Day 2

Latitude:41.19233

Longitude:-71.57785

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Today was a very bumpy ride. We made yummy bread, some in the shape of cupcakes. One had a heart on top and it was my mom. This morning, we explored Dutch Island and found a friend for my pet snail, Goldie, and I named him Splashy.

We were not able to go to Cuttyhunk today because the wind was not right, so we went to Block Island instead. We saw a tug boat pulling a huge barge. A barge is a big platform full of cranes and stuff. This barge had coal aboard. It took about 5 hours for us to get to Block Island, and we're anchored in Great Salt Pond near a beach.

My sister and I and my dad went to a beach and made funny tracks in the sand. We did races with the horseshoe crab shells in the tide pools. Lots of minnows were in the tide pools too. We found a lot of treasures and seaweed. I found a really small clam shell. The texture was cool and bumpy.

Tomorrow we plan to ride bikes around the island.

Caitlin

Hiking on Dutch Island. In 1636, the Dutch West India Company had a trading post here. Now there is just a cool lighthouse.

Caitlin finding Splashy the snail.

Mom skipping rocks on the beach at Dutch Island.

Under sail with grandma.

Finding horseshoe crabs

Walking down the beach with Juliana on Block Island.

Exploring the tide pool.