Once we arrived, we decided to stay two nights to wait for an optimal time to cross Long Island Sound. This is a beautiful anchorage surrounded by gorgeous sailboats of all sizes.
Our anchorage also provided a view of many stately waterfront homes,
All we did in Shelter Island was take Archie into the little village and walk the hilly streets. The homes were lovely, many of them with fanciful bric-a-brac trim decorating the porches and eaves.
We have taken to bringing Archie to church yards to exercise him by throwing the frisbee and practicing his skills. The churches in many of these villages are small and quaint with lovely shaded lawns that are perfect, safe places to let him off the leash.
We also found a rocky beach nearby where he thoroughly enjoyed searching for crabs and other aromatic goodies!
Shelter Island has a tiny village center with just a few stores. There is a great, but expensive, little grocery store where we bought some gorgeous heirloom tomatoes and a few other overpriced basics including yoghurt, cottage cheese and blueberries at $10 each! Oh well! We’ll be at anchor for the next few nights and not eating out so I guess it’s OK.
Tropical Storm Henri is making its way up the east coast bound for eastern Long Island. We are carefully planning our next few days because of the approaching storm. Obviously we want to be in as safe a place as possible. The current plan is to cross the Sound and stay in the Thimble Islands then head west to Stamford and eventually City Island which we think will be much better than being on the Connecticut shore. But we’ll keep revisiting that decision based on the latest forecasts.
We stayed one more day in Shelter Island to do some intense trip planning since wherever we go is somewhat in the path of the storm. We were also waiting a day to make sure we would have a calm crossing over Long Island Sound to the Connecticut shore.
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