It started raining in the middle of the night and was raining when we woke up. We were watching the weather trying to find a dry window to go into town. The forecast kept shifting and around mid-morning we just gave up and decided to go in. Here’s a lovely picture of me pumping the rainwater out of the bottom of the dinghy.
We donned our foulies (Rick’s term for our foul weather gear) and set off. Not many boats were in the mooring field or at the dinghy dock. I guess Edgartown in the rain isn’t a big draw. Our plan was to go to meat and fish market and the grocery store, then bring the food back to the boat and potentially go back into town to see a couple of museums if we weren’t monsooned by that point.
We started our walk to the meat and fish market and got waylaid by a coffee shop with a covered outdoor courtyard. We got our coffee and tea and all the tables were taken so we squeezed on the end of one that was occupied by a family. Of course Rick started talking to them. They were a couple with three kids and the kid’s friends, all from Hampton, NH. The mother had been a ballerina and taught ballet for Boston Ballet. We had a very interesting conversation about her professional experiences.
Once warm and fed (really good almond croissants!) we continued our walk. It was a little over a mile to the meat and fish store, drizzling the whole way. We were dry and comfortable in our foulies. We got to the store and it was closed because someone had accidently driven through the front of the store — apparently the fourth occurrence. We headed on to the Stop N’ Shop and did our grocery shopping. We stopped at another fish market on the way back to town and got scallops and tuna.
It was about 12:30 by this time so we went to a downtown restaurant — The Wharf — for lunch where Rick has some excellent clam chowder and Kathryn had a Caesar salad. Bellies full we dinghied back to boat (dinghying in the rain is pretty miserable). Back at the boat we put the groceries away and didn’t really feel like putting our wet foulies back on so we spent the afternoon in the boat listening to the rain. We checked the weather because we were hoping to go to Nantucket tomorrow. Unfortunately more rain is scheduled for tomorrow morning with very high wind gusts so we are scrapping the Nantucket idea and just sticking around in Martha’s Vineyard.
That evening Rick had his scallops — fresh from Menemsha — and Kathryn had a turkey sandwich. It’s hard to make two separate dinners on a two-burner stove. After dinner we read and made it an early night.