Day 67, October 7th, 2009
We woke up to sunshine and the pretty changing colours of the beginnings of Fall! Felt more like a little action today. I kept busy in the morning emptying the dinghy of all the rain and giving it a much needed scrub. We'd bought a spray bottle of UV protection for it too, so after it had had its bath it had a nice rub down afterwards which gave it a nice sheen. That felt so good I moved onto Periwinkle's grubby decks and cockpit, and gave them a nice scrub down. Meanwhile, John was busy and changed the zincs on the engine, ready for the salt water, and changed the oil again. A busy morning but we felt we got something accomplished.
In the afternoon, Sue, Paul and I took the courtesy vehicle into town and did a couple of errands in the little town of Waverly. The courtesy vehicle is a great convenience. An honour system, book it when you like and just put a couple of dollars worth of gas in for the next guy!!! Waverly is about a 20 min. drive from the marina.
We got back in time for sundowners on the dock with the other boaters! Met an interesting couple in a little motor boat travelling from Minneapolis to New Orleans. He was Scottish but living in New York as the Artistic Director of the Cooperstown Opera House, about 4 hours outside of New York. And she was from Paris, a mezzo soprana, singing with the opera!! For those of you following from England - he knew Snape Maltings very well! Small world!!!
We woke up to sunshine and the pretty changing colours of the beginnings of Fall! Felt more like a little action today. I kept busy in the morning emptying the dinghy of all the rain and giving it a much needed scrub. We'd bought a spray bottle of UV protection for it too, so after it had had its bath it had a nice rub down afterwards which gave it a nice sheen. That felt so good I moved onto Periwinkle's grubby decks and cockpit, and gave them a nice scrub down. Meanwhile, John was busy and changed the zincs on the engine, ready for the salt water, and changed the oil again. A busy morning but we felt we got something accomplished.
In the afternoon, Sue, Paul and I took the courtesy vehicle into town and did a couple of errands in the little town of Waverly. The courtesy vehicle is a great convenience. An honour system, book it when you like and just put a couple of dollars worth of gas in for the next guy!!! Waverly is about a 20 min. drive from the marina.
We got back in time for sundowners on the dock with the other boaters! Met an interesting couple in a little motor boat travelling from Minneapolis to New Orleans. He was Scottish but living in New York as the Artistic Director of the Cooperstown Opera House, about 4 hours outside of New York. And she was from Paris, a mezzo soprana, singing with the opera!! For those of you following from England - he knew Snape Maltings very well! Small world!!!
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