May 29-31, Days 32 - 34: While Jay, Laurie, Mary & Will were in New York, we tried to wear them out with a variety of activities to give everyone a good taste of the Big Apple, including a visit to Ground Zero, the Natural History Museum, a fantastic play...Mary Poppins, a trip up to the Top of the Rock (Rockefeller Center), Times Square and a stroll around Central Park. Sadly, they had to leave Thursday (5/31) morning to return to Tucson.
After Belinda's family left, we decided to move Rickshaw to a slip from the back of the marina (where there was no power) in order to give the batteries a full charge and cool off the refrigerator & freezer. Since we had never been in the main part of the marina during a workday, we were in for a BIG SURPRISE! The marina was extremely rolly from the passing ferries. So much, in fact, that it felt like we were in 6 foot seas offshore, and requiring us to secure all of the cabinet doors to keep all of the dishes from crashing onto the galley floor.
That evening, we were again surprised to discover 3 fellow looper boats arrive at our marina, Moor Stuff (Skip & Barb from Chicago), Quest (Carl & Ricki from West Virginia,) and Carried Away (Bill & Joyce from Williamsburg). After a great dinner prepared by Ricki, Jim met up with a long, lost ex cousin-in-law, Louis Otey, who is an opera singer in New York. A very full day it was.
After Belinda's family left, we decided to move Rickshaw to a slip from the back of the marina (where there was no power) in order to give the batteries a full charge and cool off the refrigerator & freezer. Since we had never been in the main part of the marina during a workday, we were in for a BIG SURPRISE! The marina was extremely rolly from the passing ferries. So much, in fact, that it felt like we were in 6 foot seas offshore, and requiring us to secure all of the cabinet doors to keep all of the dishes from crashing onto the galley floor.
That evening, we were again surprised to discover 3 fellow looper boats arrive at our marina, Moor Stuff (Skip & Barb from Chicago), Quest (Carl & Ricki from West Virginia,) and Carried Away (Bill & Joyce from Williamsburg). After a great dinner prepared by Ricki, Jim met up with a long, lost ex cousin-in-law, Louis Otey, who is an opera singer in New York. A very full day it was.
 Mary and Will's first Broadway play! |  Will - ready for lunch! |
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