Another busy week of boat work - why do things take so much longer than you think? In the blink of an eye the week has flown by and it gets hard to remember what we actually did. The good news is we got our vaccine boosters at the local pharmacy - no line-ups or trouble booking appointments as long as we were within 1 day of our 6-month period.
It’s hard to believe that Christmas is only a week away. Apparently trees are getting sold out quickly here too.
Beer overboard!As we were loading up the boat with essential supplies, Gunter dropped a case of beer into the river - we watched in shock expecting it to sink rapidly to the bottom, however beer floats! He was able to snag it with the boat hook and retrieve it from the back of the boat - another crisis averted.
The boat seems to be extra heavy now.
We missed this guy’s 5th birthday, but had a nice FaceTime call. Happy Birthday!
What else? Put up the dodger and bimini (basically shade covers) which was a whole day of problem solving; installed a new faucet in the galley (no running water without it) did 2 toilet repairs (essential!); picked up food staples at Costco and Walmart; cleaned out the anchor locker; picked up extra fuel; tried out the dingy; purchased as much fresh food as we could cram into the fridge.
Since there was a few days of cooler windy weather we weren’t able to get the sails up until yesterday - another frustrating day of problem solving. We discovered that there were lizards living in the boom - as we ran the line through, the lizards all jumped out - not really sure where they went but we haven’t seen them since - thank goodness.
The plan is to leave here tomorrow morning and start heading south on the intra costal waterway (ICW) to meet up with our friends Steve and Lise and their boat Gaya in Fort Pierce. Hopefully we will be there by Christmas weather permitting.
A good luck rainbow appeared yesterday after a quick rainstorm wishing us a safe journey.
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