Marc- This is Stephanie's birthday and her celebratory weekend in Vermont with her friends. We arrived at the Marina at 14:00. It took me some time to set up the boat and to install the new electronic ignition (we blew it out from a power surge while we were tied to the dock a week ago). The atomic 4 started right up and I was greeted at the dock by our friends John and Mindy Donnelly along with Stephanie and her friends: Gia, Carolina, Tayla and Sarah. We then set sail for Kingsland Bay and the RSYC picnic planned at the State Park. Not much wind although we raised the mainsail as well as the spinnaker before motoring into the Bay. We rafted up to Coquina, John and Mindy's boat. The picnic was fine and they even sang Happy Birthday to Stephanie. We returned to the marina for the night. I then drove Stephanie and her friends up to Burlington. Burlington is definitely a ‘happening’ town. It’s a college town with the University of Vermont and Chaplain College within walking distance of downtown. The marina is at the waters edge. Town is up the hill.
We hit Burlington at the right time. Summer is just starting up here as of last weekend. They have a Jazz festival this week on Church Street, their pedestrian only part of town. We enjoyed some dinner at a Creperie right on Church Street.
Church St pedestrian walkway...no bikes allowed
Church Street was buzzing with people and music. We waled around seeing a couple of performances and then had dinner at one of the Crepe restaurants. They had vegetarian options.
Enjoyed some of the jazz performances on Church Street in Burlington VT
