Day 216, Friday January 24th, 2014
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| Dinghy parking at the grocery store |
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| Dawson and his lobster catch |
Today was an unusual day as Dawson was going out with the
guys spear fishing and Julie went with the women on a hike. We have learned already to monitor channel 68
on the vhf radio. There is a program
also in the morning announcing all the activities going on. Things like volleyball games, hikes, trivia,
tournaments, lessons etc. We are not
partaking on any “public” events today, but hanging out with our friends from
JaLu and Windward and Popeye. We start
out at about 9:00. The ladies hike was
great. Only a few steps into it and we
had the bitch session underway....and then the conversation turned to cooking,
health issues, and family. We also had
Karen off of Popeye passing on some local knowledge about the island. Meanwhile Dawson was on a marathon snorkel
but did come back with a lovely lobster for dinner. Needless to say Dawson was chilled and will
wear Kevin’s long sleeved wet suit with his farmer John’s on top. Dawson referred to the “skinnies” getting
cold and abandoning the snorkel expedition a bit earlier than their
counterparts and then lying in the bottom of the dinghy to get out of the
wind. By the time we reconnected it was
around noon and time to get cleaned up to head to town for our errands. We are low on everything and this is a good
town to stock up. Stuff is expensive
though. A case of tonic water costs $18,
and a can of peanuts costs $8 and it was a small can. Oh well we are just glad to have stuff to
choose from. We had not had yogurt for 2
weeks and could only buy whole milk. Not
good for the waistline.
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| Landing craft going by |
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| View of anchorage from beach |
In town we manage to get the ipad data plan up and running
again, as well as hit the liquor store (which has inexpensive booze by Canadian
standards), and the gas station for dinghy fuel. Errands done, time to head back to the
boat. To get to the mothership we have
to dinghy about a mile across a channel to Stocking Island where we are
anchored. The wind has strengthened to
about 20 knots and between current and wind, we have 2 and 3 foot waves to bash
head on into. Julie had some foul
weather gear, but Dawson did not and got totally soaked. Not a big deal, but salt water so shower
number 2 was needed and we discovered we were also low on water. Oh bother.
We carry 200 gallons of water which can last just the 2 of us about 6
weeks. Unfortunately they charge 50
cents a gallon to fill our tanks so we are hoping for rain so we can at least
fill one of the tanks for free.
Unfortunately our watermaker is still not working very well.
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| Ian and Lynn visiting |
We get the groceries unloaded, get cleaned up and start
planning dinner. Ian and Lynn pop over on their way back to their boat and join us for a "dark and stormy".
First thought was to
Barbeque the lobster tail, but the barbeque won’t stay lit in these high
winds. Plan 2 is to sauté the tail into
a stir fry. This works great and we sure
enjoy our fresh lobster.
We head to bed at our regular early time and typically
Dawson did lights out well before Julie.
Julie is the night owl on this boat.
Generally Julie plays on the computer till all hours. It was a great way to close out the night
when we realized Ross was racing today and were able to find results on
internet and he won. A great start to
the season. He even broke the meet and
field record (fastest ever on that track).
Went to sleep with a big smile.
Cheers
Julie and Dawson
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