After leaving Branford, we received an email from the folk singing group Mustard’s Retreat. We have been following them for 35 years and they were having a benefit concert for the Customs House Museum in New London, Ct. So we sailed to New London to join the fun. Familiar faces and our favorite music was like a little slice of home. Thistle was moored in the harbor ($5 per night) and we are now the first fans to ever sail to their concert. Michael isn’t currently traveling with the trio since he is caring for his girlfriend. On YouTube, check out a few of our favorites: Hopelessly Midwestern, Simple Faith, Great Lakes Fishing Trade, and The Wreck of the Julia Plant.
The Amistad was towed to New London and moored near the Custom House. John Quincy Adams defended the slaves and won their freedom. Amistad was moored 200 feet from where we are anchored. New London has several wonderful restaurants (Muddy Water, etc). The harbor is nice and the people are friendly.
Nautical library at the Custom House to die for per Eric.
We spent a few steamy hot days in Mystic Seaport. Happy hour at the air conditioned Mexican restaurant and coffee at the local bakery “Sift” were a hit. Ice cream at the drawbridge in the heat was also a good thing.
While in Mystic we were moored at a small boat yard that didn’t mind us doing some maintenance on the boat. Eric had to phone a friend i. e. Rich to sort out some electrical gremlins. The Mystic Seaport antique and wooden boat festival took place while we were in town. We motored in the dinghy a few times to see new arrivals. Tomorrow morning, we are leaving early to catch a fair tide that will propel us farther east.
We are wishing my brother Chris a speedy recovery from hip replacement surgery (he wore out the old one abusing the guys on opposing hockey teams).Get well soon so you can come join us for some summer this winter.
Book reviews: Eric
Killing Kennedy by Bill O’Reilly four out of five stars and it encouraged me to tackle Profiles in Courage. Will let you know my thoughts on it next week.
Book Reviews: Sharon
Secret Gift by Ted Gup 5 out of 5
Women’s Club 14th Deadly Sin by James Patterson. 4 out of 5
Summerland Elin Hildebrand 4 out of 5
Trading Up in 2019 
Loved the update in Mystic. So great you saw Mustards Retreat. Glad that you both have had time to read some books. We have had a busy month with 6 sets of house guests. Kris came up w Dan on a work trip, then I had my cousins here for a reunion, then my sister visited from Texas, then our friends from the US Embassy visited between their living in Equador and moving on to Mozambique. We had a party with 18 friends from the SOLAR club from 35 years ago. The tall tales flew rehashing various wilderness experiences, very similar to the sailors talking of various races and trips. Our South Carolinian granddaughter Katie and her new husband from Finland visited and we had a great time introducing Riku to summer in Michigan with kayaking on the Huron River in Milford. They came with us when we took our running club retirees for walk on Detroit’s River Walk tour of Fort Wayne. Our last guests are friends from Sun City West who recruited us to spend the winter there and are still visiting while I am going to visit my sister in Texas. I am between flights in Dallas and my flatbread pizza just arrived. So I’ll say bye for now and looking forward to your next update. Enjoy the fine summer.
You are so amazing and the best hostess!
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Thanks for the great update!
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