WICKFORD IS A WINNER!

After an enjoyable cruise from Mystic, we spent last Friday and Saturday in Wickford, Rhode Island, at a quiet marina in this charming small village on the RI coast.  Wickford is located in a protected cove in the West Passage of Narragansett Bay.  It has one of the best and least pretentious collections of 18th and early 19th century buildings. Thanks to Kathy and Jim Matthiessen for recommending this lovely stop as an alternative to nearby Newport where all the transient boat slips were taken because of the popular America's Cup Race taking place that weekend.

 

Wickford Lighthouse

The lighthouse at the end of the point is privately owned and on the market for $6.5 million!

A surprise visitor from Vero Beach came by Saturday morning in her kayak.  Ann Baker, who also lives in nearby Saugerstown, RI, was out kayaking with a friend when they came upon The MollyBelle in the harbor.  I don't know which one of us was more surprised when she called my name and I stuck my head out of the back door of the boat!   

Saturday afternoon Grand Harbor friends, Carol and Michael Corbett, drove over from Westport Point, MA, and took us out to lunch in Jamestown RI.  We had a great time viewing some of the sailboats on Narraganset Bay and taking in some of the sights along the rural RI roads.  We stopped at Dave's Market in Wickford on the way back so that I could pick up a few things for the boat.  What a fabulous grocery store!  Carol and I want to return to Wickford just to shop there!

Ann Baker picked us up at the boat Sunday morning and drove us to Mass at her parish of Christ the King Church in Kingstown.  Their new pastor was saying his first Mass there and he spoke about journeys in his homily.  His emphasis was on the journey of Faith in our lives.  I couldn't help but think about how that applies to our "MollyBelle Journey."  Our visits to the various churches along the way have been very enriching!  Earlier in our journey I took a photo of this prayer at a church in Hilton Head.  I thought it was just perfect for us!