Sailing Across America

The adventure began on Friday July 21, 2023 with a drive to Canton, NY for Dan’s 3 day high school reunion event. Actives included a cocktail party, golf outing, dinner, tour of the high school and a picnic.

Sunday July 23, we drove to Maine from Canton, to pick up s/v Alice, for delivery. The sailboat was located in Brooklin, ME, a small village on the coast. Alice is a classic H12.5 Herreshoff, built in the 50’s. She was at Eric Dow Boat Works, where they build, repair and refurbish wooden boats.

The road-trip cross country was pretty uneventful. It was a 5 day journey, spending 3 nights in hotels, and driving through the night twice. We had a great weather window the entire trip!

We stopped a few times playing tourist. The first was at the Badlands National Park, the second at Mt Rushmore, both in South Dakota. The third was at Devils Tower in Wyoming, featured in the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

I can now say I’ve been to all but 3 of the 50 US States. I’m missing Wisconsin, Minnesota and North Dakota. Dan has now been to all 50 states.

Wine tasting at Fair Winds Winery in Port Townsend. We got to sample Cabernet still in the barrel that will be bottled within a few years. We thought it was really good now!

Dan and I flew home on the red-eye out of Seattle, WA Monday night, arriving in Philadelphia, PA 6:30am Tuesday, August 1st.