Day 135, December 14th, 2009
John's a little disappointed with the solar panel. It doesn't seem to be able to keep up the battery power sufficiently to run the fridge if we're just sitting on the mooring buoy. We've noticed it just the last few days when the ambient temperature has been so high. So today, he set up the little generator and with the two together the batteries were charging okay. I hope it doesn't disturb the neighbours too much!
Around 10:00 we took off for town as planned. This time we borrowed the tricycle and one bike. The trike has a big basket on the back for carrying more stuff. We figured this would be the best way to get the propane tank filled. John looked a bit funny riding his trike. The seat was low and he couldn't raise it, so his knees were kind of scrunched up. He got some kind smiles from some pedestrians though, I noticed! I think they thought he was a poor old codger who couldn't ride a two wheeler any longer! We made several stops - West Marine, the Propane place, The Nauti but Nice Store which was fun, and the grocery store. It was baking hot but we really enjoyed our biking.
Back at the boat in the afternoon, Bev and Dave returned. Looking brown and fit they said they'd had a great weekend watching the Cdn. Curling Olympic trials. We made plans for supper together tomorrow night.
After a sit, off we went again - this time we walked into town to the Visitors' Centre to find out about possible transportation to Orlando airport. There are no buses but we've got a couple of phone numbers to call. Failing that we also stopped at Budget today and know we can book a car one way. We'll shop for the best price.
John's getting pretty good at making margaritas and pina coladas!!! It was the latter tonight, before a hamburger on the barbie. Oh! and the first one was so good, the hamburger was washed down with another!
John's a little disappointed with the solar panel. It doesn't seem to be able to keep up the battery power sufficiently to run the fridge if we're just sitting on the mooring buoy. We've noticed it just the last few days when the ambient temperature has been so high. So today, he set up the little generator and with the two together the batteries were charging okay. I hope it doesn't disturb the neighbours too much!
Around 10:00 we took off for town as planned. This time we borrowed the tricycle and one bike. The trike has a big basket on the back for carrying more stuff. We figured this would be the best way to get the propane tank filled. John looked a bit funny riding his trike. The seat was low and he couldn't raise it, so his knees were kind of scrunched up. He got some kind smiles from some pedestrians though, I noticed! I think they thought he was a poor old codger who couldn't ride a two wheeler any longer! We made several stops - West Marine, the Propane place, The Nauti but Nice Store which was fun, and the grocery store. It was baking hot but we really enjoyed our biking.
Back at the boat in the afternoon, Bev and Dave returned. Looking brown and fit they said they'd had a great weekend watching the Cdn. Curling Olympic trials. We made plans for supper together tomorrow night.
After a sit, off we went again - this time we walked into town to the Visitors' Centre to find out about possible transportation to Orlando airport. There are no buses but we've got a couple of phone numbers to call. Failing that we also stopped at Budget today and know we can book a car one way. We'll shop for the best price.
John's getting pretty good at making margaritas and pina coladas!!! It was the latter tonight, before a hamburger on the barbie. Oh! and the first one was so good, the hamburger was washed down with another!
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