Mystic Seaport - The Museum of America and the Seas

Today we drove to the Mystic Seaport which was hosting The Wooden Boat Show. This is an annual event sponsored by Wooden Boat Magazine and the Mystic Seaport Museum. Dozens of wooden boats were on display - both restorations and new boats. Many of the boats were built by their owners and one workshop was designed to help people complete building a small wooden boat such as  punt or canoe during the weekend. Numerous exhibitors were on hand selling various products and services to the boat builders and mariners. The weather was perfect and we enjoyed the day. We can hardly wait to return with Foreign Affair next week when Carla's daughter, Ann and her boys join us for a week long vacation.

Steam Powered Paddle Wheeler

We took a short driving tour along the banks of the Mystic River and through the town of Mystic. The town itself is obviously catering to the tourist; however, it doesn't take long to travel inland along the Mystic River to feel like the nearest tourist is hundreds of miles away. We are sure this will be one of the highlights of our travels aboard Foreign Affair.

Motor Yacht Bow View

Motor Yacht Stern View (Tender Stored Over Cabin)