Old Saybrook, CT

We needed a couple of items from the market on Tuesday, June 25 so Jonny took Archie for a walk to the local market while I had my Spanish lesson. It turned out the market was also Spanish!  Shortly after he returned, we left the dock at New Haven’s Pequonnock Yacht Club and headed out at 10 a.m. bound for another new stop for us in Old Saybrook.  We had a great cruising day with clear skies and following seas which can make it a bit rolly but tolerable.  We passed two lighthouses as we approached the entrance to Old Saybrook. 

We arrived in Old Saybrook Harbor by 3 p.m. and grabbed a mooring in this lovely big harbor.  Most of  the mooring balls are private but when people are away from their moorings they tie yellow ribbons on them so transients like us can use them. We were one of very few trawlers among an array of sailboats. The one in the second photo was very similar to the Atlantic City catboat that we used to own.

Old Saybrook is a quaint New England town and one of its most famous residents was Katherine Hepburn whose family had a summer home on the waterfront for years.  There is even a small local theatre and museum with her name which we were too late to visit. We dinghied into shore where we walked about a half mile to get to the center of town. The main street was lined with shops and restaurants.  There are many lovely homes and beautiful gardens in this historic town.

We would have stopped for a drink or a bite to eat but nothing called our name so we headed back to Zendo.  The leftover pizza from Pepe’s served as our appetizer and we had salmon and a mushroom medley for dinner. 

The next day we were going to an anchorage in Niantic, CT where we planned to leave Zendo for six days. We’ll be renting a car to drive to Ithaca, NY for Sophie Bracken’s wedding. We’ve been friends with the Brackens since Stephanie and Sophie were in day care together! After the weekend’s festivities we plan to drive further into upstate New York to visit our Arsht friends Mary Ann and David Reid at their home in Cape Vincent right across from the St. Lawrence River.  Quite the road trip!