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| Restaurant at the marina |
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| Norwich, CT |
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| Marina at Norwich |
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| Leaving Norwich, Ct |
Entering the slip area, we can see that it is a pole tie-up, not a floating dock. This means jockeying the boat side-to-side and back and forth to attach lines to tall poles at four points, while criss-crossing the lines off the stern. I hate this stuff! I have to run the decks like a rat in a maze. An old rat at that. A young dockhand jumps aboard and doesn’t do much better than I can by myself. Boat owners on either side also join in to get us settled.
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| Blue Belle "strangled" at the dock, 7' tide swings |
Another hot day, so we head to the pool. The high retaining wall surrounding half the pool is crumbling and looks like it will collapse. A pudgy little guy named Riley, and his sister, have taken over the pool. Dad sits across from where they are jumping in. I’m guessing Riley is about three. I’m guessing, too, that Riley’s folks told him never to pee in the pool. Why do I think that? Riley proceeds to pull out his equipment from the side of his training undies and pees directly on the concrete right next to the steps into the pool. No one says a word. Good job, buddy! Swim time is over.
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| The "wreck room" at Burr's Marina |
We walk up to the restaurant where it appears there is a drug sale underway from the trunk of a car. Dinner at On the Waterfront is actually quite good, but we will not be returning to Burr’s, or New London for that matter.
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