Day 133, December 12th, 2009
Having got a few little gifts together for our family in Winnipeg, we were in a hurry to get them parcelled off and into the mail. I was pretty sure the Post Office would be open on a Saturday morning, so we left the boat at 9:00 and dinghied over to the office where we borrowed two bikes. They were great! Big fat bikes, one speed only - the kind with big handlebars and those brakes where you have to peddle backwards. (I find this a bit of a challenge!) We found the Post Office without too much trouble - there was a long line of people getting their parcels off for Christmas. However, our little parcel went off and hopefully will arrive in time for the holidays.
Afterwards, we decided to bike to Wal-Mart and buy some kind of bag to take stuff home. We've only used the duvet once and all the books and charts for the Rivers can go home too. We're hoping to create some storage space. Wal-Mart was about 5 miles up the road but it was fun and Florida is flat!! On our way we spotted a West Marine and also somewhere where we could fill the empty propane tank, so that was made Monday's job.
After an afternoon nap, we went up to the Marina building where they have a lovely room upstairs for cruisers to hang out. About 6 couples turned up with drinks and nibblies and we had a lovely chat altogether. 4 couples were from Canada and 2 from the US.
Having got a few little gifts together for our family in Winnipeg, we were in a hurry to get them parcelled off and into the mail. I was pretty sure the Post Office would be open on a Saturday morning, so we left the boat at 9:00 and dinghied over to the office where we borrowed two bikes. They were great! Big fat bikes, one speed only - the kind with big handlebars and those brakes where you have to peddle backwards. (I find this a bit of a challenge!) We found the Post Office without too much trouble - there was a long line of people getting their parcels off for Christmas. However, our little parcel went off and hopefully will arrive in time for the holidays.
Afterwards, we decided to bike to Wal-Mart and buy some kind of bag to take stuff home. We've only used the duvet once and all the books and charts for the Rivers can go home too. We're hoping to create some storage space. Wal-Mart was about 5 miles up the road but it was fun and Florida is flat!! On our way we spotted a West Marine and also somewhere where we could fill the empty propane tank, so that was made Monday's job.
After an afternoon nap, we went up to the Marina building where they have a lovely room upstairs for cruisers to hang out. About 6 couples turned up with drinks and nibblies and we had a lovely chat altogether. 4 couples were from Canada and 2 from the US.
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