From experience, we know that it will take about a week or so before we feel we have truly returned to Leu Cat and are settled in. It is kind of like getting into a warm bed and nestling around a bit to get comfortable. To get it just right you need to toss and turn a bit and then snuggle in. Ahhhh, that’s it. Just right!

Well, this is the process we are now going through. We still have a few piles of things that we brought back from the States to sort out and put away. We also continue to un-mothball Leu Cat doing such mundane things like moving the boat cushions back outside, placing the emergency grab bag back in the stern cockpit, moving our tools back out to the stern cockpit lazarette, etc., etc., etc.

We are also reaching out and trying to make connect with the people we know here. While we are the only foreign flagged cruisers in False Bay Yacht Club, we know our friends on S/V Nine of Cups, Marcie and Dave, are still in Cape Town due to some emergency boat repairs that are being made. We have sent them an email to see when we can get together. We also met up with our nice neighbors, Ray and Nadia, who own a small monohull that is docked next to us. We plan of getting together in the near future since they are very interested seeing Leu Cat and have offered to share their experiences in going on safari in South Africa’s exceptional Kruger National Park. This is something we hope to do before we leave. I have posted a picture of their boat to this blog.

We also have made connect with a blog friend, Owen, who is from Simon’s Town but who now lives in the US. He is planning on returning to Simon’s Town sometime in September to visit his parents and we hope to meet up then.

Finally, we have received a blog comment from our Cape Town blog friend, Johan. He and his girlfriend, Christie, were kind enough to drive us around Cape Town and give us a tour of the environs when we first arrived here last December. We are anxious to catch up with both of them soon and we emailed to him our new cell phone number. With luck, we may get together in the next week or two.

We also took the car back to Noordhoek so Mary Margaret could checkout the supermarket and pick up a few more necessities. Having wheels is such a sublime pleasure for a cruiser…