September 3, 2021 Friday

The cool beautiful weather continues as we moved the boat down to Selby Bay and anchored off the beach club to have close access to a beach for the dinghy. We'll anchor out here until Labor Day so we won't be taking up too much space on a holiday weekend on the fuel dock.

Today was spent running errands including getting certified checks and getting forms notarized to start a new mailing service, picking up some amazon packages, getting marine parts at West Marine for the fuel tank project, a quick lunch at subway, a trip to Verizon Store to buy a hot spot and sign up for a data service and finally filling a five gallon can with filtered drinking water. Our cellular data services had been spotty and we need more content so we went with a 100-gig hot spot. The Verizon salesman was good and we almost ended up with a hot spot, a smart phone and a cellular tablet for a few more dollars a month but we decided the long-term running cost would be far more having three devices rather than the one simple hot spot. We then went to the scuba store to get the air tank filled and the storage unit to swap out some northern cruising charts and guides out and pick up a few other things.

We were tired by the time we returned to the dinghy and headed back out to the boat but it was amazing how much more we can accomplish without the heat and humidity.

Since the next few weeks include a road trip to a family wedding with stops along the way to see friends and other family we're putting this on hold until we get back underway. Depending on how the projects, weather, and dentist visits go, we hope to be underway before the end of October. Thanks for your continued interest in Monarch's adventures.