Day 311, Tuesday April 29th

Day 311, Tuesday April 29^th

Safe at dock

We wake up after a very restful night and run through our options for shelter during the next storm front.  We try the marinas again to find out if reservations have changed and we are lucky to find out there is a spot for us for 3 days at the marina we wanted.  Best price and location.  We up anchor and move to the spot before they give it away.  It is at the end of the t-dock so nice and easy to get into and out of.  Yeah, no stress.

Dumping the sand from a nearby dredging operation at the beach

By 11:00 we are heading out for an explore of the beach and community.  The beach is about a 2 kms. walk which is a lovely distance to get some exercise.  We walk along the beach and are pleased at all the beautiful shell pieces to look at.  There are no jelly fish or other animals at all, just shells, most of which are quite broken and ground down.  After our walk on the beach we look for a commercial district, but there are just a few surf shops and restaurants so we partake in Mexican food for lunch.  Of course we ate too much as we always do when eating Mexican, but it was very good.

Hurricane warning sign, this area can only handle a category 1 and there are 5 listed on the sign

Mystery culprit

We head back towards the boat in search of a marine shop and groceries.  We are hosting Mike and Ralph for dinner tonight (Erie canal friends sans Annette).  Mike and Ralph captained 2 boats that we were trapped with on the Erie Canal so we became good friends many months ago.  Annette unfortunately is back in Canada for a couple of months so we don’t get to reunite with her, perhaps in Canada.

We have great success in locating a good grocery store nearby and get all the goodies we will need for dinner, including a chocolate cookie cake for dessert.

It is 4:00 by the time we reach the boat and when we get to the boat there is water on the floor.  We are perplexed where it came from as all the windows are shut properly, the water taps are all tightened properly, yet there is water on the counter and sprayed on the floor of the guest cabin.  We scratch our heads and look around.  Then Julie picks up a can of club soda laying on its side and the mystery is solved.  It is not water, it is club soda that has sprayed all over.  We don't know why it exploded, but it did.  We do a bit of prep work for dinner, clean up the club soda spill, play a game of dominos and our friends have arrived.  We have a lovely evening regaling memories and updating each other on our adventures over the winter.  Mike is just in the process of buying a new boat, so Dawson suggests that perhaps he could join Mike tomorrow when the survey and sea trial are being done on his new Tayana 42.

Reunion dinner, Dawson, Ralph, Mike and Julie

Cheers

Julie and Dawson