At the end of the long dock we saw examples of the type of little sailing dinghies that the boatbuilder was working on the day before.
We pulled up our anchor by 8:40 for the four hour cruise to Chipman’s Point Marina in Orwell. It was a cool and cloudy day. It rained on and off enough to cause us to spend much of the cruise in the salon which is unusual for us.
The museum has this great map of Lake Champlain. If you look closely you can see some of the towns we’ve visited and the very narrow part of the lake that we will be going through next as we head south to Whitehall over the next couple of days. It is at the very southern end of the lake and is the start of the series of locks we need to go through.
We passed under the Crown Point bridge as we made our way to Chipman’s Point.
Arriving at one of our favorite marinas we tied up at a face dock behind a Nordic Tug with a friendly owner named Scott who Jonny ended up helping with his electrics.
We spent the afternoon on boat and housekeeping chores including two loads of laundry. Borrowing the marina’s car, we drove into the village of Orwell to pick up some groceries. We were happy to be able to get all that we really needed from our favorite farm stand there called the Red Sky Farm. Jonny was especially interested to go because that’s where I had purchased the delicious strawberry-rhubarb pie over the 4th of July. Alas, the owner was all out of pies but she promised to bake one for us first thing in the morning as she starts baking at 5 a.m. She gave Jonny his choice and he happily chose another strawberry-rhubarb. We could pick it up early the next morning before we resume our cruise. Score one for Jonny!
Our friend, Michael Goldfield who visited us last time we were here, came by again on his way from Burlington to his home in Dorset. We had a short but nice visit aboard Zendo and we’re hoping to get together with him and Melina over the next couple of days before they head to Hawaii for Melina’s son’s wedding!
That evening we ate crab cakes, salad and corn on the cob from the farm stand. For dessert we availed ourselves of the ice cream that Chipman’s sells for $1 per serving. Such a deal!
As evening arrived, it started getting warmer and we turned on the air conditioner so we could sleep more comfortably. We have been so fortunate to escape the terrible heat wave that is encompassing not only the nation but the whole world this year.
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