Once in the museum area, we saw the most beautiful old ships, some large, some small.
The Charles Morgan is an old whaling vessel that is permanently moored there. Legend has it that the ship is haunted. Good Morning America and a ghost hunting team checked out the ship about a year ago. Couldn't come up with anything definitive, but they never could explain the strong cigar smoke smell that would waft through the ship occasionally....
We spent the night anchored outside of the museum and left early this morning in a nice, New England light fog.
En route, Luke tossed our ceremonial Connecticut coin -- one per state, as we pass into each state's waters.
Our stop for tonight is Point Judith, RI. We made it to Rhode Island! Lobster! Point Judith is the home to one of the largest fishing fleets in the North Atlantic region. LOTS of fishing vessels!
The town of Galilee is know for it's lobster restaurants. Of course, we HAD to have our first NE lobster. Luke called around and one of the nice restaurant owners offered to let us tie the dinghy up to his boat at the back of the restaurant. So we did! Worked out perfectly.
The 1 pound lobster dinner was great, served in a rustic setting, with dining on an outside porch overlooking the river.
The nice bartender gave us Lobster-cracking-101 lessons, and all that was left was the carnage!
Another diner gave me full lobster cooking instructions (they are SO cheap here!) Another generously offered us a ride to West Marine to pick up a much needed chart book, and then gave Luke one of his own chart books when we couldn't find exactly what we wanted. What a nice expeience this evening was!
Tomorrow, as long as the weather holds, we plan to head for Onset, RI, at the mouth of the Cape Cod Canal. We need to time our sail through the high current of the canal and plan to do it from there.
Oh, and the weather is great --- sunny, clear, non-humid, and 75. This a great place for the summer!
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