Shelburne Bay to Burlington Harbour Marina, Burlington, Vermont

 We had a leisurely breakfast and called the marina to see if we could come in early to avoid the rain. The wind had picked up and we had difficulty backing into the slip so we came into the double slip bow in making it a little more difficult getting off the boat needing the step stool. We made it to the Bayfront Market and Liquor Store for local Vermont Gin and tonic and to Foam Brewery before the rain started. We had a delicious avocado salsa and chips and local brews before the rain let up enough to head back to the boat. The wind picked up as well as the rain and we rocked and rolled all night. The wave kicked up over the concrete floating docks as well. 

Burlington Harbour

Battey Park Promenade

On Tuesday morning, the rain let up and we headed up to Skinny Pancake for a savory crepe breakfast. We continued walking up the hill past Vermont University Campus to the Interstate and the West Marine and Autoparts stores. Back down the hill  we stopped at the Patagonia Store as the Eastern Mountain Sports Store closed down. We stopped at the Splash Restaurant at the City Marina and enjoyed a beer and coconut shrimp at the lakeside patio dock for lunch. We then headed to the City Market Co-op Store for fruits and veggies. After dropping the groceries at the boat, we headed back to Church Street Promenade and browsed through a artist gallery shop. With the black clouds threatening we returned to the boat for a dock walk and happy hour on the fly bridge. The wind calmed down to flat calm but still a cloudy cool day.

The public fishing pier next to our dock

The Coast Guard Station next to the marina

The entrance to the marina docks

The  Adirondack Mountains across the lake 

Along the lakefront promenade 

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The  zoo route to bathrooms at Skinny Pancake Cafe

Downtown Burlington

Coast Guard Station

Canoe dock

Gorgeous flowers along lake front

Splash Restaurant at City Marina

Tour Boat heading out from CIty Marina

At the Art Gallery

View from the flybridge at happy hour

On Wednesday morning we headed back to Skinny Pancake for a breakfast burrito and another great savory crepe with breakfast sausage, Cabot Vermont cheese and diced apples with maple syrup on the side. It started raining so we headed back to the boat and did boat chores all day. The rain never let up all day. We did get our two packages delivered.

Amazing architecture

On Thursday morning, it was still threatening rain so we headed back to Skinny Pancake planning to get a sweet crepe but they delayed their opening  so by 8:15 we headed to August One Bakery where the crowd was. We found a seat and ordered a Maple grilled biscuit and avocado toast and the line was too long to wait in to buy a baguette so we headed back to the boat to take the clothes out of the washer and load the dryer. We then headed back up the hill to City Hardware and then back to the bakery for two banquettes. We finished up the laundry, filled the water tanks and headed to the fuel dock for a pump out before heading off under cloudy, rain threatening skies.