SALEM, MASS

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Hi everybody, and welcome back!  Let’s get you caught up…

When we last posted, we had enjoyed a lovely Sunday afternoon on Long Point beach in Provincetown, at the tip of Cape Cod…

That evening, the weather changed, beginning just about the time we set out for dinner.

Lynn chooses every restaurant via TripAdvisor, and the one she chose was quite good.  Unfortunately, it was also quite a way from the marina….it feltlike the Bataan Death March, only in the rain.  

We enjoyed our dinner (and a delicious Blueberry Citrus Martini), and called for a cab to take us home.  No Cab.  Voice Mail!  We resigned ourselves to another slog, and set out, only to have a cab pull up next to us and ask if we wanted a ride.  That (and a good meal) saved the evening!  

Monday was our last day in P’Town.  We awoke to cold (65*), rain, and a foggy mist.  Yuck!  Sometimes days like that are good travel days, but the weather apps were showing messy conditions on Cape Cod Bay.  A few boats managed to trickle in during the course of the day, , and they reported 15’ swells on the Bay!  We were SOOOO GLAD we had signed up to stay an extra day in Provincetown!

We studied the wave and wind conditions all during the day Monday, and it looked like we would have a manageable crossing today (Tuesday).  Challenging, but manageable.  We were facing a 3-hour run in open water  (North Atlantic Ocean of course)– mostly out of the sight of land, to Salem, MA. 

It looked like earlier was better, but we were rather apprehensive as we pulled out of the harbor at 6:30 AM.

Let me not belabor this…we got lucky!  A smooth trip!  Not flat seas but maybe just 1-1/2 feet.  Certainly better than 15 feet!

So here we are in Salem, home of the famous witch trials and the House of the Seven Gables….And it is blowing a gale out there in the harbor!   We’re trying to enjoy some crackers and cheese, and it’s blowing the crackers off the plate!  So glad we made it!

Only could get four of the seven gables in the shot!

Tomorrow, we are headed for Portsmouth, NH.  It’s New Hampshire’s ONLY waterfront harbor! (Very short seacoast!).