Cross Island to Roque Island

Tuesday, July 23 - Happy Birthday to Bruce! It rained a good amount in the morning and continued on an off during the day. I called my brother to wish him a happy birthday and we chatted for an hour, it was nice to catch up with him. Meanwhile Gary was able to score live lobsters from a lobsterman for $6 each! I spent the day making coleslaw and baking granola and a fruit crisp for dessert, perfect day as the oven warmed up the cabin nicely, temperature inside was 68 degrees! I also pulled out my cold weather clothing that I had tucked away in the forward cabin cabinet. I had read not to put clothes or other material next to a bulkhead for mold proposes and found out that when you do the material gets very damp. I had to hang my clothes around the aft cabinet to dry them out. In the evening we went over to Gary and Renee’s boat to steam the lobster and share dinner together.

Roque Island
Wednesday, July 24 - it was 56 degrees when we woke up, a tad of fog but no rain. The water was as smooth as glass. After it warmed up a bit we went ashore on a rocky beach. The island is a national wildlife refuge. It was interesting as there was no sand and we hypothesized the rocks fell from cliffs over thousands of years. Back on the boat we made hot lobster rolls for lunch with leftovers from last night. We pulled up the anchor at 1:05 p.m. and headed to Roque Island, this time going to the other side. The fog was very thick outside of the cove and impossible to see anything and we motored the entire time. It was still very cold on the water and I was prepared having retrieved my warmer clothes the day before. I had on a thermal top, heavy jacket, ski gloves and warm leggings!
The fog lighten up by 3:00, just in time for us to anchor at 3:30.Read more