Blue Guitar........................from K

Block Island is the Outer Banks of northeast, but better! It's the vacation island for the New Englanders - and others. We were four boats away from Eric Clapton anchored on his boat, Blue Guitar. We actually dinghied ten feet away from him as he was sitting in his cockpit, but of course P & I were too busy admiring the boat to realize it was Eric until he was cruising out of the harbor. Oh well - I doubt he would have invited us aboard even if we had waved and stared and begged for an autograph.

The water is crystal clear here - really! We could actually see our anchor hit bottom. The beaches are long and dramatic with cliffs and houses on the bluff, and the water is coooold. We ate lobster at Finn's and wandered the cute little shops - who buys all this stuff? Our favorite entertainment is still dinghying around as the sun is setting guessing the make and year of boats and imagining our "next" boat. No worries, Senara, you're still our best girl!

Eric Clapton - headed out of the Block Island inlet. You can see his head just above the stern rail. Nice, classic yacht with character (for a power boat).

I have never seen so many boats at anchor in one place.

Block island - google map link

http://maps.google.com/maps?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4DKUS_enUS269US270&q=block+island&um=1&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=imagesnum=1&ct=image

The water is crystal clear, but really cold.

Lobsta! At the local place.