Day 61, October 2nd, 2009
It rained quite heavily during the night off and on, and we woke to high winds. It was a lazy start, we slept in till 8:00 and then had breakfast, and read our e-mails. Then the harbormaster came to say that the weather forecast was predicting winds up to 40 knots this afternoon and he was wondering if we would like to move to a more sheltered slip. Up until this point we had been on the end of their curtesy dock, right at the entrance to the harbour. So, we moved around to a more sheltered slip where we were nose into the wind. Much better, the fenders were no longer squeeking and rubbing against the dock.
I then took the opportunity to do some laundry. (Good deal, only $1.00 per load). John bought a new part for the toilet and after some initial problems got the thing working again. It had been making this funny gurgling noise but wasn't leaking. When the new part went in the valve was leaking and he was cross with himself for trying to fix something that "weren't broke". However with his usual persistence he fiddled and diddled with his head lamp on and his bum sticking out of the doorway while muttering sweet nothings and then I heard the victorious "Ah Ha!" as the leak got fixed.
In the afternoon Paul and Sue joined us and we walked through town (getting a hair cut en route) over to Green Turtle Bay Marina on the other side of the island, only about 30 min. walk.
We had originally planned on going to Green Turtle but had found that Lighthouse would step the masts for less cost and their slips were cheaper too. Green Turtle turned out to be much bigger and 80% motor cruisers. Found Ellie Jane over there and had a quick visit with them to get caught up. After walking back to town we had a hamburger at the "chip shack" (pretty close description Sheri) so we didn't have to make supper. A good afternoon.
We'll be moving on tomorrow. Its been lovely here at Lighthouse Landing at Grand Rivers, KY.
Friendly people, pretty little place, so relaxing after the monotony and stress of the big rivers.
This area is called The Land of the Lakes and it looks almost like home. We're looking forward to exploring some pretty anchorages around here.
It rained quite heavily during the night off and on, and we woke to high winds. It was a lazy start, we slept in till 8:00 and then had breakfast, and read our e-mails. Then the harbormaster came to say that the weather forecast was predicting winds up to 40 knots this afternoon and he was wondering if we would like to move to a more sheltered slip. Up until this point we had been on the end of their curtesy dock, right at the entrance to the harbour. So, we moved around to a more sheltered slip where we were nose into the wind. Much better, the fenders were no longer squeeking and rubbing against the dock.
I then took the opportunity to do some laundry. (Good deal, only $1.00 per load). John bought a new part for the toilet and after some initial problems got the thing working again. It had been making this funny gurgling noise but wasn't leaking. When the new part went in the valve was leaking and he was cross with himself for trying to fix something that "weren't broke". However with his usual persistence he fiddled and diddled with his head lamp on and his bum sticking out of the doorway while muttering sweet nothings and then I heard the victorious "Ah Ha!" as the leak got fixed.
In the afternoon Paul and Sue joined us and we walked through town (getting a hair cut en route) over to Green Turtle Bay Marina on the other side of the island, only about 30 min. walk.
We had originally planned on going to Green Turtle but had found that Lighthouse would step the masts for less cost and their slips were cheaper too. Green Turtle turned out to be much bigger and 80% motor cruisers. Found Ellie Jane over there and had a quick visit with them to get caught up. After walking back to town we had a hamburger at the "chip shack" (pretty close description Sheri) so we didn't have to make supper. A good afternoon.
We'll be moving on tomorrow. Its been lovely here at Lighthouse Landing at Grand Rivers, KY.
Friendly people, pretty little place, so relaxing after the monotony and stress of the big rivers.
This area is called The Land of the Lakes and it looks almost like home. We're looking forward to exploring some pretty anchorages around here.
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