I know you all think that we are "roughing it" but I have to confess - this is life lived easy. As soon as we got here Marla and Al loaned us the truck we used last year. Then, yesterday, Wayne went with our friend, Roger, up to Brunswick and picked up our SUV that we parked there. We'll return Marla and Al's truck and now have our own vehicle. We're thinking that we'll do this all over the state as we travel this year. We hope that we'll try to walk and bike in communities that are pedestrian friendly but it'll be great to have our wheels when we need them.
Speaking of roughing it, I do have to wash dishes by hand and the clothes washing arrangements are a bit primitive. It's an open air affair with three coin operated washers and dryers. Last year when it was cold here getting our clothes clean was a real ordeal but the weather has been so nice the past week that the open air aspect was actually an advantage, like washing on a balmy tropical island. The marina laundromats are always a great place to meet other boaters and just about all of the laundromat areas have an informal library. You leave a book and take a book.
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| The less-than-luxurious laudromat at Harbortown |
In addition to washing dishes and clothes we've spent time with local friends, celebrated Marla's birthday (a very large number!) and her granddaughter Nora's 16th birthday. We've done some Christmas shopping and have shopped at a few quilt stores and Marcy came over one day to work on a sewing project with me. The Quilt Place in Rockledge is an especially nice quilt shop in this area. I've spent several days sewing from dawn to dusk - and beyond. I can't show you all of the projects I've completed yet but I'll take photos and post them after Christmas.
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| Nearly finished - a woven fabric basket that Marcy and I worked on |
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| A very easy little snap bag I made |
Tonight Wayne and I went to a movie We did this after mistakenly going over to the boat next door for cocktails but the invitation was for tomorrow, not tonight. Duh. The movie we saw was The Descendants. Very Good. We both enjoyed it and were able to forget just how senile we felt over the cocktail hour goofup.
A few days ago we went back to Rockledge Gardens to pick up our new lettuce bowl. We bought a big bowl full of growing lettuces, several different varieties, last year and made salads off of it for two-and-a-half months. We were trying to find Made in America products at the nursery and finally commented to a salesperson that we'd been unsuccessful. She responded by pointing out that all of their plants were made in America. Good point.
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| Readymade salads for the next few months |
Repairs and Maintainance
Wayne says to report that he's mainly been loafing but he's also been web ordering parts for the boat, has topped off the water in eight of the nine batteries on board and has replaced one of the four fuel gauges that are all reading inaccurately or not reading at all. He has ordered a second one to complete the upgrade of the forward two fuel tanks. It is as yet unknown if he can find a way to get to the two fuel tanks that reside inside the swim platform and behind the headboard in the master cabin. Maybe he can find a midget to accomp[lish that task. He's done lots of cleaning in the cockpit and the aft (rear) deck. Tomorrow the boat will be pulled out of the water so we can clean off the bottom a bit and change props. We'll make sure we take pictures of that. It's a big production.
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| The web sure does open the world up when you live on a boat |
Christmas in the Marina
We're surprised to find many more boats decorated for Christmas than were here last year. The marina is quite full and many boats contain liveaboard couples who either spend all their time on a boat or several months of the year, as we're doing. Can you imagine having all of your possessions in a boat?
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| Trees on a boat. Think small |
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| Our Christmas tree on the aft deck, including many nautical trimmings |
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