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3AM - Bless him, Mark is up and getting ready to head out.  I ran a quick note with some $$ up to the office drop box at Crocker’s, and then Mark and I cast off, letting Bri sleep for a bit.  I have discovered that, along with the no sea sickness gene I received from my Mom, I have also gotten the gift of being able to sleep well while in motion - any motion.  So that said, and coffee steeping, Mark and I called the bridge asking them to open in about 5, and after a friendly exchange with the bridge operator, and his well wishes for a safe journey, we headed out of New London, and off down the Sound.  I stayed awake with Mark (who has done a remarkable amount of the driving on this trip so far) for a couple of hours, at which point he sent me below to go back to sleep.  Shortly thereafter Brian got up, and joined Mark.

For me this next part of the trip is well, asleep.  But suffice to say, when I woke up, Brian was at the helm, and we were passing through by Guilford CT (I thought of you E as we were passing through this area, and waved hi to your folks).  I relieved Brian at the helm for a while, and Bri made us all some quesadillas.  After a few slow and uneventful hours, Mark came up and relieved me, and I went back downstairs for more napping.  I have decided that napping as a rule is an underrated activity, because I’ll tell you, getting in a nap makes all the difference in the world! (you were right Mom!)  I slept until about 8ish, at which point I got up to relieve Brian, but the boys were hungry, so instead I whipped up some delicious dinner (courtesy of Sandi) in the form of pasta Bolognese!  I’ll tell you, hot food in a bowl is a great thing, a really great thing.  We ate, and continued our way down the Sound, coming up to Little Bay just outside of the Throgs Neck Bridge, where we put in at anchor for the night.  After review of the weather information, and some discussion about
tidal patterns, we decided that it would be best to get up in the AM at about 7 and head through Hell Gate during the morning slack tide.

We tucked in for the night, and set our alarms for 8 hours later… a much needed full night’s sleep.