Stony Creek, CT (2nd visit 2021)

We got up early to take Archie for one last walk in beautiful Southport harbor on Thursday August 12.  We really enjoyed staying at the Pequot Yacht Club and we liked it even more when the club manager charged us for only two of the three nights we stayed on the mooring!

After stopping at the fuel dock to fill up our water tanks and get a much needed pump-out we took off at 10:30 to return to the Thimble Islands. We are heading east once again as we explore Long Island Sound. It was a sunny and hot day but the seas were a little rolly so we were glad that we had given Archie his CBD which we have to hide in his ground turkey or he won’t eat it!  Thankfully, it works and he was a good traveler.

We arrived at the Thimble Islands and tied up at our friend Ted’s mooring ball.  This is such a good set-up for us.  We love it here.  Surrounded by beautiful little islands, we can easily take the dinghy into the lovely village of Stony Creek where the locals are starting to recognize us! And we can stay for free! What more can you ask?

Jonny went for a swim while I worked on the blog. We had a 6:00 Zoom call with the company that bought Jonny’s mom’s senior living community.  Then we took Archie in for a long awaited walk and finally sat down to dinner.  We were going to have a homemade squash and tomato gratin, salmon and corn on the cob. But it was so late by the time we were ready to eat, that we put the gratin aside to have another day and just ate the fish and corn. Later on we did some trip planning to determine where we would go next.  New London was the winning entry!