July 16-18, Old Lyme, CT

We left Clinton about 11 am on an overcast day.



We motored into the Patchogue River and looked at several marina's near the town of Westbrook. These are very large marina's but the guide books tell us that there is not much else right around the marina's.

The new lighthouse and the old (in the distance) mark the entrance to the Connecticut River

We head on to the Connecticut River and go up the river about 5 miles to Old Lyme and the very small marina "Old Lyme Dock Co".


The setting is rural with a white fenced farm just up on shore from our dock.


Two big Clydesdale horses stand guard at the fence. It took us about three good looks before we determined the horses were artificial. Still, they look good and they don't eat much.


About 40 Canadian Geese are at the beach here hoping for a handout.



Our marina is located between the Amtrak railroad bridge and the I-95 freeway bridge over the Connecticut River and while we can hear the train, we are not bothered by the traffic from either.

We are now about two driving hours from both NYC and Boston. We will use this location as a base for travelling to see Old Lyme, Old Saybrook and other nearby communities. Time to do some exploring ashore. Dinner ashore the first evening at the Old Lyme Inn. The restaurant was in an old home with beautiful grounds and an outdoor dining patio and a very pretty restaurant/bar inside. Decorated as upscale colonial and just as you might hope it would look. Very colonial Connecticut.


Doris and Rick Spears, from Stuart, join us on the 17th in time for dinner and we take a driving tour of Old Lyme and go to dinner in Old Saybrook at a seafood restaurant. Next day we tour the towns of Old Saybrook and Essex and we do our grocery shopping. We find it is really convenient to have a car again. Dinner is at the old (1700's) Bee and Thistle Bed and Breakfast in Old Lyme. Doris tells us about her new field of study (she is working on her PhD in nutrition) and tells us how all of our eating habits can be so much better than they are now. We listen with full attention and then all head back to the boat for some ice cream and cookies.