Fishers Island, NY

It was an overcast day on Monday, July 7 and we were not in a rush to be anywhere, which is always a nice situation to be in. We spent the morning hanging out on Zendo and taking it easy. The eggplant grinder that we had brought back the day before from Ocean Pizza provided a hearty lunch.  Over lunch we decided to do something we hadn’t done before and cruise the short distance to Fishers Island. We left New London at 1:35 for the short one hour cruise across the Sound. Just as we were approaching the mooring field, that god awful raw water alarm went off again. It is incredibly loud, so loud that I have to cover my ears to drown it out a bit.  Jonny disconnected it and he’s obviously still not sure what is making it go off.

We proceeded to grab a mooring in a lovely harbor next to the Fishers Island Yacht Club.

We took the dinghy in and walked around the beautiful area surrounding the yacht club.  Fishers Island is a very exclusive area but the part of the island that we were on has a surprising number of homes that were normal sized and of course others that were quite lovely but not ostentatious.

We walked through an area designated as a wildlife sanctuary that was donated by some wealthy residents.

There was a small commercial district with a couple of cute shops and small eateries.  An ice cream shop called our names and we indulged ourselves in a kiddy-sized cup of ice cream.  How’s that for restraint!

We learned that the other side of the island was where the wealthy have their large summer homes. That part of the island is gated and obviously not accessible to us.  Fishers Island is actually part of New York but is only accessible by ferry from New London (Connecticut).  Also, curiously, it has a Connecticut zip code.  It definitely reminded us of Shelter Island and the small towns in eastern Long Island - very pretty!

When we returned to Zendo we were so full from our lunch and ice cream that we just had cheese and crackers for dinner.  This mega-yacht was our only companion in our pristine anchorage.