Day Three in Massachusetts

The third day was a charm again.
The day was bright and sunny and the wind was calm. A perfect day to take a lighthouse cruise.
We left her around ten o'clock and we spent time shopping and exploring. We visited Rockport and Manchester.

They are beautiful New England towns with many beautiful homes with well kept yards, lovely beaches, quaint shops and narrow streets.We found Niles beach in East Gloucester and we spent about a half hour there looking for sea glass. We parked along the road in a spot that was supposed to be for residents with permits so we dared not stay long.

Next we headed to Gloucester, we wanted to get a parking spot and get our cruise tickets. I learned that Gloucester has no knowledge of the lighthouse passport program and so I did not get any stamps today.

We ate our lunch at a little park at the Public Landing dock. Before we knew it the time had come to board the King Eider.

She had a full load and the captain Steve was also the narrator. He did an excellent job of maneuvering the boat and informing us of the history of the area as well as the history of the 6 lighthouses that we saw.
We travelled around Cape Ann from Gloucester Harbor  past Rockport, north around Halibut Point State Park, and finally up Annisquam River and back into Gloucester Harbor. We had real good views of  Ten Pound Island Lighthouse, Eastern Point Lighthouse, Thacher Island Twin Lighthouses,Straitsmouth Island Lighthouse and finally the Annisquam Harbour lighthouse.

The day was great, sunny, warm and with calm seas, the only thing missing was lighthouse stamps for my passport.:-(
After we docked Ken and I returned to the truck and went on the hunt for a good seafood place to have supper. We were sooooooooo successful! We ate at Mile one Marker Restaurant. The mile one refers to the fact that it is on Mile one of the intracoastal Waterway which stretched 4500 Kl from the Atlantic to the Gulf coast. The food was fabulous. Ken had scallops and I had clams. We were seated outside on a beautiful patio and we were right on the marina so we could see so many of the beautiful people enjoying sunset and cocktails on the decks of their yachts.

This will be our last view of the ocean for awhile because we are heading west in the morning.