August 1st- Cuttyhunk Island to Dartmouth (Padanaram Harbor), MA

We could have spent the weekend but there were so many boats coming to Cuttyhunk we thought maybe it was time to head back. The anchorage gets a little over packed on a big weekend. We waited a little while for the light morning breeze to turn south.

It was only a short trip to Dartmouth. We even had enough of a breeze to turn off the engine and sail across the bay. The weather was perfect.

Padanaram.

We made it back a little too fast and grabbed a mooring while waiting for the Padanaram Bridge to open. I realized that our bridge must be one of the smallest opening bridges on the east coast. I haven’t seen it in 10 months and 16 days. We caught the 3:00 bridge opening. Some friends welcomed us back as we went through.

Isabella is a pretty fixture in the harbor.

The Padanaram Bridge.

Opened. The center span rotates, leaving a lane on each side.

We tied up to our mooring.

After spending years talking about it, most of a year preparing for it, and 10 1/2 months traveling it, the trip is over. It was an adventure. It was difficult at times. It was relaxing at times. It was always interesting. We learned a lot.

I’ve also enjoyed keeping this log. Many people encouraged us to keep writing and keep sailing. Thank you.

If you’ve been reading this for a while, thanks for putting up with a lot of random thoughts and pictures of water.

I’ve got a few more things to say about our trip so I’ll try to post some sort of conclusion in the next few days. Time to get some “house work” done. We hope to sail south again some day.