After loosing a week to dental work, we realized we did not have enough weeks left in the summer to see all the loved ones we wanted to see in Long Island and New England by boat.
So we took off by car to head north!
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge/Tunnels was amazing. Two tunnels enable ships to pass above the highway!
See the ships’s channel to the right. We drive down beneath the Chesapeake!
Our “Dance Card” for this road trip:
Granville & Anne in Lewes DE
Our son Nick and GF “Des” (Desire) in Seaford NY
Bill in Sturbridge
Shelly’s mother, Nora in Wenham
Donna & Tiger in Salem
All Shelly’s siblings and cousins in this same area
Joyce in Mystic CT
Steve & Tina in their new home, north fork Long Island.
Harry at his boat / marina in Riverhead NY.
Colleen in Merrick NY
On our way south, We hope to spend a night on Tangier Island, a famous place out in the middle of Chesapeake Bay.
Ray & Nick on our way into NYC to visit our favorite “candy” store:
A brief stop at my old office place, 5 Penn Plaza, midtown. Shelly with our son, Nick. Shelly with Nick’s GF, Desire. Shelly w/ mom “Nora”Shelly in one of the hotel pools we enjoyed!The north shore of MA is famous for its many roast beef sandwich shops. We found this one to be the best by far! Their home made BBQ sauce was awesome. Yummy!Immediately next door, they had Shelly’s fave: maple walnut!Donna Lambert and hubby “Tiger” shared their home for several days. Thank you!Shelly was able to find her favorite delicacy here in New England.
Ray had a bout with acute Colitis that slowed us down for a few days. We found Beverly (MA)’s ER to be the right place to go to get that straightened out.
With Bill Emrich at his home in Sturbridge MA. Walker Pond is in the background. We also got to see Kelly, Bill’s wife, before she was off to a prior commitment. I lived with Bill and his family in this neighborhood c. 1979-1980 while doing my college internship at the Worcester YMCA to finish my bachelors degree. My cousin, Joyce Jauch, joined us for dinner in Mystic CT. Pray with us for her BF Bob, who is in rehab this week!
Sunday! Cross Sound Ferry (New London to Orient Point).
The breakfast wrap back at the pier in New London was fantastic, just enough for us to split.Crossing Long Island Sound this a.m. Seas: calm. Harry Verby, Steve & Tina Romano, with us Sunday at Harry’s marina in Aquabogue NY. Tina & Steve’ s house on the North Fork of Long Island. .
Huge back yard!
Nick, where’s your smile?!There it is!Thank you Deb Ann, our photographer and server tonight at Nautilus on Freeport’s Nautical Mile. A great dinner! A great venue. Colleen Elbaum & Shelly today (8/24/2023).
We pushed off from Long Island NY in our rental car after having a great lunch with Colleen. We made it to E. Windsor NJ. In between work meetings, we’ll make Dover DE Friday night… tomorrow.
We should be back at the boat Saturday or Sunday!!!
What a great “road trip”! We got to see most everyone we aspired to see and spend quality time with!
We forgot to take a “team photo” with ALL our groups… but we got most!
Here we cross the C & D Canal, near Delaware City. This canal joins the northern tip of Chesapeake Bay to the Delaware River and Bay. It is the most common passage for Loopers & cruisers, as there aren’t any good ports along the outside from Virginia Beach and Norfolk VA to Lewes DE & Cape May NJ. (Larger faster boats may opt for the outside route). We know one delivery captain who made the south shore of Long Island NY from Virginia Beach! He was in a 45 footer that could cruise at 30+ knots.
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