Block Island
We got started at about 8am and drove up to Montauk to catch the ferry to Block Island. It was a beautiful day but the second half of the ferry trip was shrouded in fog. When we docked at New Harbor, Paul and Kathy were waiting to meet us. They were just the same as ever and we got straight into chatting about all our memories of great times together. Kathy drove us over to the house they were renting in a spectacular setting on The Bluffs. Mandy was there with her three girls and Brad & Kaiser with their son. We’d missed Josie who already gone home.
Kathy had made us a great lunch with hot dogs and salads and we all sat with beers and sodas shooting the breeze for a couple of hours. Then we went off to have a proper look at The Bluffs. I rode with Kathy and Paul and Georgie and Jinny went with Mandy and Kit, her eldest daughter. We went on to meet the rest of the family on Mansion Beach which Kathy reminded us is were we used to go when we were last on Block Island with them nearly 40 years ago! I had a paddle and finally we said goodbye to all the kids and grandkids and Paul and Kathy took us off to catch the ferry.
We had a smooth trip over to Montauk and on the way back to Sag Harbor we managed to get into Bostwick’s Chowder House for supper; an authentic Hamptons experience.