Rover

Rainy day in paradise

01 August 2023
Eric
The rain and wind came in overnight so we spent today hunkered down on
the boat. Katy baked a Coconut Lime Drizzle Cake for a drizzly day. We
are following the hobbit example of plenty of meals while mixing in a
Swedish tradition. We had breakfast, then Fika for tne Swedes
(elevensies for hobbits), lunch, sundowners and are looking forward to
dinner, with cake for dessert. It’s nice to have crew aboard that enjoy
cooking, and are good at it. Today’s food was sponsored by the shape
“Triangle”, and all the food has been in that shape (quesadilla
sections, watermelon sections…)

We broke up the day with a game called “Voyagers”. It’s basically
trivial pursuit with questions about people, places and things organized
by continent. It generated some controversy: are the British Isles in
Europe, and if not, where? Is the Middle East in Asia or Africa? We also
recognized some outdated info (the game was published in 1996).

Katy is working on dinner prep, Mike is reading, Karen coloring and I’m
blogging. The engine is running recharging the batteries (no solar
influx today) and we’re making (desalinating) water. Involved cooking
requires more fresh water for dishwashing. We’re glad to make the
tradeoff of using more fresh water since we have a water maker
(desalinator) and we’re surrounded by salt water.

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Vessel Name: Rover
Vessel Make/Model: Valiant 42
Hailing Port: Seattle. WA
Crew: Eric and Linda
About:
We're making a big change to a cruising lifestyle. Eric retired in 2012 after 32 years in R&D (mostly) at HP. Previous passions included flying and bicycling. Linda will retire in 2013 from Oregon State University. She's been active in Zonta, was a Scoutmaster, and is a champion baker. [...]
Extra: Linda was barrel master and Eric participated in the Jackson Street Vintners; a group of friends that made wine from 2000 to 2013
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