Hi Dear Folk,
You can see the tea, but you are going to have to imagine the islands.
After Halibut Point, I had a lunch appointment at Tierney's house. I was served tea in her mothers antique set, you know how much I loved that, and Rob did marinated steak tips on the grill served with mashed potatoes, very good.
I did a little journaling, then after lunch about 2:30PM to catch the high tide, we took the kayaks down to the water to paddle over to one of the many little saltgrass and sand islands. If I use the word idyllic, it does not capture the beauty of it. We launched the kayaks off the salt grass, which is amazing, it's like standing on water because the grass holds your weight, and yet the water can be four or more feet deep, just don't step down a hole in the grass. There was also a very long granite stone pier, which we stepped off onto the salt grass. This area is all private property, but because Tierney lives on the island, they are allowed to use it.
I got to swim a bit off the little salt grass and sand island, then we headed on back to shower and make it out to dinner before the sun set. I didn't take my camera because of kayaking, but I should have taken it down to the pier and taken photos, oh well, it's all in my mind.
It's amazing how very similar Tierney's house is in style to our house, with the Dutch style roof line, only a larger version.
Here we are at Farnham's Seafood and Grill it has lovely views across the wetlands. Tierney says that as a family they have sailed to the restaurant from their house, ate and sailed home again.
Couldn't leave Massachusetts without trying some clam chowder and a very good fish sandwich.
A little history on clams. Clams were so prolific that they were only used for bate, even lobster if you can believe this were at one time feed to the prison inmates. Woodman's Seafood, (take a look at their videos of Woodman's restaurant and the area) just down the road is said to be the originator of the fried clam. I can imagine some very poor family coming up with the idea of New England Clam Chowder, which has the white milk/cream broth.
Christine
You can see the tea, but you are going to have to imagine the islands.
After Halibut Point, I had a lunch appointment at Tierney's house. I was served tea in her mothers antique set, you know how much I loved that, and Rob did marinated steak tips on the grill served with mashed potatoes, very good.
I did a little journaling, then after lunch about 2:30PM to catch the high tide, we took the kayaks down to the water to paddle over to one of the many little saltgrass and sand islands. If I use the word idyllic, it does not capture the beauty of it. We launched the kayaks off the salt grass, which is amazing, it's like standing on water because the grass holds your weight, and yet the water can be four or more feet deep, just don't step down a hole in the grass. There was also a very long granite stone pier, which we stepped off onto the salt grass. This area is all private property, but because Tierney lives on the island, they are allowed to use it.
I got to swim a bit off the little salt grass and sand island, then we headed on back to shower and make it out to dinner before the sun set. I didn't take my camera because of kayaking, but I should have taken it down to the pier and taken photos, oh well, it's all in my mind.
It's amazing how very similar Tierney's house is in style to our house, with the Dutch style roof line, only a larger version.
Here we are at Farnham's Seafood and Grill it has lovely views across the wetlands. Tierney says that as a family they have sailed to the restaurant from their house, ate and sailed home again.
Couldn't leave Massachusetts without trying some clam chowder and a very good fish sandwich.
A little history on clams. Clams were so prolific that they were only used for bate, even lobster if you can believe this were at one time feed to the prison inmates. Woodman's Seafood, (take a look at their videos of Woodman's restaurant and the area) just down the road is said to be the originator of the fried clam. I can imagine some very poor family coming up with the idea of New England Clam Chowder, which has the white milk/cream broth.
Christine
What a blissful day. Would have loved to paddle a kayak there.
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