Hospitality in Humarock

8/24/07 – I woke up this morning and ate a breakfast of oatmeal. I had to wait a few hours to depart because I wanted to make it to the entrance of the Cape Cod Canal at slack tide, the time when the tidal current stands still. I went back to Parker’s marina and used the bathroom and then departed northward. Buzzards Bay was much choppier than the previous day because I had a good tailwind. I got to the Cape Cod Canal just as planned and the turning current carried me through in very good time. I had a great wind when I came out the other side of the canal and alternated between a beam reach and a broad reach for the rest of the afternoon. I was a little nervous because for the first time for the entire trip I didn’t have charts that gave me information about the waters that I was traveling on. I stayed a good distance offshore and paid close attention to all the information available to me and it worked out just fine. I came into the North River inlet at around 6:30 and met Mike Donahue on a pier in Humarock. He got aboard and we motored over to his friend’s floating dock in the South River. She was on the dock waiting for us and introduced herself as Chris. I gathered my things and got a ride to shore from a passing motor boat and we all went up to Chris’ house. She has an amazing view overlooking the river and the ocean. We then drove over to Mike’s house and his wife, Mi Sun, had made a delicious Chicken Parmesan dinner for us. We stayed there for quite a while and then Chris and her husband drove me to the shop that they operate in Humarock called Humming Rock Gifts and showed me to the upstairs apartment that they had offered me for a few days.