2/2/2017
Hearing that the groundhog predicted 6 more weeks of winter made me even happier to be in Florida again this year.
Today was a day of chores - laundry, food shopping, and a raid on K-mart and Home Depot for storage containers to help get organized.
We returned back to the boat almost too late for docktails. Clark left the boat to head over to see who was about but got waylaid just beyond our boat and ended up talking to a fellow boater who had gone by either sailboat or trawler to all sorts of places including a lot of Caribbean Islands. He single-handed his boat when visiting all these places which is truly impressive.
Chores continued after dinner, so all-in-all, it was a non-blogworthy day.
2/3/2017
More chores as I put those containers to use that I bought yesterday to get more organized. Clark had several documents that he needed to have printed. Before I could do that I had to rearrange the position of the printer to allow access to the paper, etc. That by itself turned into a full-fledged project of rearranging the second state room where the printer resides.
Clark installed a router in the boat that just allows an internal network, i.e. my laptop can now talk to the printer. This came in very handy today as Clark had numerous documents he needed to have printed. Unfortunately, when I finally sat down to start printing, I discovered the black ink showed empty, so I had to make a run to the Office Depot for a cartridge. Between organizing and printing, the afternoon flew by.
At 5:40, we walked over to docktails late and found the area by the lighthouse deserted, i.e. no docktails tonight or else we were too late to the party. We decided to stroll out on the west side (Sunset Delight is docked on the east side of the marina) to gawk at the boats over there. The width / overall size of the catamarans out there make even our new boat look small. One of the sailboats we saw had an installer on board installing 3 solar panels totaling 850 watts. The owner said he also had a water maker on board (to turn sea water into potable water). Basically, he will be able to be fully independent of outside sources for water and electric. He and his wife must be headed for remote islands!
On our way back to our boat, we came upon A.C. and her husband, Jim, from Sweet T docked next to us. They too had come out to gawk, so we walked the docks some more, this time with them, and chatted as we strolled along. As the sun set, we arrived back at our boats. We noticed that all of the clouds had either light pink or bright pink underbellies. A.C. said that if we saw that in a painting, we would not believe it to be real. Unfortunately, the camera did not do the scene justice.
Before dinner Clark and I made a quick trip to Office Depot and then Publix food store - something we definitely could / would not do if we did not have a car here. I am still weighing the pros and cons of having a car. It is a luxurious convenience with a high price specifically the time required to move it to the next spot we plan to visit. I will say it has been very helpful to have a car handy.
Somehow today has passed in a blur and already it is after 10:00 p.m. and time to call it a night!
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