Greg
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Now that the boat is getting ready to be put away for the winter I figured it was finally time to write about our boat vacation this year. We took two weeks and headed from our home port on the Hudson River and went up to Provincetown. This is a really long post, but there are a lot of pictures.
Our first night we made it to Greenport, NY. We stayed at Mitchell park Marina where we met up with Russ and Marybeth (Last Dance).
The Camera Obscura was closed, but it would have been neat to go inside.
While we were there we stopped to see the Village Blacksmith, he made us a neat hook that we keep on the boat now.
We stopped to check out the Carousel and missed the brass ring by one.
They had some Shakespeare in the Park production, but the kids had enough after a few minutes. There was also a Bertram gathering of some sort.
The next day we headed over to Coecles Harbor where we rafted up. We got to meet Gene 'Rubber Duckee' and Ric 'Katricol'. We had a great time that day, we should definitely do it again next year. When Alex 'Boat a Bing' showed up we did a little exploring. There is a house on Taylors Island that is open to the public. It was neat, we took the dinghys over to check it out. There was a lady there to tell us all about it.
Here's was our raft-up for the night. This was our first time anchoring for the night.
After the awesome sunset, and the awesome dinner we had that night, we did a little night fishing with those cool under water lights on Last Dance. Ashley still talks about catching that fish (Thanks again Russ)
Got up the next morning and did some more exploring with Boat-a-Dink and Baby TAZ. After that we did a little knee-boarding. This next pic is the sunrise...
Here's Alex, his first time knee-boarding, along side of the dinghy.
The kids definitely had a good time
We anchored Alex's dinghy while we were knee-boarding, just so it wouldn't drift away. Luckily, the anchor held.
After a long day of fun in the sun, it was off to Battleship Cove. The seas were a little rough, but they seemed to be worse behind the boat.
It was pretty cool being moored right next to the Battleship.
The view from the helm is similar to the 480DB. Well, maybe a little bigger.
After a day of touring all the ships, we set out to do a little crabbing. We only caught 1 keeper, and it didn't last very long.
Got up the next morning and headed to Newport. We stayed at The Newport, when we got there we called the fuel barge to come and fill us up.
Then it was off to check out the Mansions. I forget which one is Gary's.
Walked around town a bit.
After dinner the kids got to check out the pool, and I got to check out my underwater camera.
The next day we headed through the Cape Cod Canal off to Provincetown.
We kept getting yelled at for going too fast, then this guy comes along and nobody says anything. I don't understand it.
Once we got to Provincetown my daughter found a star fish on a piling.
Tried our luck at crabbing again, and a lobster snuck into the trap. Once again it didn't last long.
King Baby docked in front of us
Walked up to the top of the Pilgrim Monument
Saw some cool statues on the street corners (at least I think they were statues)
And a few other 'Interesting' folks. The kids thought it was a little strange that all these guys were dressing like girls. It's kind of like Halloween we told them...
The next day we went out whale watching. I asked what time the whale watch tours were leaving and 'followed' a boat out to the general area. If you've never been whale watching, you should go. It was amazing... At first we didn't know what to expect, saw these water spouts, and thought 'oh that's pretty neat'
But then it got better, The pictures don't show it well but it was wild seeing these huge whales right next to and under the boat.
Nighttime...
After Provincetown, we stopped for lunch in Sandwich. Checked out the Glass Museum, and had some Stuffed Quahogs at Marshland. It was on 'The Best Thing I Ever Ate'
Then we were off to Buzzards Bay, I saw a water park that looked like it could be fun. It was in the movie Grown Ups.
After that we headed over to the go-cart track.
From there we stopped at Block Island. I was going to stop at Cuttyhunk, but was out voted.
Raked up some clams for lunch
Spent the afternoon on Dinghy Beach
Then it was back home...
Told you it was a long post...
Our first night we made it to Greenport, NY. We stayed at Mitchell park Marina where we met up with Russ and Marybeth (Last Dance).
The Camera Obscura was closed, but it would have been neat to go inside.
While we were there we stopped to see the Village Blacksmith, he made us a neat hook that we keep on the boat now.
We stopped to check out the Carousel and missed the brass ring by one.
They had some Shakespeare in the Park production, but the kids had enough after a few minutes. There was also a Bertram gathering of some sort.
The next day we headed over to Coecles Harbor where we rafted up. We got to meet Gene 'Rubber Duckee' and Ric 'Katricol'. We had a great time that day, we should definitely do it again next year. When Alex 'Boat a Bing' showed up we did a little exploring. There is a house on Taylors Island that is open to the public. It was neat, we took the dinghys over to check it out. There was a lady there to tell us all about it.
Here's was our raft-up for the night. This was our first time anchoring for the night.
After the awesome sunset, and the awesome dinner we had that night, we did a little night fishing with those cool under water lights on Last Dance. Ashley still talks about catching that fish (Thanks again Russ)
Got up the next morning and did some more exploring with Boat-a-Dink and Baby TAZ. After that we did a little knee-boarding. This next pic is the sunrise...
Here's Alex, his first time knee-boarding, along side of the dinghy.
The kids definitely had a good time
We anchored Alex's dinghy while we were knee-boarding, just so it wouldn't drift away. Luckily, the anchor held.
After a long day of fun in the sun, it was off to Battleship Cove. The seas were a little rough, but they seemed to be worse behind the boat.
It was pretty cool being moored right next to the Battleship.
The view from the helm is similar to the 480DB. Well, maybe a little bigger.
After a day of touring all the ships, we set out to do a little crabbing. We only caught 1 keeper, and it didn't last very long.
Got up the next morning and headed to Newport. We stayed at The Newport, when we got there we called the fuel barge to come and fill us up.
Then it was off to check out the Mansions. I forget which one is Gary's.
Walked around town a bit.
After dinner the kids got to check out the pool, and I got to check out my underwater camera.
The next day we headed through the Cape Cod Canal off to Provincetown.
We kept getting yelled at for going too fast, then this guy comes along and nobody says anything. I don't understand it.
Once we got to Provincetown my daughter found a star fish on a piling.
Tried our luck at crabbing again, and a lobster snuck into the trap. Once again it didn't last long.
King Baby docked in front of us
Walked up to the top of the Pilgrim Monument
Saw some cool statues on the street corners (at least I think they were statues)
And a few other 'Interesting' folks. The kids thought it was a little strange that all these guys were dressing like girls. It's kind of like Halloween we told them...
The next day we went out whale watching. I asked what time the whale watch tours were leaving and 'followed' a boat out to the general area. If you've never been whale watching, you should go. It was amazing... At first we didn't know what to expect, saw these water spouts, and thought 'oh that's pretty neat'
But then it got better, The pictures don't show it well but it was wild seeing these huge whales right next to and under the boat.
Nighttime...
After Provincetown, we stopped for lunch in Sandwich. Checked out the Glass Museum, and had some Stuffed Quahogs at Marshland. It was on 'The Best Thing I Ever Ate'
Then we were off to Buzzards Bay, I saw a water park that looked like it could be fun. It was in the movie Grown Ups.
After that we headed over to the go-cart track.
From there we stopped at Block Island. I was going to stop at Cuttyhunk, but was out voted.
Raked up some clams for lunch
Spent the afternoon on Dinghy Beach
Then it was back home...
Told you it was a long post...
