Walking Tour of Port Washington

It was a beautiful, cool morning. So, we rode the dinghy in to the town dock and took a walking tour of Port Washington. We enjoy learning about the history of the places we visit. So, our first destination ashore was the Sands-Willets House which dates back to the early 1700s. A special exhibit of clothing and costumes was coming to a close. We thought it would be interesting to see the exhibit and house. After walking a bit over two miles to get there, we discovered tours of the house were only being conducted on Sundays and the exhibit closed last Sunday. We were able to sit on the porch and cool off with some ice water provided by the artist in residence who was very informative and regretted our missing the wonderful exhibit. We learned to call ahead to check on museum hours prior to taking a long hike and discovering the doors closed.



We stopped at the Thomas Dodge Homestead on the way to the town dock. It is the oldest house in Port Washington having been built in 1721. It too was not open for tours, but it was on our way back to the boat and we were not expecting it to be open.

Dodge House

We cooled ourselves with some wonderful Italian ice before getting back in the dinghy for the short ride back to Foreign Affair. Naps were taken before supper. We spent the rest of the evening reading.