Ok... finally, checking in with everyone!! Sorry guys...

Ok... for the delay, er, the HUGE delay, we humbly apologize. Contrary to what you may have thought, we are alive and well :) At the moment, Dan is at the helm and we are moving Lucey from Martha's Vineyard to a marina on the mainland of Cape Cod in a town called Marion(apparently, in tourist town everything closes post Columbus Day - woops!) As for what there is to do there, we are not quite sure... so what have we been up to? Lets see... in our previous blog we shared with you our big apple day and had moved the boat from Sag Harbor in the Hamptons of NY to Block Island, R.I. Thursday September 28th we sailed the boat (the winds are definitely up now that October is here) from Block Island 55 miles to Martha's Vineyard - Oak Bluffs again!! That evening Dan and Erin scurried on shore to watch a movie after a lovely dinner of chicken parmesan onboard. We had no idea exactly what movie was showing but we headed there anyways - for the record, Hollywoodland is NOT a good movie so save your money!! I'm not sure if you could even call it rental worthy - really.

So the following Friday was a miserable, cold, and rainy day. We waited for the rain to clear up and left sometime in the afternoon for Edgartown (a town not very far down the island) so we could pick up Lisa (Taylor's girlfriend). We started the evening on shore, where we met Fred and Kathy. Fred was a guy that Taylor had delivered an inflatable dinghy for when he sailed up from Tortola in May. He is the self dubbed "mayor" of Edgartown (we actually thought he was the mayor) and we met him at a local pub for some drinks... unfortunately, we overlooked the dinner part of the evening and by the time Lisa arrived to meet us, the three Lucey crew were a bit "squiffy" (Dan's word - meaning drunk, but sounds nicer) The following day we sailed 21 miles to Nantucket, a smaller more quaint island of Massachusetts. The sun was out and the skies were perfect... we arrived in Nantucket and headed for shore, where Lisa biked around the island and Dan and Erin wandered through various shops. We ordered pizzas and enjoyed dinner on the boat, chatting until the late hours of the evening. Sunday was a bad weather day, so Dan and Erin lounged around the boat all day while Taylor and Lisa hit the town to enjoy some time alone. That evening, Lisa flew back to D.C and Taylor rescheduled his flight for the next day. Monday we attempted to sail back to Oak Bluffs but the sea would not let us - the swells were so close together they were completely devouring Lucey's bow and lets just say it wouldn't have been a very comfortable ride. So we turned her around and moored up in Nantucket Harbor for another day. Taylor hopped a flight from Nantucket that evening and Dan and Erin were left to look after Lucey until her return trip in November.

Tuesday we sailed the boat back to the Vineyard, to lovely Oak Bluffs once more. This was the day we started our much talked about exercise program - we actually went running!! We took a beautiful sunset jog around the island and returned to the boat tired but feeling good. Wednesday we woke up with sore bodies and barely able to move - haha, guess we were out of shape. We decided to bike this day to give ourselves a break and headed to a movie store in Vineyardhaven, a town a few miles down the road. We rented a few movies and continued biking for another couple hours (about 20 miles in all). Dinner and some movies on the boat - then early to bed. Thursday the weather was unforgiving - the wind was continuing to pick up and every day was worse than the one before. The amazing warm weather was not meant to last in New England in October - and this day we finally felt that crisp, VERY cold air we didn't miss at all. Bob arrived from "on Cape" via ferry to talk about our Caribbean delivery in November. We discussed plans, watched a movie and tried to stay warm. That evening, he returned home and Dan and Erin stayed in... far too cold to venture out. We're not soft, it really was terrible in the Harbor - honest! We did manage to go for a run! Friday it was still cold and the wind was relentless again. We spend most of the day on the boat but finally decided we'd make it a date night. We ventured out to shops to buy something nice to wear and scoped out the local restaurants. We ended up chosing a lovely bistro on a little street where we enjoyed a romantic dinner and some pink champagne!

Saturday came - the weather was beginning, very slowly, to let up. We biked the movies back to the rental store and stopped across the street to play some mini golf. Up until this time, Erin had beaten - actually, whooped - Dan in every game we have played along the way (mini golf that is) so she was feeling pretty confident in yet another victory. Alas, it was not meant to be - Dan had to win sometime (shhhh, don't tell him I LET him win... haha, yea right) and Erin felt the sting of loss. We biked back to the boat, stopping for lunch along the way. That evening, we ventured out again, this time to the seafood restaurant nearest to where the boat was resting. We enjoyed a bottle of wine and our all time favorite appetizer - mussels. I'm fairly certain we've tried every type of mussel ever cooked... at this point in time, we could actually judge them in a contest if needed. On our way home, we stopped at a boat on the dock to visit with a gentleman we had met a few weeks back. The first time we arrived here, the weekend we met up with Erin's friend Jamie, a couple guys on a nearby boat had mentioned to us how we had better invite them over the next time we were going to make "that much noise". Apparently we had drawn some attention to ourselves that evening. Well, since it is Columbus day weekend and the last weekend at the Vineyard, that same man was back, this time with his wife. We spent the rest of the evening last night on their boat, having cocktails and exchanging boating stories. We dinghyed them over so they could explore Lucey and then retired for the evening. Today is Sunday - the wind has completely died down and the sun is beaming. Its a gorgeous day today and we are headed for a new location. We will have access to a car here, so you never know - we might just show up somewhere and say hi :) Hope all is well at our homes... we miss everybody!! Jody and Mike - Dan and I are anxiously awaiting the name for baby brother - any news??? Hope to hear from everyone soon - maybe even see you all :) We stuck some past pictures in (the moon picture is from Rockland Harbor, Maine - absolutly breathtaking that evening) because we were a little short this time. Enjoy!! Hugs and kisses - til next time (we will try to be more diligent!)