Day 94, Tuesday Sept 24th

Day 94, Tuesday Sept 24^th

Dawson has started running again so today he is attempting to do some errands while he runs.  He has been struggling to locate a source of AMSOL oil for our Yanmar, but thinks he has found a supplier about 5 kilometres to the northeast so off he goes running with a backpack on his back.  Once he gets to the address he thinks he is supposed to be at, he knows there is a problem as there are no automotive type stores.  He calls Julie at the boat to get the address and realizes it was northwest not northeast or something like that so he starts running “home”.  Well a few wrong turns and his run ends up being 15 kms instead of the 10 he had planned and with no engine oil.  He gets back on the internet and realizes the supplier is 28 kms away.  Not running to get that oil.

Dawson carrying the "board" home from Walmart

Back to Walmart again today and bought a large wooden board to add to the kitchen workspace.  It fit perfect and can sit on the stove, over the sink, or over the fridge depending on what we are doing.  Slowly the boat is getting very organized and more functional.  We also bought a few office type supplies to stow some of the paper files we like to keep handy.

 

We have started to notice a change in the trees.  A bit of orange and yellows have begun to show up.  Oh no, we best get moving!



Leaves starting to change colour


Dawson worked the late afternoon in his “hole” which is the engine room pulling some wires and changing a few things until Mike popped over with some beers and taco chips.  Dawson actually kept working the first hour of happy hour as the rest of us chatted in the cockpit.  More snacks came out, a few more beers and soon happy hour extended to happy evening and once again dinner was cancelled due to being too full on snacks.  One needs to be careful and pace oneself with this lifestyle. 

Cheers

Julie and Dawson