East Hampton, NY

On the morning of Saturday, July 9 Jonny was his usual energetic self and brought two load of laundry (including the peed on bedspread and blankets) up to the local laundromat before breakfast.  We then went for one last quick farewell breakfast with the MTOA group after walking little Archie.  We said goodby to our old and new friends, picked up the clean laundry and set sail by 11. The day was sunny and mild with a light wind and almost no humidity - perfect sailing weather!

Our destination for the day was Gardiner’s Bay in East Hampton to visit our friends Ernie and Sophie French.  We had visited them last year and they live in an ideal location.  Our anchorage was just a two block walk to their house.  We arrived at noon and dinghied up to the beach there. The only people who use this lovely beach are the few homeowners who live nearby. We have never seen more than four or five people there and usually fewer.

Archie was thrilled to run around the beach and sniff out dead crabs in the sand.  He also found a few pals to frolic with.

We hung out with Ernie and Sophie on their lovely deck and ate the leftover barbecue and fixings from last night’s farewell dinner along with other goodies that Sophie had prepared. 

After a couple of hours of catching up on our lives, Sophie drove us over to Sag Harbor where we walked the docks and let Ernie regale us with tales of who owns which fabulous boat in the harbor there. The most interesting thing was to see one of Billy Joel’s houses on the main drag with his boats docked right across the street. 

Sag Harbor is charming and busy and fun to explore.

We rewarded ourselves with ice cream cones before heading back to their home where we feasted on more of the leftovers that just kept on giving!  It was starting to get dark by 8:30 so we  took the dinghy back to Zendo and had an early night on anchor. It was a fun day!