Bristol --> Fall River --> Providence, ball(s)

A little behind from the holiday (4th of July) so I'm catching up.

July 4:

On July 4 we traveled to Fall River which was a very short day. We didn't get underway until 11 am. There's a naval museum there and the mooring field is largely sheltered by a battleship acting as a breaker. Despite that, given the holiday, anyone who has a boat was out and about on it, waking, whooping, and firing off fireworks. Yes. From the boat.

Additionally, the mooring field was jammed with locals gathered to watch the official fireworks display. The town puts a barge in the river and put on quite a show -- lasted nearly 30 minutes.

Lots of locals out to watch tonight's fireworks.
That raft has 11 boats on it.

For a few dollars you can watch the fireworks from the battleship.
It's clear many people do, looking at the crowds on the bow.

The following day we hung out in Fall River. We went to a brewery nearby, then off to Sagres, a Portuguese restaurant. THAT was outstanding. Lots of fish items, all prepared uniquely, and all of it delicious.

We ended the day with a ride on the old carousel, built in 1920. A rather nice holiday, all in all.

Round and round we go!

July 6: 

Passing under the bridge on a dreary day, out of 
Fall River.

The winds were high but not much of an issue. It was on our nose for the first segment, then on our stern the next. Once we got moored, however, we bounced most of the day.

Our solution? Don't be on the boat. We all packed up scooters and headed to shore, Highwind's crew took their dinghy but we took the launch (largely because we were lazy and didn't want a wet dinghy ride -- the launch was nice and dry).

We toodled over to the first brewery, Long Live Beerworks. While there we booked an escape room for early evening. We scooted to a 2nd brewery, Moniker, where we played Hanabi to kill some time before heading to our escape.

Saved the world then went out for noodles!

After we successfully thwarted a nuclear armageddon (in 37 minutes) we sought out a noodle bar for dinner. It was amazing. Somehow we found 2 unique and excellent restaurants in 2 new towns without any recommendations.

Left the Garmin on for 2 days.
And this is why I hate anchor monitors.
(Joke for boaters....)