Yesterday morning in the Fells: Yesterday morning I met
Yesterday afloat, celebrating Shayde’s birthday: Yesterday afternoon and evening I participated in a delightful celebration for Shayde’s birthday. A bunch of us met at the marina in Salem and went on a two-ish hour cruise aboard the Fame, a working replica of a fishing schooner that was turned into a privateer during the War of 1812. It was delightful!
The ride was an excellent idea, and I really enjoyed it. I love being on the water, I love history (although this cruise was a bit light on that, except for the boat itself), I’ve been reading the Aubrey/Maturin novels which are set at around the same time the original Fame was sailing, and except for a very small sailboat a friend of mine took out on the MIT marina on the Charles once I’ve never been on a sailing vessel. And Shayde is excellent, and he has wonderful friends and family. So I had a blast. Pictures will be forthcoming shortly. Many thanks to
The crew was particularly good with the children, by the way; the ones that wanted to each got a turn at the tiller (as did Shayde) and they seemed to have a blast.
Then many of us went back to Homeport for an afterparty and stupendous quantities of takeout Chinese food. I didn’t stay very late because between the sun and a bit of a sugar crash I was pretty tired, but I’m glad I got to go.
Brunch this morning with
After brunch I accompanied
So I had a great time catching up with
I think the plan for tonight is to pay some bills, do some laundry, and have a nice long bath with a good book.