Learning

We are learning as we move our way to Maine. The first lesson was learned by the Captain. We were taking the first of many long walks from the dingy dock to the supermarket in Onset, Mass for some food when the skies opened up with rain. Not a fresh cooling light mist, but a lets-soak-these-folks-down-to-their-skin type of rain. We tried ducking into a store to avoid the worst of it, but after looking at the T-shirt rack for the third time, we decided it would not be letting up until the cold milk we were carrying turned into cottage cheese. So we decided to walk through the torrential rain. Upon arrival at the boat and stripping off the wet clothes, I had the encounter with my learning experience…Palm Centro phones don’t like rain.

Luckily, we can all laugh about it now since Aunt Sally drove us halfway around Cape Cod to the nice people at Verizon, who replaced it for free. We added zip lock bags to the backpack for all future trips.

After the two day Cape Cod visit, we crossed the Stellwagen Bank and saw whales blowing and broaching. We had one about 40 feet from our boat and they are truly magnificent creatures.

We stayed in Rockport, Mass before making a 10 hour trip to Casco Bay, Maine. We visited with my Godfather Bill, and Dottie and they treated us to a nice dinner in that seaside town.

Emily and Mom are tearing through the 3^rd Harry Potter book and she is also learning too. For instance, she learned that a cookie, properly placed, can make one look strikingly like a baboon?

We are now deep in Maine and enjoying the cool nights for sleeping and seeing views like this out of an early morning porthole.

Tom