We meet Bill at the yacht club and he drives us to his house to see Ellie, his wife. They have a beautiful house right on the water which they built on the footprint of the original one some years ago and we are all very impressed by Bill’s woodworking skills. All the woodwork in the house has been done by him, including all the furniture and some beautiful boxes that he has made for Ellie. Victoria laments that he lives so far away as she needs some new bits of furniture.
We stay for a cup of tea then go off to do our provisioning. However, having made a late start, it is lunchtime before we head off in one of their cars. They have recommended ‘the bucket’ as a quick lunch and somewhere to get the best lobster rolls in town. We find it but it’s closed, much to our dismay.
Driving through Dartmouth we are amused to see a sign saying “Thickly Settled”. We have not noticed this before and giggle at it’s possible meaning. Is this area full of fat people or stupid people? We presume it to mean that the area is more densely populated but it doesn’t look like any different to the mile of road that we have just left behind. It’s always the little things that amuse.
First stop is the local mall. Victoria wants to do some shopping but it’s not the best one, although for Victoria it’s great as she finds a shop she falls in love with – Wet Seal – and ends up buying 5 tops for $70 – not bad as the quality is pretty good.
Given the slow pace that we go through the mall, Mike goes off, first to have lunch alone and then to sit in the car with a magazine and leave us to it. For me the mall has nothing to offer which is a bit disappointing although Mike is pleased. I end up with just another bottle of truffle oil and some shampoo.
After that it’s provisioning time and I stock up on store cupboard items. America, land of a million shopping opportunities, does not believe in putting anything within reach of a marina and heaven help you if you don’t have a bloody car!
In the evening we go back to Bill and Ellie’s for dinner. Ellie produces large quantities of Oyster Bay Sauvignon Blanc and makes us a wonderful seafood stew, chock full of lobster, prawns and scallops and a fantastic fruit tart. Now everyone who knows me well enough to give me desert knows that I don’t do cooked fruit but it looks so delicious that I try some and it’s as delicious as it looks. I’d better not make a habit of trying this fruit stuff – they’ll be too many avenues of fattening food open to me if I do.
Of course, we are like Cindarella at the ball and have to be back at the yacht club in time for the last launch. Thank goodness we make it otherwise Bill would have had to take us back to his house and take us down to Jeannius in the dark in his motor boat.
Tomorrow we will go over to Martha’s Vineyard where we will borrow Bill’s mooring at Edgartown for a couple of nights.
Position: 41 deg 34 min N, 70 deg 56 min W
Distance so far: 2029 miles
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