Goodnight Irene

Since our plan to return to Zusammen after our Maine trip was impossible, our wonderful friends, the Williams, took us in for 4 days. We had a great visit, and even spent a few hours on Duxbury beach. The storm hit on Sunday, but apart from a few branches down, the Williams saw little damage. Power was out for about 24 hours though.

This morning Zusammen will be re-launched, so home we go! Looking forward to seeing all the completed work that Niemic Marine has done. I'm most excited about the new holding tank! WooHoo! Weird thing to be excited about I know, but sleeping on that bag was really not something I enjoyed.

Hurricane Irene, heading right toward Buzzards Bay! Luckily for us Zusammen is out of the water.

Stop in Portland

After leaving MDI we stopped in Portland to visit M, S, and K. We had a beautiful beach day on Friday. Its hard to believe a hurricane is on the way. We had a great visit and were thankful to be able to see M,S, and K before we leave.

Zusammen is on the Hard for Irene's arrival

The boat is on the hard getting her final additions and prep for the trip. Hurricane Irene is till tracking straight for us, but we should be fine on Pope's Island. We'll launch again on Monday or Tuesday and get ready to start South.

Having a great time with family in Maine. Granny and Papa have been supplying the kids with all their favorite things. It will be hard to get them back on the boat! Tim, Thibault and Margot have been with us for the week, which has been great. We've hiked the Beehive and Beech Mountain with John trying hard to get over his fear of heights! The kids spent 4 hours at the water park, and probably would have stayed longer if the doors weren't closing. The weather has been perfect all week, but dipping down at night, reminding us that we need to get on the move to stay away from the cold!

Check out the picture of John and I and our kids and nieces and nephews!

Great time out in Hyannis with the Sypeks

New Bedford Bridge

Tyler building card houses underway