It’s amazing how a week flies by.
22 October 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010
Yesterday Neal starting painting the bottom of our boat and he painted all day...coat after coat. Looks like they will finish today or tomorrow and our bottom will be totally complete and ready! Very exciting.
Last night we finally did a cruiser thing at the invitation of Lee + Sharon and went over to Crews Inn for a dip in the pool and pot luck. Bring your meat to grill and a dish to share and kibitz with other cruiser types. We had a great, relaxing time, met some wonderful new people and actually made it up past 10pm - a really big night for us.
After a morning run to the grocery, I called customs to see if our packages were in .. and lucky for us - they were! So I hopped the water taxi over to the customs dock to pick them up. One I recognized...but the other? Well, it was the shipment containing our VHF radio that was supposed to be installed today... Since we have it now...the odds of getting it installed are getting better...but let's hope all is in readiness for us to launch next week. So, we have one package we were expecting with our replacement hatches and latches from Lagoon, but we are still waiting for the one I shipped from home via USPS...when I questioned the customs officer, he said - well, maybe you should check at the Post office. Hmmmm - now why didn't anyone else mention that? I called there - and what do you know...It's in! So I hoofed it over to the next marina to pick it up and lugged the whole 30lb package back to the boat. By the time I got back I was DONE! This last package included the pressure cooker, that I somehow managed to forget to pack in the crate, and all the Zippers from Sailrite to enhance the bimini. Pretty soon, I am going to break out my sewing machine again and begin the next stage of that project...but not today.
Missing you all and finding myself thinking of you at random times when something triggers a memory...
PS - If I can get the pic uploaded check out the great bottom paint and shiny topsides that Jim did!