Boquet River, NY

We had a pleasant walk through Westport on Saturday morning, July 9.   As we walked towards the town center a horse-drawn buggy with an Amish or Mennonite man and his young daughter. Passed us.  I asked him if I could take his picture and he said I could take a photo of his horse. I partially complied!

Westport is actually one of the prettier towns we’ve visited this year with inviting walking trails and gurgling streams.

It has a sweet little downtown with nicely maintained homes.  We stopped for coffee at a cute coffee shop with outdoor seating.

We finally left Westport at 10:05 for the short 90 minute cruise to Essex, NY. The last time we were here was in 2015 when we lost our anchor trying to anchor in a nearby area. This time we anchored near the ferry landing and after doing so we went into town to walk around, which we never got to do previously.  Essex is quite historic having been settled in 1765. It’s an attractive town of only 621 full-time residents with four times that many in the summer!

Essex is even prettier than Westport with lots of well-maintained, stately homes and shops.  We walked by several attractive homes, churches and municipal buildings including the town hall and library.

The road along the coast yielded beautiful views including some of Zendo.

We stopped at a local pub for a beer and sat on their porch overlooking the water. 

When we returned to Zendo Jonny was concerned that we would be better off anchoring further north in a more remote spot from the ferry dock.  So we moved about four miles north near a wooded area with a nearby beach.  Jonny brought Archie in for a walk while I worked on our presentation for the MTOA conference. 

That evening Jonny made a delicious dinner using our leftovers in a creative way as he so often does. Later on he went to read in our cabin while I watched TV.  However, afterwards we started to experience an inundation of bugs near every light source. Midges and mayflies descended upon us in force. We tried to kill as many as we could but all we could  feasibly do was to close the hatches and doors, turn out the lights, turn on the fan, go to bed and hide under the covers! 

We will be heading to Burlington, Vermont the next day where we will leave Zendo on a mooring for week while we rent a car and drive to Greenport, New York for an MTOA Rendezvous then on to Philly before returning to Burlington. A road trip!