Impulse Cruising Again

After breakfast and showers we checked in and paid for our slip. The owner, Bill, explained the highlights of this 3 mile island and we learned that there is a free trolley that runs every hour and stops near here. There is a washer and dryer available so I ran two loads of wash but then found that the stuff left in the dryer wasn’t dry. An hour later, it still wasn’t dry. So, I carried my two loads of wet clothes back to the boat and hung them outside and in. It was quite a scene that we left when we walked to the trolley stop.

It turned out the stop was in front of Alexander Graham Bell’s house (see photo), which was previously a bed and breakfast but is now for sale. Bill checked the price and it is $450,000! The pictures on Zillow are beautiful. Turns out the woman who owned it died and her daughter put it on the market starting at $750,000 last year and the price has dropped ever since. We talked to a woman who was waiting for the trolley too, and she eventually talked to someone on the phone who told her the trolley was part of the parade that was going on in town. No wonder it was 20 minutes late! An older man in a golf cart stopped and we chatted a bit. Walter has always lived here, has no teeth, and offered us a ride. We accepted and off we went. He dropped us off at the marina where we thought we’d get the bikes out but were told to take their golf cart. So we did! We caught part of the parade (baton twirlers, Peruvian dancers, horseback riders, and boats on trailers) and then had lunch at the Hunan Diner. Great food! Bill drove us around the island and then we headed back to rescue the laundry since black clouds were forming.

While storms came and went, Bill took a nap and I did some mending and reading. We had a glass of wine and then set out to walk to the Lighthouse Restaurant. Owner Bill invited us to watch the Belmont Stakes on his boat, which is a gigantic old Burger yacht. Others were there watching too and all were very welcoming with drinks and munchies. We did not partake, but headed out to dinner after Justify won the Triple Crown. Owner Bill offered to drive us, but the golf cart was available again so we took that instead! Dinner was good and we drove back. Fireworks over the beach were fun to watch through the trees, and then it was time for bed.