Weekend on the Vineyard

We last left you en route to Scituate (Massachusetts). We had a beautiful three hour sail from Salem all the way through to Scituate. The seas were a little rough and the entrance to the harbor was quite amusing - we were nearly surfing 10 ft. swells all the way in. We did the usual moor up and relax for a bit as we discussed what to do for dinner. Big Dog on a little boat!!! So cute!! We decided upon the Barker Tavern, recommended to us by the man running our particular boat club and on our way to finding it were given directions by a man who said he would probably see us in there shortly... true to Lucey Blue crew form, we met that same man and his wife a short while later and upon being seated at a table directly next to them, decided to join up and enjoy dinner with them. We spent the evening chatting to them (very lovely people) drinking our favorite champagne and enjoying one of the best meals we had all had in a very long time (Dan's swordfish won tastiest prize). A few hours later, we parted ways with our new friends and shivered our way back to the boat. We retired for the evening (or rather, Erin tried to and Dan and Taylor continued their own little party up top for a while) and made ready for our trip the next day.

Rested (some of us) and ready to go, Dan and Taylor made a quick trip to the supermarket and we set sail for Sandwich (Cape Cod) where we would spend a couple nights waiting to travel through the Cape Cod Canal. The going was easy (thanks to good weather) and we arrived safely at the entrance to the canal a few hours later where we docked at Sandwich Marina. We had all decided on a quiet evening in, so we qued up "The Last Samurai" and ate a wonderful on boat meal- an early night again (seems to be the thing). The following day we all slept in (9am is sleeping in for us now - ha!) and enjoyed breakfast while we discussed our plans for a day on land. Dan and Erin gave Lucey a well needed bath and then the three of us headed to the Cinema at the Cape Cod Mall. The original plan was to watch "Talledega Nights" - Will Ferrell's new movie - because we all needed a good laugh after watching the movie the night before... however, upon arriving, Dan and Taylor noticed a new movie (Crank) with their favorite actor Jason Statham (Transporter 1 & 2) and the plan was quickly switched (I just do whatever the boys want to do usually). Some really bad popcorn and a couple hours later we realized we should've stuck to the original movie. Ah well - lessons learned. We hit the mall up for some fun new things and made our way to Misaki, a Japanese sushi bar, where we met up with our friends Laura and Bob. We hadn't seen them since the fourth of July when we were all "summering" in Wellfleet. So good to see them again!! They will be joining us this Sunday for a picnic lunch on boat and a lovely sunny sail (fingers crossed on the sailing bit). We feasted (literally) on sushi all evening and swapped stories, enjoying being with friends again. At the end of the evening we were surprised with gifts, fuzzy warm new sweatshirts (which you apparently need here in New England) all saying CAPE COD. Now we are "all set"!! We cabbed it home and tucked in for the night.

An early day today (7am) and we are making our way to Martha's Vineyard via the Canal and Wood's Hole. We will be there midday, where we are going to get some last minute things before Taylor's girlfriend arrives for her birthday weekend. Erin's friend from highschool Jamie and her boyfriend Greg are meeting us there tomorrow - so it should be a funfilled trip. Laura and Bob will be here Sunday (full house!!!) and the weather is finally supposed to warm up. Although a month or so behind schedule, it feels like we are finally on our way somewhere and we are definitely enjoying ourselves. After here, its Long Island, NY and then on down to Annapolis, MD for a boat show. At this point in the journey, we are coming across lots of boats also making their way south, so we will be kept company by people all doing the same thing. Til next time, this is Lucey Blue signing out!!