New England '05 Trip Photos

We finally got started on our vagabond lifestyle this summer with a trip from Jacksonville, FL to Martha's Vineyard, MA.  All told, we spent 6 months working our way up and then back to Green Cove Springs, FL where we are now hard at work getting prepped for the winter in the Bahamas. We left Florida late May and headed up the ICW as fast as we could - mostly to escape the heat.  We did get in some good offshore runs from time to time in addition to the intercoastal waterway.  Some of the shots below are from Charleston, the Dismal Swamp Canal, NYC, Newport RI and Martha's Vineyard and the Vineyard sound area.  Hope you enjoy them.                                           Click on the thumbnails to enlarge the shots.

To the left is Dreamtime and crew getting ready to leave the dock in Jacksonville, FL.  To the right is a shot of Charleston SC taken during a trolley tour of this beautiful and scenic city.

The shot on the left shows just one of the many gardens that were prevalent in the downtown section of Charleston, many behind wrought iron gates. The righthand shot was taken at Bucksport, SC just as dusk was falling.

Cool shot of the Cape Lookout lighthouse from the Atlantic Ocean side of the bight.  We spent the better part of the week there and thoroughly enjoyed it. Linda does sail repair in West Bay, NC using the Ultrafeed sewing machine

These two shots are of the man-made Dismal Swamp route that leads from Elizabeth City, NC to near Norfolk, VA. It was built by George Washington before his days as president as a private venture for shipping goods.

A view of the Statue of Liberty and the Manhattan skyline from the harbor. And a shot of the Brooklyn bridge leading over into Manhattan.

A  coupleof shots of the Thimbles, a group of rocky islands on Long Island Sound.

To the left, a shot of Mystic CT from Long Island Sound.  Lots and lots of moorings. A beautiful wooden boat that we saw during the wooden boat parade in Mystic.

The Newport harbor is an exciting place to be with all the action.  Lots of fun watching the 12 meterboats sail through the anchorage.

More sights in Newport. One of every kind, gaffers, cutters, sloops, squared-riggers, neat eye candy.

Let's not forget the mansions.  Worth the cost of the tour, we visited 3 of the famous ones, the Breakers, Rosecliff and the Marble House. Beautiful attention to details, and each has it's own unique history..

Another cool place to visit, especially for cruisers, is the Seaman's Church  Institute in Newport. It provides facilities for seamen, as you might expect, such as showers, laundry and a bargain priced restaurant.  The mosaic on the left is from the chapel, a small but beautiful room for prayer and worship.

To the left is a shot of Cuttyhunk. On the right the peaceful beauty of Hadley's Harbor.  It makes a good stopping point before going either into Wood's Hole or through the cut to Vineyard Sound.

To the left is a shot of Tarpaulin Cove, on the Vineyard Sound. On the right the 'ye ole village' street scene in Vineyard Haven.

We anchored in Lake Tashmoo and saw one of the best ever sunsets. All the rest were taken around Oak Bluffs on Martha's Vineyard.  A very clean town, lots of flowers and geese (well, they're not real clean, lol) . What a cool place to walk around.