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Condon's Garage
At Buck’s Harbor, there really is (still) a Condon’s Garage. In fact it looks a lot like the drawing in Robert McCloskey‘s wonderful , though Dick Condon passed away in 1987. Cousins Phillip Condon and Donald Condon run the place now.
Dinghies
Eggemoggin Rainbow
Dawn on Eggemoggin Reach.
Salt Marsh
This salt marsh curves its way between Mumford Cove and Groton Long Point, Connecticut.
Solitude
A lone yacht heads out the Benjamin River into Eggemoggin Reach, in the early morning fog.
Mumford Cove
This past Sunday there was a terrific article about Mumford Cove (Connecticut) and Long Island Sound in the New York Times. Kirk Johnson tells the story of how Paulann Sheets led the fight to move a sewage treatment plant drain pipe from the cove to the Thames River. As a result, the cove has flourished with eelgrass, scallops, and swans replacing the sea lettuce that had been taking over the cove.
