2025 Life Logs, Day 163: Hand in Hand, Boat Launch, PRIDE Party
Date: Friday the Thirteenth, June, 2025
Weather: Partly Sunny Turning Cloudy Mid-Afternoon; High Temp 71, Low 58 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue with My Shadow, Falmouth, MA
Lynne and I started our day with a walk through downtown with Shadow and then a trip to Hand in Hand, Falmouth Service Center’s thrift shop. Lynne works in a thrift shop in New Zealand and wanted to see what Falmouth had to offer. Hand in Hand in run by volunteers and Lynne and I both agreed that is a well laid-out and organized shop with so much to offer.
Then we switched gears. Today was Ardenna’s launch day.
Heather and Jed both took the day off work to meet Brownell, the transport company, who would haul the boat back across the bridge to Mattapoisett where it would be put in the water. Last night, Ollie asked if he could go along on this adventure, and by this morning we had decided that since Ollie had a half day of school today due to final exams, Heather and Jed would drive to Mattapoisett behind the boat transport truck, and Lynne and I would pick Ollie up and deliver him to Mattapoisett. He was then going to get onboard and motor the boat back to Woods Hole while Heather drove their car home and Lynne and I returned home in my car.
With those logistics in place, we went into action. When Lynne, Ollie, and I got to Mattapoisett, the boat was still not in the water. With Heather and Jed aboard the boat, we watched the launch. The launch went flawlessly, but then Heather had to back the boat out of a very long, narrow space between two rock jetties with boats tied off on both sides. That is no easy trick with a sailboat and no wind, but today there was backing into a strong wind. Lynne and a man from Brownell fending off from land and Jed fended off from the boat. Then we had to get Ollie aboard for the trip down the harbor to the marina to get water and gas. Lynne drove Heather’s car and I drove in my car about a mile down the road to Mattapoisett Boat Yard to meet them. Lynne helped along with another man on the dock to catch lines. The water tanks were then filled, the fuel tank filled, and the dinghy was readied for the trip across Buzzards Bay and through The Hole to Great Harbor in Woods Hole. There were a few glitches in the plan, but overall, everything went amazingly smoothly, especially considering today is Friday the Thirteenth!
The Falmouth PRIDE Party began today at 5 pm at the Gus Canty Rec Center. Heather was reading the Select Board Proclamation at 5:15 pm, so after Lynne and I got home, we took a little break before heading to the PRIDE Party. It was a well-attended celebration with food, games, music, and joy.
When Lynne and I left the Rec Center, we headed out in search of sushi for dinner. I first drove to The Flying Bridge, but it was totally packed. Arts Alive was started this evening downtown on the library lawn live music, so my next best bet was to head downtown and hope everyone was on the lawn listening to music, leaving the restaurants not so crowded. It was a good bet as we were seated at Bluefins right away and had a beautifully presented and delicious sushi dinner.
Lynne leaves in the morning and I head out to Falmouth’s No Kings Day rally. The weather report is miserable with cooler temps and rain. But we shall persist.
