Vermont Continued

I think we are finally in vacation mode. We left Ottawa a week ago, and from this point on, we have nowhere to be, except back home in two weeks in time for me to start work. It's a pretty awesome feeling. We can stay where we are right now for as long as we have food and ice to keep our cooler cold (probably two or three days) before we have to go back on land to re-provision.

Right now, we are in Converse Bay, about halfway between Burlington and Vergennes.

This is actually the first day where we weren't rushing to get to our destination. It only took us a few hours to get here from Burlington, motor sailing since we were heading very close to the wind. When we arrived, we staked out a good protected spot (even though it's supposed to be relatively calm tonight) then went for a nice, long swim. The sun was particularly hot today. Shockingly though, I am still not tanned. After our swim, it was beer o'clock, and then rum-and-coke o'clock as well as hammock time.

 Now it is dinner time. Tonight, the chef will be cooking smoked salmon spaghetti. We still have yet to determine who is playing chef tonight. Usually, I prep and David barbecues. Not sure where that leaves us for tonight, where neither are really needed.

Yesterday we took Corey out for a "sail" (no wind) and lots of swimming in Shelburne Bay. It was a lovely day!

Last night, Corey and Faye joined us for dinner on the boat. We were on a mooring ball in the Burlington harbour. Luckily, it was a much calmer night than two nights earlier. Getting our guests aboard involved going to get them from shore in our awesome little dinghy:

It really is only a two person dinghy, and the person who is not steering generally has to sit on the floor of the boat, so that only your head is visible overtop (at least in my case). It makes for some pretty comedic entrances.

Dinner was lovely and we hope we have now converted our guests to sailing life. It really is an awesome way to travel.