The Last Supper
15 April 2018 | Vero Beach - last night
Cloudy, then frequent rain squalls.
The Paradise Hunter/Last Chance road show is finally coming to an end after nearly nine months of traveling together. It is fitting that the last full day ends with frequent rain squalls, signaling the end of good times with a touch of sadness. At least it is rain squalls, not a mid-April snow storm. That is not sadness - that is madness. I don’t remember any other day of rain like this on the trip. If there was one, it happened last year before we reached the Hudson River. Our trip has been mostly rain free.
Dolphins have been in the anchorage the last few days. Today they were joined by pelicans, looking for fish trying to escape the dolphins, I guess. A fitting tribute to the last days - sharing it with dolphins and pelicans. What else did we do on our last day? Well, the power was out yesterday at West Marine, so that meant a trip today to West Marine. Followed by provisioning at Walmart. Very apropos activities. I didn’t need anything at Walmart, so I escaped with only two bags of groceries. After shopping in the Bahamas, I didn’t understand how my bill could only come to $13.
Our last dinner together was one of our favorites: shrimp Alfredo, accompanied with garlic bread, string beans, and a salad. That was topped off, after doing the dishes, with hot blueberry pie covered with melted ice cream. Strong gusts of wind with frequent downpours provided our background ambience.
A mind is a terrible thing to waste, especially when it is your own. Yesterday I was looking for the apples I bought, even checking the car. They were already put away in the fridge. I don’t put things in the fridge unless there is a lot of sunlight left while the fridge runs to cool things off. Apparently I made an exception for the few apples and didn’t remember putting them in the fridge right away. And then the last few days, I have been reminding myself to get my Yeti ice pack back from Roger and Tari. If you followed my apple story, you know where the ice pack already was. [sigh]