OtherGoose: February 19-20

February 19-20

Yesterday was kind of a sad day. It was Dad’s birthday; he would have been 90 years old. So I had my usual little cry. I like to think he and Mom are following my blog with the rest of you.

We didn’t do much except finish the dinghy and went for a long walk through the subdivision. It’s a beautiful area here and we are getting way too comfortable here at this marina.

Joseph whipped through to pick up his jacket. He left it in the car when we came back from the Boat Show. He missed seeing Gail and Mark who had gone out with one of their friends. We heard from Jon and Joyce [Red Griffon II] Thunder Bay, and they are almost here!

We took the windows out of the dodger to re-bed them today. They both tend to leak a bit in the rain, which is really uncomfortable when you’re driving. So tomorrow we will finish bedding them when the sun is out and warms up the glass and the glue.

Mostly we are sitting around, or going for walks, chatting with the sheriff 's men when they come by and with Rosann and the marina staff. I asked if there was a job she needed help with. This is the first place I’ve been where it makes me miss working.

We haven’t been doing anything very exciting. As soon as we visit with Jon and Joyce we are heading south to cross over to the Bahamas.

It’s only 40 -60 miles, depending where we leave from, so it’s just a long sailing day. The weather is consistently warmer now. The last two nights were cold but not cold enough to use a heater.

So other than the fact that we are 40 degrees warmer than you are, nothing is news worthy right now. Ttyl!

It looked a lot worse than this... stuff growing on the bottom