Day 179, Wednesday, December 18th

Day 179, Wednesday, December 18th

Julie and Jane Karhi (FedNor employees)

Today we are spending our last day in Hopetown.  Dawson and Ross head to shore for a 5 kms run and Julie heads for coffee over to Rum Rover to say a hello to Jane and the crew.  (I forgot to mention yesterday that last night at Captain Jacks a group of 6 came in and next thing you know Jane Karhi, who I worked with at FedNor is sailing on a catamaran with friends on holiday.  What a hoot of a hello.  It shocked both of us).  We had a good visit over coffee and Julie met her fellow boaters.  Jane and Johnny then came over to our boat to check out our digs.

 The main attraction for the day will be hanging out on the Atlantic ocean.  The boys head over ahead of us, and we kayak in and portage the boats across the 400m penisula to the atlantic side.   We have our snorkel gear also and Ross has brought a fishing rod to do some surf fishing.  We bought some shrimp bait the other day so hopefully we will see some action.

Julie putters around in the kayak.  The tide is going out, so she stays close to shore to make sure she does not go out with the tide.  There is no real danger of that as the wind and waves are blowing onshore.  Julie is looking for fish along the coral reefs using the viewing window in the kayak.  She sees nothing.  Dawson dons the snorkel and says there are lots of fish down there.  Ross finally snags about an 6 inch long reef fish but we decide it is too small to keep.

Fish Ross caught
 

After the Atlantic expedition we head over to the marina resort for a game of bean bag toss.  Dawson and Julie vs. Blake and Ross.  Julie and Dawson take the first game, then Ross and Blake even it up, then Dawson and Julie take the 3rd game, then Ross and Blake even it up, then Julie says she has played enough so the rubber match is still outstanding.  Who knows when we will ever play bean bag toss as a foursome again??

We eat on board tonight, as there is food to be eaten, and it will give the budget a break (although it doesn't really need a break.  Other than food and drinks, there are not a lot of expenses).  The evening is quite uneventful, with some pigs and euchre and early to bed.

Cheers
Julie and Dawson