New England - Spring 2010

[glatt]

So now it's after dinner, and we have driven to the beach to watch the events from there. Another race has just started, and you can see the greased pole as it appears from the beach.


Nobody was really watching before, but now the beach is packed with spectators. I think the official greased pole competition may have just happened. We probably missed it while we had dinner.


There are some guys playing on the greased pole, but it's not an official event at this point. The guy making announcements asks them to get off the pole as the rowers are coming back to the beach to the finish line. I guess they don't want any swimmers falling into a boat or getting hit by one.


I think this guy jumped more than slipped. But most slipped.


This is the end of the race.


With the races over, and nobody on the greased pole, we go for a ride on the ferris wheel. This is the festival. It's called something like the St. Peter Festival, because St. Peter (or whoever) is the patron saint of fishermen.


There's a religious aspect to this festival, and a real Italian aspect to it too. I heard lots of people speaking Italian. They have services and religious music going on in a tent in the middle of all the funnel cakes and rides. The day I left, they were going to do a blessing of the fleet. I think that could have been cool to watch, but I missed it.


The next morning, we went for a quick one hour paddle. We put in on the protected side of a breakwater, and then paddled around it an a fair distance out into the open ocean.


Then we came back in closer and paddled along the breakwater on the exposed side. The ocean was very calm.


Another lighthouse.


Showing off the underwater camera. Glatt from a fish's point of view.


And finally, landing.


The rest of my trip wasn't particularly interesting for anyone who isn't a family member. If you want to see any full sized images, they are on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/glatt/