We accomplished a lot today, but things keep cropping up. Damn!

Our first task this morning was to prepare to make our last and largest shopping trip before leaving. Our lovely neighbors, Bill and Dana from Eva G, offered to drive us around on our errands. We gratefully accepted.

Conni visited a local box grocery store, filling two grocery carts to overflowing. She filled our refrigerator/freezer, and single blue box that will stay in the cabin, but she got everything stowed. Her flash of brilliance, and it truly is, was to use the space in the hanging locker that contains the water maker and hung both bags of bread and chips on hangers. Brilliant! They're much less likely to be damaged.

I was able, finally, to fill our second propane tank so we've got two full propane tanks to start. I bought more engine oil and a siphon to drain gas from our two gas jerry cans.

I also bought wood that I used to fabricate frameworks to store our four jerry cans against the lifeline stanchions. We have two gas, one diesel, and one fresh water jerry cans in 5-gallon sizes. I think that the cans will be safe from being washed away.

Chip worked on the boat while we were out and got most of one side varnished. The boat looks much better. With all the crap off of her decks, or most it, anyway, she looks more like a serious cruising boat.

Conni goes up the mast tomorrow to replace the two wind instruments. She'll ride the bosun's chair and we'll use a winch to crank her up. I plan to climb halyards to the first spreader and install the damed radar reflector since our rigger wasn't able to do it for us.

I've also got to get the engine fuel system bled, so I have a full day's work.

Our poor fridge is working overtime to cool/freeze the enormous food load that we fed it.