Return To Valcour

Valcour Island, NY

44 37.36 N 073 24.50 W

Well we're back.  This is a big milestone in our year.   Both Libby and I think that Valcour Island is the nicest place on this whole planet.  A place where we would happily stay for all of eternity.    We return with great pleasure.

Because of our new gigantic anchor, we can fit in here at Sloop Cove on Valcour well sheltered from the weather.   We can dingy ashore.  We can walk the trails.  We can clamber around the limestone palisades and revisit the ancient juniper trees that have been here much longer than we.

To tell the truth, we have never seen Valcour in the winter.   Since there is no shelter, no buildings here for us it would be brisk to say the least.  However, I'm encouraged by my friends Bob and Carol who said just this week that he loves nearby Willsboro Bay in the winter because it is so beautiful.  

Carol sits on her porch in winter and watches the water freeze.  Evidently, she has learned how to truly relax and watch nature with patience.  Imagine that, and she's not even a sailor ;)

We have been advised to look out for the Perseid meteor shower for the next several nights.   Alas, it is cloudy and it will likely stay cloudy for the next few days. We have tried to watch Perseid flybys many times before in years past.  9 years out of 10 its too cloudy.  Oh well, such is life.