Jonny immediately pulled up the floor of the salon to see if he could find the water leak and immediately discovered the issue. One of the hoses to the water pump had come loose and needed to be re-installed. Hooray, the easiest fix possible!
We lingered in Onset because we planned to meet a college girlfriend of mine for brunch. I hadn’t seen Sharon since we were at UConn, over 40 years ago though we had kept in touch annually with birthday and Christmas cards. It was wonderful to visit with her in person and very easy to reconnect after all those years. Of course, she and Jonny knew each other too because we were all at UConn at the same time. Unfortunately, she is battling a very rare form of cancer so it was especially meaningful that she was feeling well enough to meet us. We had a lovely brunch and after saying our goodbyes, we headed back to Zendo.
We left Onset at 2:30 for a three hour cruise to Falmouth where we’ll be staying on Joe and Pat’s mooring ball for 10 days. We arrived just as dusk was settling in.
We are all headed west to join a group of MTOA members on a cruise of the San Juan Islands in Washington state. Jonny and I are chartering a Grand Banks 46 Classic with our friends Liz and Steve Kemper. Afterwards we are renting a car to see the Olympic peninsula and the Oregon coast near Portland. We have two other groups of friends we will be visiting while there. Little Archie won’t be joining us but he’ll be staying at a friend of Andy’s. Gerhard was very generous to offer to take care of Archie while we are away. He has a standard poodle who will welcome Archie’s company (hopefully)!
The next couple of days were spent preparing for our upcoming trip and doing a number of boat chores. Of course, preparations were interspersed with some fun. Jonny and Joe went crabbing and the next day Joe and Pat had us over for a delicious Portugese stew made with the clams and sausage.
The following night we took them to dinner at one of their favorite Italian restaurants in Sandwich.
On Thursday morning Jonny drove them to Logan Airport where they were flying out of. We are flying out of Providence the following day. We’ll drop Archie off at Gerhard’s and stay in an airport hotel because we have an early morning flight. Joe and Pat kindly offered us the use of their car to get to the airport. We’re so fortunate to have such wonderful friends!
This blogger will likely be on hiatus for the next couple of weeks. When we return, we are looking forward to Stephanie joining us for several days. We’re hoping to get to Martha’s Vineyard and some other adventures when she comes. Until then!
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