January 12
Today we went t town to
get the phone set up...what a laff! Rick
said that the girl was reading off the posters on the wall when he asked
questions about plans. We got some data that will do us as we head to Marsh
Harbour in a couple of days. We'll get set up when we get to "civilization".
Okay... back up. We went
over to town with Windreka and C-Soul in the dinghies...a nice day for it but
no-one has any idea what the weather is like past here! Sea state, that it.
Winds are not the issue...10 foot waves on the beam are the issue!
SO we get to the dinghy
dock and met Paul from KNOT-AH-GAN. He said that Marianne had gone up to the
phone office and they only take cash. Crap! There is no bank machine on the
island and the bank [CIBC] is only open Thursday...luckily it's Thursday. So we
go to the bank knowing that we will get charged a HUGE tax for using a
non-Interac branch, and they cannot take a debit card. SO not only do we get
charged the exchange rate, but a bank penalty for using the wrong bank and
another charge for taking cash on our credit card. For a $30.00 phone card...I
can't imagine what that will look like!!
We got to the phone
office. It was locked so we sat on the steps to wait. Ten minutes later the
door unlocks, she lets out some customers and tells us" I have to go to
the bank. I'll be right back."
We sat on the steps for
another 20 minutes and a woman pulled up across from the phone office to start
dismantling Christmas decorations. I said to Rick, "I can't sit here and
watch her do that by herself." So we went over to help About 20 minutes
later, the phone lady came back. I let Rick deal with it...he's much more
patient than I am these days, and I continued to help.
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