Friday 17th afternoon

Friday October 17 afternoon

Barb and I went to the Laundromat and got the laundry done fairly quickly. Dan and Rick waited at the boat. When we got back nothing was happening so we went for a walk to the post office and picked up some post cards. We wandered through downtown, and Barb was re-orienting herself to what she remembered of Trenton. Then we stopped at the Grind Cafe f

or coffee and went back to the boat around 1:00pm.

As we cut through the parking lot Barb saw a Discount truck pull in. We walked up as he was parking and I saw parcels in his front seat, so I accosted him and sure enough, he had our package! I waved frantically at the boat and Rick came running with the confirmation number.

We had lunch and then watch Rick start to assemble the coupler. There wasn’t much we could do to help, so he sent us off to find a truck parts place to get extra hydraulic hoses and ferrules [remember those...the little buggers that blew our first day in Lake Superior.]  We didn’t really need them yet, but I got 12 feet of hose and 11 ferrules. Now we probably will never need them but for 23 bucks it’s cheap insurance!

Dan’s GPS took us directly to two places that no longer existed...name at the entrance bit building boarded up. So we drove towards Belleville and he found a Freightliner/ Western parts depot that had exactly what we were looking for. ON the way back we went to the Afghanistan Repatriation Memorial at the base. It’s a beautiful set of sculptures.

When we came back Rick said we missed Mike. He had stopped by to check on us but he was taking his oldest son to a hockey game for his birthday, and we would probably see him tomorrow.  Rick had almost finished the set up and after he dropped the last nut and washer into the bilge [not on purpose], we went to Boston pizza for dinner.  Wild crowd in there... too noisy for my liking but the food was good. I actually ate pizza [GF of course]

 Dan and Barb dropped us off at the boat and we said a teary goodbye...ok, really, would you expect anything less? C’mon, it’s Barb and me...we bawled our way through Ted’s and Jack’s weddings; and we didn’t understand half of Ted’s because it was in Finn!

Of course, throughout the day it rained on and off but we didn’t get the gusty winds so maybe we’ll be lucky tomorrow and everything will fall into place, so we can leave before it snows.

So tomorrow is test day after we [Rick] retrieves the nut and washer. I think we should keep Mike on board for the test run. That way everything will work and we’ll have to bring him back to the dock before we can leave.

Will let you know what happens tomorrow. Keep your fingers crossed and maybe we should try that communal wish thing again!  Let’s try to be more specific this time: let’s all hope/ wish / pray that the OtherGoose has no more issues until it gets to warm salty water!  We’d appreciate the effort!