Visitors

North Beach
44 29.38 N 073 14.23 W

Yesterday we met with Stephan and Lori. They are the couple from the yacht Twin Sprits that we have known for several years. Last summer they "went over to the dark side." That means they sold their boat and put the money into an RV. After 11 years of cruising by boat, they switched to cruising on land. Libby and I were very interested in their stories and curious about their reactions to the switch.

Not surprisingly, Stephan and Lori have been thoroughly enjoying themselves. They started in Massachusetts, then traveled to Florida, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, Kansas, Pennsylvania, and back to Massachusetts again. Now they're preparing for another grand tour of the lower 48. They say that there are many similarities between the water and land based cruising life styles, but some important differences too. One disappointment was that they found it harder to make new cruising friends in the RV park. They say it is because the RV cruisers stay in one place only a short time before moving on, and because they choose from an infinite number of routes. East coast boating cruisers go up and down the same coast on roughly the same schedule. That means that they have many experienced in common and that they cross paths with familiar faces much more often. Interesting.

Anyhow, Stephan and Lori drove up here to visit us, and to explore Vermont a little bit. So far the weather has been uncooperative with scattered showers, and no good views of the mountains. I hope that improves soon.

I can't start our outboard motor. We haven't used it since the Bahamas. I suspect bad fuel. I'm going to go ashore now in search of a gas station to buy some fresh gasoline.