After a delightful weekend in Block Island and 5 weeks after leaving Cape Canaveral we left our mooring at 8AM to head to Newport. The wind was blowing, the sun was shining, and we had a wonderful sail to Newport. Moving through the harbor it was easy to tell the season has begun. It was full of sailboats large and small most under full sail. Of course there were also 3 barges towed by tugs that passed coming or going. It was a very busy day. We did not see any America Cup boats out and about though. We arrived back to our former marina and tied up by 1PM. Our daughter, Sarah, was there to meet us with lunch in tow. We had a wonderful reunion talking non stop while eating lunch. We also saw lots of old friends; Dave and Judy on Escape and Donal and Bridget on Ireland's Eye passed us in Newport Harbor, Mark and Mary on The Good Life hailed us on VHF radio from Dutch Harbor, Eric and Jen from Antares arrived on our dock headed to their boat, Rich and Don and Barbara from dock 400 called over. It feels like home already.
Jane went with Sarah to see her new house rental in Newport and walk the dog while Peter stayed on Kinvara to hook up the electricity. When Jane returned she found friends, Bernie and Aiden from Lambay were on board visiting. What a warm welcome. We are suffering from sticker shock though with the higher dockage prices here in the north!
The day ended with Sarah, Mark and Mary Woodard for dinner at The Grill restaurant here.
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| Lighthouse at Castle Hill. |
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| Castle Hill Resort |
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| Schooner by the Dumplings. |
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| Mega yacht working on the rigging. |
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| Passing under the Newport Bridge |
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