Blogs from Sandwich, Massachusetts, United States, North America

October marks the Cranberry Harvest season in Massachusetts, the world's second largest producer of Cranberries! Cranberries are harvested in a rather unique way. A cranberry field is flooded with water leading to the creation of a cranberry bog! The cranberries then float up on top of the water surface and can be collected. Thus, it is a rather interesting sight to watch. The largest cranberry producer in MA, AD Makepeace and company has an annual harvest festival which we decided to visit .. We decided to end the day with a trip to the charming town of Sandwich. This town has a still functioning corn mill, by a pretty pond. It also has a very interesting glass museum which catalogs the history of Sandwich as one of the erstwhile glass blowing centers of the US. It ... read more

New England coast of the United States, Hello to all, Since we last posted, we have travelled further along the eastern US seaboard stopping in a couple places along the way. We had to sit out some poor weather in Portland ME, where an overnight transiting dockage turned out to be a week at the dock. We stayed in a really nice marina called Spring Point and the dock master there, Ian, was a really nice guy. Most surrounding marinas in the area charge between $2.50-$3.25 per linear foot of vessel, but since it was off season, Ian only charged us $1/ft. We forgot to mention that our boat has a tendency to shrink when entering a marina... specially in cold waters. So we were charged for 50 feet, and that, for only 5 of ... read more