Day 95, Wednesday September 25

Ralph and Annette on the bus

Julie and Dawson on the bus (new hat)

Once again we wake up in Utica.  Today’s main focus getting the electrical system ready to install the solar panels.  Dawson does this, while Julie polishes some stainless.  After the work is done, we have scheduled a bus tour of Utica to the Sangertown Square Mall where we will hope to get our cell phone data plan working again.  What a bother.  A Canadian blackberry does not work very well in the USA unlocked with a USA account.  Ralph and Annette are coming along also.  It takes almost an hour to get to the mall and it is a typical mall, but the first one in about 4 months so kind of a shopping adrenalin rush for Julie.  They even have a Macy store where Julie and Annette dash through looking for a few finds.  Unfortunately they don’t have a T-mobile store, however we are able to visit Radio shack (yes it is still called that here in USA vs. the Source), and get a 12 V cord for the new sewing machine.  The last stop is Dick’s sportstore where Julie buys a new hat and Dawson buys....track pants.  His new “thing”.  Life has officially digressed into “track pants”.  Oh no.

We get back to the boat at around 7p.m. so missed the official happy hour which is not a bad thing as dinner has already been cancelled for 2 nights due to happy hour being extended into nightcaps.  We put together a fabulous dinner for ourselves and then have coffee and a game of King's cribbage (Dawson has been winning lately, but Julie finally got back her mojo)!

Cheers
Julie and Dawson