Hot and Dirty

The morning started off with John and Aysel arriving, pulling up chairs in the shade, and announcing that they were our ‘fan club’ here to bask in our presence! It was hard not to pull up a chair with them but we managed not to delay too much. I finished with the outside floor boards(!) and forced myself to get a coat on the inside. I am so done with this job. And today was hot. I ended up taking a cold shower in my underwear just to cool off, but then just dripped water from my wet hair and still sweat all over my varnishing. I have no room to complain, however. Mike had the worst job of them all. He crawled down into the chain locker to grind and prep the metal for paint. All I could see was a plume of metal dust flying up out of the hole. And he was covered, covered in black dust. After that job was done, it was definitely time for a shower…then a beer. At that point I was done. I was having a hard time holding up my head while sitting in the cockpit, so made my way into the hot, varnish fume-y cabin and passed out for a couple of hours. I managed to rouse myself around 6:30pm and went for another shower. When I came back, Mike had the decks clean so he could get a coat of epoxy paint on in the morning. Oh my god, there is actually a boat underneath the chaos! As for dinner, it was pumpernickel bread and cheddar cheese. And so not satisfying. You know how you feel when you have been on a really long hike or backpacking for a week, and all you want to do is stop at the local tavern and eat a really big cheeseburger? Well, that is how I felt with absolutely no chance of satisfying that craving. And with the galley and BBQ out of commission there was no chance of grilling up our own. Oh well. We’ll see what tomorrow brings when take a drive with John and Aysel, a chicken doner may have to do the trick.

Our fan club

So close and yet so far

"Boating is fun"

"Drinking beer is better!"