Life Is Good

Upon awakening I realized something was different. I knew it had to be after 8am but it was quiet. On the hard I could set my watch to the sound of grinders that immediately started at 8:15am. But not out here, there was only the sound of the occasional scooter or people chatting as they were walking by. After drinking my coffee and taking the long stroll to the bathroom (a compromise, no more ladder but a heck of a long walk), I put on my bathing suit and started washing off the decks. Finally, we can wash all of the dirt, twigs, leaves off and they won’t just blow back on making a muddy mess! Mike was doing some odds and ends but then realized he was pretty wiped. So I was happy to see him take a swim, followed by a nap and just trying to sort out this next phase in his head. I took advantage of the quiet afternoon and took a swim, laid in the sun trying to get rid of my farmers tan, and gave myself an insanely needed mani/pedi. And it is seriously 15 degrees cooler in the cabin now. It's actually a pleasant temperature and we're not dripping in sweat. Thank god for wind scoops! A wind scoop is piece of nylon material that you attach to your hatch and it funnels the breeze down into your cabin. 100 times more effective than an electric fan. There was no way we could have used them on the hard or we would have been knee deep in dirt. Just another bonus to being in the water! Later in the day, we realized that a celebratory dinner of burgers on the grill sounded pretty good. So Mike got the dinghy out, worked on the engine which finally started, and we zipped across the marina to pick up a few groceries. Upon our return we sipped on a gin and tonic waiting for our hunger to kick in and then fired up the BBQ! Oh my god, those gin and tonics and burger were the best ever! We concluded that everything must taste better on the water! But even with this mellow day, and finally being on the water, there still isn’t quite the feeling of being out from under this boat. I think we both know there is still a lot of work to be done in the next couple of weeks. Now it is just staying focused so we can sail out of this marina to meet up with Heather, Shan and Lucca! Now that is going to feel good!

Here is a photo again of the marina. We are on the outer pontoon, about where those two boats are directly above the double 00 in the telephone number.

Our new swim hole