By Bryson Andersen Conway

I can’t wait to go on our trip!  It’s going to be so much fun going to Maine, Block Island, the Caribbean, and maybe some parts of the Gulf of Mexico.  I hope some of my friends (you) come and take their vacation to some of the places we are going to.  If you want, you can tell your mom to talk to my mom so you can set up a vacation there and I can show you my boat.  We’re going to go out on the boat in the spring to get ready for the trip so maybe you could join us.

I have had some experience with boating.  I have sailed with my dad and my uncle and my sister.  We went from Essex, Connecticut to Haverstraw, New York on our new boat.  At first, I was really enthusiastic about going on the trip, but then d I started to get tired and grumpy and I didn’t really like it.  The waves were like 10 feet high.  I really liked it once we got to the shore of Long Island, when the waves settled.  I was there with my dad, my Uncle Tom, Mark (a friend), and my sister.  We took the trip because we had to get our boat to a closer place to our home.  It was in Essex because we bought it there.

Our trip was long.  It took us 22 hours to deliver the boat.  We left Essex and went west on the Long Island Sound to New York City.  We sailed down the East River, around the southern tip of Manhattan, and north up the Hudson River, under the George Washington Bridge and the Tappan Zee Bridge.  When we went past the George Washington Bridge at night, the shore looked like a Christmas tree because it was full of lights.  When we got to the marina, I was tired and exhausted from staying up long but I was happy about my accomplishment.  This was a tough sailing trip.  They are usually smooth and easy.

Stay tuned for more stories about my adventures with my family.