Sept. 21 – The Pearl is Hibernating

Beacon Bay Marina

“It’s during the worst storms of your life that you find out who your true friends are.” –Unknown

We knew the cruising season was short up this way, but it got even shorter thanks to Hurricane Harvey. We lost half of August, all of September and the first weeks of October this year…a good seven or eight weeks of time we had planned to explore the Adirondack, fish for salmon, enjoy fall festivals and the changing of the leaves and especially spend more time with family. All those things can wait and we’ll definitely be spending more time in New York in the coming years.

Tuesday Stan moved the boat up the lake to Beacon Bay Marina in Cayuga and I drove the car, we spent the afternoon packing and loading up the car with things we take home. We’re getting pretty efficient at this job. We spent Wednesday winterizing the boat…this is the first time we’ve left the boat this far north, but we think she’s ready. We’ve done everything we can do and in a few weeks the yard will shrink wrap her and she’ll be ready to sleep through the long, cold New York winter. We’re already looking forward to next spring.

Leaving our slip in Ithaca...we will return.

Stopping for a pump out before we leave the marina

Stan leaving Allan H. Treman State Marine Park

Arriving at Beacon Bay Marina

Beacon Bay Marina

Inside storage at Beacon Bay

Our last night on The Pearl 

The Pearl being hauled out for the season 

Having her bottom cleaned before we put her to bed

Being parked in her winter home

On the hard for the season.

The Pearl and Enterprise...at least she'll have company during the winter. This boat belongs to friends we met at the marina in Ithaca.

Wrapped and ready for the winter.