Beautiful fall day in Essex

 Beautiful fall day in Essex

October 5 & 6, 2024


We're going to the marina next door, should be an easy ride right? Right! First we have to wait for a boat to dock strugglingly. Then we undock strugglingly.  We're doing a good job though.  Then the Connecticut River is crowded, we're passed left and right and go around left and right.  In Essex there's a sailboat race, they are everywhere, tackling. And it's windy.




Pictures don't captured that at all.
We walked to the Connecticut River museum then we just chilled and go to bed early. 


Sunday morning we're up early and go for a good walk.
Essex is festive for Halloween. 



What a beautiful day!





The Black Seal decorations.





We decide that we're coming back for lunch.







And here we are.  Scott cannot resist the chicken parm.







I don't feel like having the usual fish stew and I'm ordering a lite burger this time with a garden salad, perfect, just what I needed.



He doesn't like the boat much but he loves his daddy wherever he is.

Going back home, he needs two laps.


5:35 the sun is setting in Deep River.

We had blessed weekend... too short though 😆 



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