Day 23 Monday July 15 – We are alone

So far we have spent very little time alone, a few days here and there through the week.  We once again woke to a hot, blue beautiful day in Matheson.  There was no wind, so we could not come up with a reason to change anchorages so we continued to swing.  Our fellow boaters all upped anchor and headed out, but we could see new boats coming into our cove.

We swam out to the point and then circumnavigated the small island north of Matheson by foot, stopping to do some sun salutations, push ups and a few “warrior” poses to stretch our muscles.  Along the way there were a few blueberries to munch on.

A beaver was swimming along the shore in the water ahead of us.  We watched it for awhile until we got to the east end of the island.  Here there is a little beach and it is extremely warm due to the shallows.  We swam back to the boat as Scapin from Sarnia was pulling in.  They live in Bright’s Grove near Julie’s family.  Airtime also is travelling with Scapin.  They are heading to Caribbean this fall so we can chat with them about the “to do” list etc.

Too much sun on belly.  Got redder over the next couple days

Can’t really remember what we did during the day.  Unless we write it down, the day just passes.  By 5:00 in the evening we were on shore having a sundowner with Scapin and Airtime.  We had also packed for a shore dinner which was excellent, a fire with no bugs.  Normally if we have a fire we do it at nightfall and it is very buggy so we are not so keen.  We like this idea of having a 5:00 fire on shore.  We packed up by about 8:00 and headed back to shore for some reading and blogging time.

By now we realize we had gotten a bit too much sun.  The belly that has not seen the sun for years is red.  Not good.  It gets even redder as the week progresses.  Need to slather on that 50 protection.

Cheers

Julie and Dawson