Sandy Hook, NJ

Yipppeee, the Harrison girls have come to visit.  Ginger, Bruce, Amy and Tesse were our neighbors at our cabin in Angelus Oaks, CA for 3 years, but they’ve since moved back to their hometown in NJ.  We sure do miss them in California, but hey, if they lived in California, they wouldn’t have been able to drive to Sandy Hook to spend the weekend with us.

Sandy Hook and the Atlantic Highlands area were devastated by Hurricane Sandy last fall.  They are working hard to put a new marina in.  There are stacks of docks in the parking lot waiting to be put in the water, barges, cranes, and workmen all over the place.  Atlantic Highlands is a beautiful little town, 1st street starts at the water and the ferry landing where commuters travel across the bay to NYC and for about a half mile offers restaurants, shops and the theater on the way to Super Foodtown grocery store. This was a wonderful place to get off the boat after all the days hold up inside the cabin.

The Harrisons came at just the right time, the weather warmed up and dried up for a bit for everyone to sit out side.

Roy went back to fishing.  He catches some of the most interesting things.  This clam wouldn’t let let go of the hook and eventually Roy had to cut him free.

Amy and then Tesse used to baby sit our kids when they were little.  It was a wonderful break to have someone take care of the little cherubs at the cabin while I went on a dog walk or up to visit with Ginger.

One of the things we did on a snowy day in Angelus Oaks was puzzles.  Ginger brought us a cool sea turtle puzzle just the right size for extra evening entertainment.


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The day after they left, the rain came back and we were trapped on the boat again.  The water was the color of chocolate, the rain over filled our collection buckets, a cold wind made us close the windows and doors, trapped inside again.  Bored little girls always come up with something to do.

They got the fruit baskets and played catch with a ball.  Since this could be potentially hazardous to things in the galley or Eric’s electronics on the table, they were put down in a hallway to play.  When ‘catch’ wasn’t fun any longer, playing with the rain can be fun when properly dressed.

As the week wears on waiting for the weather to improve and an ordered part to arrive, regular chores like grocery shopping and laundry have to be done.  Eric dropped us off in one direction for our hike to the laundry and then later in the other direction for a hike to the grocery store.

On the way back from the grocery store the kids spotted a movie theater.  That’s right up Daddy’s alley, he spends too many hours working and on the computer, so when he came ashore to pick up groceries, I switched with him.

Back out on the water, the clam fishermen are scooping the bottom for tasty little bivalves. The fishermen had baskets on super long poles, maybe 20 feet long.  They would push and pull on the pole digging up a basket of clams to sort.

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