Day 22 & 23 Glouster, Mass- A Brief Intermission....

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When we arrived in Gloucester, MA Sunday afternoon it was incredibly hot, part of a heat wave involving most of the nation.  We turned on air conditioning; it was lovely.

Monday we had planned to relax and not move the boat, waiting for more favorable winds to allow us to move north.  That turned out to be a good call, because I was feeling under the weather and slept most of the day.  Brent made me some pizza for dinner and we played a couple rounds of cribbage. (He won as usual.)  Sometime in the evening it started to rain, and continued to pour down all night. We needed to pull out a quilt to sleep under.

Tuesday morning the rain had washed the boat thoroughly, and instead of being unbearably hot we were digging into our cooler weather clothes for sweaters and wool socks. What a change! We grabbed a lull in the rain to take Shelby ashore and explore. 
We walked for a couple hours in a mostly light rain.  We toured downtown Glouchester, enjoying the art stores and restocking our library at a very nice independent book store.  This place smelled so wonderful!
We were soaked and chilled by the time we get back on board Second Star, and opted to make a warming lunch of posole rojo & hot corn bread.

Later in the afternoon we took a walk in the other direction and found a big grocery store.  The trip took way longer than it should have because Shelby walks at a slow snail's pace. One thing we've noticed about New England is that houses are incredibly close together and there's zero grass. I guess it's hard for a dog to generate enthusiasm for walking in those conditions.

All in all Gloucester was a pretty good stop. We didn't intend to spend 3 nights here, but it worked out well. Tomorrow we're moving north again.


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