Phoned the hostels first thing this morning and had no problem getting through. Made reservations at Martha's Vineyard for tomorrow and Monday nights. It would have been smarter if I'd made the Nantucket reservations first, because the earliest I could get there was next weekend. That means we'll have to come back from Martha's Vineyard on Tuesday and then go again on Saturday. We had hoped to be able to go directly from Martha's Vineyard to Nantucket, but I goofed.
We walked over to the New Bedford Visitor Center to go on the nine o'clock walking tour. It turned out on Saturdays the tour starts at 9:30, so we had to sit around for half an hour. Saw some interesting old buildings, mostly built in the early 1800's.
Had sandwiches for lunch at a little cafe next to the Visitor Center. Then we visited the Seaman's Bethel of Moby Dick fame. Yes, the pulpit really is built like the bow of a ship.
Spent several hours in the Whaling Museum. Many interesting exhibits. Saw a movie made in 1921 of an actual whaling expedition.
When we got back to the boat, Roy went over to the shop to get the generator engine he had left for repairs several days ago. Brought it back to the boat and tried it. The choke still didn't work, so he took it back to the shop. The linkage was in backwards again! The guy apologized and fixed it right away. Roy brought it back to the boat. This time, the generator started right away but only put out 100 volts, not enough to run the microwave. It was time for the shop to close, so Roy just told him about it and said he'd bring the engine back in when we return from Martha's Vineyard.
An ambulance came with a bunch of EMT's and police. A small Coast Guard boat brought in a guy who had jumped in the water. We saw them taking him by on a stretcher. Roy found out he was a drug addict.
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