Sandwich, MA

We’re now in Sandwich; all pumped out and re-fueled. It was another GORGEOUS day on the water. I’m so glad we laid up to avoid the miserable weather yesterday.

And Sandwich is a very pleasant surprise…

The tidal current in the Cape Cod Canal can run pretty strong at the tide changes, but once you pull into the marina here, it all calms down. The marina entrance is somewhat narrow, but it opens up to a lollipop shape.

PLUS, there’s a great restaurant just across the street.

PLUS, as we approached the east entrance to the Canal (heading west) we noticed a beautiful sand beach that appeared to be walking distance from the marina. And it was…there’s a very nice walking path that leads along the canal to the beach. Guinness loved the beach. He ran and swam. haven’t seen a sand beach the entire time we were in Maine. And I don’t think we have swum together since Key West.

We are both knackered from the hiking and the swimming. Guinness is napping, and I feel like napping. But I have to wash the boat.

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Well, I did manage to squeeze in a nap. Apparently, I did sleep, because the cute little dock attendants told me that their friend lost the tip of her finger while helping a boat dock, and that there had been ambulances at the marina during the time Guinness and I were napping.

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Guinness took another walk and another swim. The water is very clear here, and not too cold. The sky is cloudless today, and it turns the water the deepest blue – ink-dark. Just an amazingly beautiful day. I have to stop thinking about what’s next, and just BE HERE NOW.

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It’s now 6PM on Friday night, and this place has exploded. The canal banks are crowded with folks waiting for the sunset, and the restaurant where we had lunch is so busy that they’re not taking Take-Out orders! Plus, people are showing up on many of the boats in the marina.

I am starting to worry that Cuttyhunk will be a circus, and that all the weekenders are already there. Oh, well. No sense worrying about things we can’t control. And if all the slips and moorings are full, I have a contingency plan – Hadley Harbor.

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TTFN (Ta-Ta For Now