Port Jefferson and Westbrook

A beautiful short cruise into Port Jefferson today Thursday May 23rd. It is such a beautiful harbor to enter surrounded by the green hills with hidden houses on one side, the ferry dock on the other and a massive power plant on the southwest side of the harbor. Danforth Hotel and Marina is where we have a reservation and although the docks are in need of repair and the hotel could do with some TLC we have an excellent dinner and breakfast ( although service was very slow and our breakfast could have been warmer ) ! The Ferryman’s Grille needs to step it up before the season begins. We have once again a very large mega yacht Neverland block our sunset and when they bring the tender alongside NH the next morning we are feeling a little intimidated! 

Here is the tender - five 450 HP engines! And yes that is NH in the background.

The village of Port Jefferson is really quite tiny but we find a wonderful ice- cream shop which is also a mega pastry, candy and all sorts of sugary treats.
Really a challenge to resist.

Nana admiring the two dolphins on either side of the entrance and Nandad beside the old ticket office with the ferry in the background. The ferry comes from Bridgeport of which there are three so a very frequent whistle blowing until 10pm. According to the waterway guide in the mid 1800’s P.T.Barnum helped found a ferry service between Port Jeff and his circus base in Bridgeport - 14 miles across the Sound. 

Finally the totally full moon over Port Jefferson from our bow. Tomorrow we will wait for the tide to be in our favor and leave for Pilot Point Marina SH which is across the sound in Westbrook CT.

Friday May 24th takes NH across Long Island Sound to Westbrook CT. The waters were so calm Nana was thrilled to be able to eat lunch enroute and enjoy the wonderful sunshine. We have stayed at Pilots Point Marina before and really enjoyed the atmosphere. There is a lovely restaurant, corn hole area with Adirondack chairs, a fire pit area and a nice short walk to a tiny beach. The area is a small gated community with lovely homes of great variety from small to large. Bridget meets us for dinner which was really nice to catch up with family as we had not seen her since before we left in October.

The marina is tucked in among the marshes of the Menunketesuck ( now that’s a mouth full ) River and the Patchogue River so there are lots of small craft moving in and out, fishing, and cruising. 

This picture is taken as we leave the marina with Duck Island in the foreground. We once again leave later so we can catch the tide as we cruise Fishers Sound.