Our week began without a car so we took our time to get the boat cleaned and organized after 5 weeks of traveling. Our first business was laundry on Monday. That took most of the morning. Jane tackled some cleaning and waxing of the deck and taking the ICW brown stain off the hull. Now we look a bit more respectable!! Tuesday our friends Joe and Jackie came to meet us. We had a great day visiting and driving around Newport. Lunch was in The Lobster Bar where Sarah's boyfriend is the manager. The lobster rolls were yummy. Wednesday was more cleaning until Sarah showed up and took us to her new house rental in Newport so Peter could see it. We got our doggie "fix" playing with her dog Petey. Thursday we again went to Sarah's house to celebrate Peter's 63 birthday and Eric's 35 birthday. We had steaks on the grill with all the fixings. Then strawberry shortcake for dessert and gifts. Peter and I stayed overnight and Sarah brought us back in the morning before work. Friday we stayed at the marina and met up with some friends we knew when we were here before. On Saturday Sarah picked us up again to go to the farmers market then back to her house. Peter cut the grass in the back while Sarah and Jane went shopping to the Christmas Tree Shop (a real New England favorite). Since Sarah was working we kept her car and went into Newport. Luck had us finding free parking right in the middle of town! After walking around the shops we went to the ferry dock to try and find an old friend of Peter, Brian Moore. We had lost touch with him many years ago but on the chance he still lived in Newport Peter called the only listing for Brian in the phone book. Peter found from his wife Mary that Brian is now a captain of the Newport Jamestown ferry. At the ferry dock we spoke to the harbormaster who knew Brian very well so he was able to get us onto Brian's ferry and surprise him! After a short ride to Ft Adams (where the America's Cup series was) we departed the ferry with a promise to see Brian and his wife again. We walked right into the America's Cup village and watched a few of the very exciting races offshore. Tomorrow will be our full day at the races with the girls so we did not stay too long. We returned to the boat for the night with Sarah's car.
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| Sarah's little Newport house |
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| Our marina pool |
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