It was a good day
08 February 2010 | Bequia, SVG
It was a good day.
I dropped off two bags of garbage to the dumpster. The dumpster is on the other side of the ferry dock, by the fish market, which is about a 15 minute ride. I could have tied up at the dinghy dock and carried the bags to the dumpster. But by land it's a fair walk past the Rasta market. So I tied up to the fishing dock and walked over to the dumpster. The fishermen were bringing in their catch up the day. When one fisherman is done and his catch weighed, someone blows a conch horn and signals for the next in line that it's his turn. I watched the process for awhile before heading back to my dinghy.
I motored over to the dinghy dock and walked into town. I found the fishing tackle shop and bought a few new lures. I figured it was about time to try something else as I am not having very good luck. The lady told me..... "That's why it's call it fishing... and not catching..." I bought them anyhow.
I stopped by the vegetable lady that Beckie and I met last week and bought a small Papaya and two oranges. I'll do a better shopping when Alexa gets here. Things spoil too fast down here.
Back to the boat, I ran the engine for an hour. I didn't run it very much yesterday on my way back from St Vincent - I sailed all the way. While the engine was running I tried to find the leak in the port tube of the dinghy - no luck. It has to be pumped up every other day.
After a water break I fixed the old fishing reel I had. I took it apart and found a small wrap of line around the gears inside. Cool, now that it's fixed I can throw out another line - more hooks - more fish? I also put a stronger line on my small casting pole - you never know when you might hook something really big and I want to be prepared.
I sat and read for awhile and finished "Farewell to Arms".
OMG it's almost time for cocktails - Where does the day go......... Beckie knows!
It was a good day