Norwalk, CT

On Friday, June 21 we took Archie for a leisurely walk in the park in Port Washington, NY since we were in no big hurry to leave. We saw a family of swans along the shore and Archie played frisbee and found a fellow doodle to wrestle with for quite a while.

It was a beautiful day and we wanted to catch the tide as we made our way across Long Island Sound heading for an anchorage in Norwalk, CT.  We didn’t leave Port Washington until 11:35. It was a very calm and peaceful crossing on what turned out  to be a very hot day.  

We arrived at our anchorage in Copps Harbor by 3 pm.  Who knew there would be such a tranquil and isolated spot in busy SW Connecticut - but Jonny found it!

We took Archie in the dinghy to a narrow spit of land with a rocky shore and tied it up with an anchor because the tides are quite dramatic there. We walked and walked along the shoreline of Chimon Island which was next to a state park named for Stuart McKinney, a well-known Connecticut legislator.  The shore was strewn with dead horseshoe crabs and lots of seashells.  Jonny and Archie were very happy campers and were interested to walk around the whole island. However, the sky was starting to darken and there were rumbles of thunder in the distance so we headed back to Zendo to batten down the hatches.

It started to rain shortly after we returned and we were glad to be cozy and dry inside.  We have been trying to nail down places to stay in the New Haven and New London areas for the next week.  We’re planning to visit friends and family in New Haven and we’re leaving Zendo in New London to drive to a friend’s wedding in Ithaca the following weekend. 

We had lamb chops and corn on the cob for dinner and spent a relaxing evening at this pleasant anchorage, However when we were getting ready to go to bed, the wind shifted in an unexpected direction and we started rocking and rolling. It wasn’t too bad though and we were actually nicely lulled to sleep.