphant that
we are on our way! After trying to hail
the marina for a slip and getting no answer on the radio, I tried calling them
on the phone. Still no answer. We resorted to radioing “Easy Rider” for a
mooring and he (Tyler) came right out on the launch and escorted us to a
mooring close to the town dock. Turns
out, Tyler grew up in Beverly and use to spend Thanksgiving and Easter dining
at the Danversport Yacht Club. Small
world!
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| Scituate |
Once secured on the mooring, Tim took Millie in for a walk,
we cranked the heat and I made tea. Not
too long after, it was time for cocktails.
We have wonderful friends who gave us very good champagne to celebrate
my birthday and our first night on this journey. We toasted it all and headed into town for
dinner at Satuit Tavern, the closest restaurant to the town dock as it was still
raining!
This evening, we took stock of what we had forgotten at home
or neglected to do before we left. I
discovered that the camera battery charger was not in the camera bag (easily
replaced once we are near a big box store).
The other thing I remembered was that I had left some laundry hanging on
the line out of view and totally forgot about it in our frenzy to leave. Thankfully, Sam, our oldest son, lives in
Salem and will go by in the morning to retrieve it. Of course, it will be water logged from all
the rain!
Good night!
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