Bailey Beach

Underway from Birch Point at 2:00 PM with Betsey, WD, Ben and Alex aboard.  We took off from the mooring because Bill had his boat tied to the end of the float.  Alex brought her swim gear, so we had to find a place to swim.  The sky was partly cloudy and the humidity and hot air has finally given us a break!  It's nice out!  Ben was at the helm.  We headed down river with an eye to going in to Small Point Harbor.  On the way down, Alex got out my camera and took a few shots of the crew.  The first two shots below are ones she took.  We went through Sebasco Harbor and around Harbor Island.  When we got to Small Point, we decided to do the harbor tour first because we were almost at low tide and it is hard to get into Small Point at low tide.  We needed a little direction from another boat in order to do all the zigs and zags to get into the harbor.  I have never seen it when it has been this low because we usually plan to come when it is high tide. 

 When we wove our way around the sandbars and came out of the Harbor, we dropped the anchor at Bailey's Beach and Alex and Ben went swimming.  The water temp was 61 degrees or so. 

 Ben and Alex swam in to the beach and did some running into the water.  They had a good time.

 There was a dad who had a little sailboat and was taking his two kids out and sailing around with them.  They had a good time.

We finally hauled up the anchor at about 4:45 PM and headed home.  It was a nice ride and was something we had not done before.  Alex had a good time too.  Megan left for Limestone and Math Camp this morning.  We will have to take her here when she gets back!

We arrived back at Birch Point at about 5:45 PM.  We landed at the mooring and WD rowed Alex and Ben back to the float so they could get home.  BZ put Whitecap to bed and then rowed in with WD.  A good time was had by all.