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Saying Goodbye to the Grandkids
29 July 2012 | East Greenwich, RI
Donna
We had two more days with the kids before they had to go back to Maryland. Unfortunately we didn’t get another sailing day because the wind was either too light, or not in the right direction, but we still managed to have fun. The first day we motored to Third Beach at the end of the Sakonnet River (the picture is from the beach looking at the anchorage). Right around the corner was the Atlantic Ocean. Turns out those ocean swells didn’t have any trouble turning the corner and making our anchored boat roll all night long. It was pretty rough but we did take the dinghy to the beach to check it out. The four of us lifted the dinghy and carried it up high enough on the beach to not have to worry about it. We thought we could take a hike to the wildlife preserve but it was too far away to walk to. We did have fun looking at all the shells on the beach.
The next day we motored out into the Atlantic. The kids were pretty excited to be in the ocean. We headed back up into Narragansett Bay to Dutch Island Harbor and we anchored there. We all got in the dinghy and left it at the marina and walked into Jamestown, RI. We had read there was a bakery and a supermarket – and that is pretty exciting for us at this point. We walked across town with the intention of taking the ferry to Newport but it turned out the ferry was very expensive and Newport was having a folk festival which meant it would be a bit crazy there. So we did what we do best instead, we bought ice cream!! We checked out all the stores by the waterfront and stopped at the supermarket on the way back to our boat. It was a rainy night so we had an inside barbecue. Dutch Island Harbor turned out to be pretty rough too. Moonraker rolled around all night long. Bill and Sam decided to go to the bakery for breakfast and Emilia and I stayed on the boat. When they came back we pulled up the anchor and headed back to East Greenwich so we could get the kids back to the airport.
Again we were motoring up the bay. There weren’t many boats out, but there was one that seemed to be hanging around us. Finally they came close enough for one man to yell something to us. We were very shocked to hear what it was. “Is Randy Rosenbaum’s sister on board?” Yes – I was!! But how did they know? We told them “Yes” and had a nice conversation. I then asked the man what his name was. I heard it well enough to call my brother right away and tell him what happened. When I told him the man’s name he told me that that was the Governor of Rhode Island!! We looked it up – and yes – it was the Governor of Rhode Island. Randy, who is the Director of the Arts Council for the state, had sent the Governor’s assistant a picture of our boat and mentioned that we would be on the bay this week. The four of us were pretty impressed – and it makes a great story for us to tell every Rhode Islander we meet, because of course they all know who he is.
After our brush with fame we headed back to the marina we picked the kids up at and took another slip. We walked to town and got caught in a rain storm but the kids didn’t mind at all – after all – they are from Seattle. Randy’s son John came and picked us all up and helped us take the kids to the airport. We had a nice dinner with John and his girlfriend Katie. We are sorry to see the kids go – but it will be easier to sleep on the boat now.
Today we had our first real cruiser Laundromat experience. We carried our laundry up into town and it wasn’t really all that bad! Then we got even luckier when the people from the boat in the next slip offered to drive us to the supermarket! I know we won’t always be this lucky – but we are starting to get used to the cruising life.