Shower, change of clothes, quick turnaround from today’s marathon run. Booked a 3pm sailing excursion on Lake Champlain with Whistling Man Schooner – only a few blocks from my hotel, pier off College. Pretty cool idea, huh?
Boarded the “Friend Ship” on its maiden commercial weekend – new ship, opening weekend. Motored out of the harbor, popped the sails, kicked back & took in landscape – beautiful Burlington Bay/Lake Champlain (separates Vermont from New York state).
In 1823, the forty-six-mile-long Champlain Canal was completed, linking Lake Champlain to the Hudson River and the New York City market, and twenty years later, the twelve-mile-long Chambly Canal was constructed in Quebec, bypassing the Richelieu River rapids and allowing cheap Canadian lumber to flow from the St. Lawrence River to Lake Champlain. These two canals led to the growth of the port at Burlington, and by 1873, Burlington had become the third largest lumber port in the country.
Placid, rolling waves and GREEN – whole lotta green everywhere. Best post-marathon activity yet – laid on my back & soaked in the cool lake air. Docked three hours later & enjoyed post-marathon lasagna (it’s become tradition). FAAAANNNNTASTIC day!
Early morning flight on Memorial Day Monday. Arrived home in Colorado – plenty of time for an afternoon cook-out (unofficial kick-off to summer). Burgers, corn & grilled peaches & pineapple. YUM!
Happy Memorial Day 2015 🙂
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- Burlington Boathouse
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- Whistling Man Schooner’s “Friend Ship”
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- post-marathon sailing adventure
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- Burlington Breakwater North Light
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- best post-marathon activity yet – laid on my back & soaked in landscape
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- small airport, small plane — 6 hours later: Home, Sweet Home
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- grilled peaches & pineapple — unofficial kick-off to summer, YUM!
sailing on Lake Champlain
Arrived East Coast just after midnight, couple hours shut-eye, then to Boston Harbor for a quick ferry ride across Massachusetts Bay. Far faster than hours spent driving around the boot, the fast ferry sails directly across the bay in an hour half. Snoozed for an hour on the trek over while my friends soaked in sun on the deck. Vacation!
Docked, disembarked, tagged my favourite food shack just off the pier & paid $16 cash for a fresh (whole-belly) clam roll. Same Portuguese lady has worked this stand for years — not the warm n fuzzy type. She takes orders only from the ‘IN’ window (food is served from the ‘OUT’ window) & only accepts cash. That said, there’s still sand in the clams on this roll – that’s how fresh this New England treat is. So…how was it? I’ll be back – highly recommended 🙂
Changed clothes & still logged a few hours of beach time. Outdoor seating for dinner. Aw, yes – this is the life.
Started Day 2 with a run to the beach (Cape Cod Bay) & Day 3 with an even longer beach run to the Atlantic. Came back soaking wet each time — humidity on the Cape is crazy thick but loved that sea salt smell in the air 🙂
Quick shower, breakfast on the deck, then rented kayaks for a 2-mile trek to Long Point lighthouse – the tip of Cape Cod.
Long Point is a peninsula located in Provincetown, Massachusetts, at the extreme tip of Cape Cod, as it curls back in on itself to create Provincetown Harbor. The Long Point Light was built on this point in 1827. The lighthouse once shared this peninsula with a settlement of fishermen that came to be known as Long Point, Massachusetts. This Provincetown village grew and thrived from 1818 until the late 1850s.
Took 20-30 minutes to regain a comfort level but ultimately LOVE LOVE kayaking. Super fun sport.
Landed near Long Point lighthouse, snapped some amazing shots (including a pirate ship), then completed my 4 foot hike up to the cross commemorating a fallen WWII soldier. Ok, I’m using the word ‘hike’ a bit loosely here. LOL! From Longs Peak, Colorado to Long Point, Massachusetts in a week – that’s a drop from 14,000ft to just over 4 feet. What a crazy, fun life.
Different day, different beach then dinner & a show. Tea smoked duck was just as good as I remembered. WOW!
Spent Monday afternoon in Boston – fish n chips at the Black Rose, followed by a touristy stroll thru Quincy Market, Faneuil Hall, the New England Holocaust Museum & Union Street (one of Boston’s oldest).
3-day weekends end quickly; sad to tell folks good bye. Quick hug, then hailed a taxi to Logan.
So long Boston, I had a wicked good time!
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- Boston Harbor
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- hour-half ferry trek to Cape Cod
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- (whole belly) clam roll – AMAZING!
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- …and a lobster roll too!
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- New England beach day
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- Pilgrim Monument – they landed here first, who knew?
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- ocean kayaking
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- next stop, Long Point
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- paddled ahead to Wood End lighthouse (photo far right), then followed land tip around to Long Point
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- Pirates!
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- tip of Cape Cod
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- Long Point lighthouse
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- WOW shot – love Cape Cod!
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- 14,000ft hike last Saturday, 4ft hike this day
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- hike SUCCESS!
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- Boston return
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- fish n chips @ the Black Rose
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- outdoor entertainment
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- Faneuil Hall stroll
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- So long Boston, I had a wicked good time!
