Ballard’s Beach, Block Island
Iconic Summer
Summertime, and the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high
Oh, your daddy's rich and your ma is good-lookin'
So hush, little baby, don't you cry
View from The National Hotel Porch
Old Harbor, Block Island
Summertime, and the cruisin’ is easy
Sun is shining and the days are warm
Obsession’s home and the Roehrs are happy
So, smile, everybody, and just sail on!
It’s kinda funny that once we arrived in Block Island we removed the iPad from the pedestal, and only occasionally referred ro our Navionics app on our iPhones. We know this area well, and the navigating came easy to us. “Just Steer 30° from the entrance of Great Salt Pond to 1BI.”
Summer arrived with warm weather, SW breezes, lots of boats in the harbor, and visits to many our favorite places in Block Island and Newport.
Kings Park Gazebo where we anchor our dinghy for a Sunday afternoon of music with friends.
The sunrises and sunsets never disappoint in Block Island or Newport. And I continue to send the pictures to Channel 10/WJAR. And, surprisingly they post many of them!
The welcome home handshakes, hugs and kisses from friends and family were accentuated with 4 (FOUR) consecutive nights of fireworks.
It was the 4th of July holiday week, after all, a so a quick trip up the bay to Bristol and BLM in Fall River helped it all come together.
Of course, summer doesn’t start without a trip to Cuttyhunk.
The cruisin’ is easy - “Just bang a left - 110° from R2A off Brenton Point to Cuttyhunk and avoid the fish traps.”.
While in Cuttyhunk we met up with Captain Bruce, Duane and Lexi and the Raw Bar Crew.
We took a walk along Church’s beach to collect some sea glass, watched a storm pass us by, along with a few sunrises, sunsets, took a few dinghy rides, and enjoyed the view at breakfast frrom The Fishing Club made us feel like we were home again.
The return trip from Cuttyhunk back to Newport is easy cruisin’ too, “ Head 285° all the way to R2A then follow our special (imaginary) marks in our Garmin GPS all along the Newport shoreline to Fort Adams then 60° straight to our mooring in the harbor.”
It’s funny how we were able to travel up and down the east coast all the way to Key West and back, and we didn’t need a car. We Ubered, used public transportation, took advantage of loaner cars from Marinas, borrowed a friend’s car, even bicycles and did a lot of walking. But now that we are home in Newport we feel the need for a car.
We picked up our new ruby RED Dodge Caravan a few days ago. We will call it GEM. It has all the bells and whistles, comfortable traveling space with plenty of room for our “stuff” and was a GEM of a find, besides being ruby red. We hope it will be an easy cruisin’ vehicle for years to come.
We continue to meet up with past cruising friends like Ann and Bob Snider. Although we’ve never cruised with them they were most gracious hosts in Northport last fall, and are now cruising Maine on their Kady Krogan trawler.
Pat and Dave Tye on Blue Moon are here in Newport for a few weeks, and we took to our dinghies for a Sunday afternoon of music at Kings Park.
And we caught up with Kelly and Jim on Fairwind again since they are close by in New Bedford for the summer. We originally met in Portsmouth, VA over a beer in a local craft brewery, so it was only fitting that we met up in Newport at The Mooring and enjoyed a craft beer made specially for The Mooring Restaurant.
Our sailing plans for the rest of the summer include at least another trip to Block Island and Cuttyhunk, more fireworks, and a trip to the Vineyard.
Summertime, and the cruisin’ is easy
Sun is shining and the days are warm
Obsession’s home and the Roehrs are happy
So, smile, everybody, and just sail on!
Saw Obsession leaving BLM with burgees flying. Hope you enjoyed the fireworks. Be well and continue to enjoy life's pleasures.
ReplyDeleteWe too have Cutty on our mind, just back from Block, and the Vineyard is always on the horizon. Hope we cross paths. Be well and sail on !!
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