Day 287: Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Port to Port: Kingston, NY
Underway: 0:00 am Motor Off: 0:00 pm Miles Traveled: 0 Stayed At: Marina
Mile to Mile: Where does all the time go? We have been here for three days already and we haven’t even stepped into the Maritime Museum yet to look around. Or gone window shopping in the downtown area. Or walked over the bridge to the other side of the canal. Somehow or another, our days fill up even when we don’t have any specific plans or projects to do.
I woke up with the sun again (Cindy doesn’t appreciate this but what can I do) and sat up at the picnic tables and cranked out the blog. If I don’t do it early it will never get done and then I will get behind and forget what we did two days ago and then it becomes a big project. The only thing we want to do for sure today is spend time with Roger and Dorothy on Slow Churn (they are probably leaving tomorrow) and Eddy and Linda on Spiritus (and introduce them to each other). We need to leave a slot open for docktails, of course. I need to pull the dinghy out and fill it with water so I can find where the floor has a slow leak and then clean it and try to seal the leak again. A walk down the waterfront to a surplus store (ala Axman Surplus in Minneapolis) is on the agenda – I am hoping to find a replacement wheel for the cart I use to haul gas. Lunch is optional but a picnic in the waterfront park would be fun. Cindy needs to get some buttermilk and flour to make Ableskeevers tomorrow for our boaters brunch. Showers are not optional. A few small boat projects need attention. Dinner might be kind of nice at some point. Etc, etc, etc…
Well, we had a reasonably productive day. I finished the blog by 7:30 am although, for some odd reason, a cup of coffee did not magically appear next to the computer (and Cindy was not happy I got up so early which I paid for later – no donuts for you, Mike). I pulled, tested and cleaned the dinghy but need to let it dry before trying to seal the leaks). Eddy and I went down to the surplus store and I found a perfect replacement wheel for $1 and I may go back and get another one just in case the other wheel breaks, Cindy, Linda and Dorothy walked to the store to get buttermilk and chat along the way. We had hotdogs for lunch with Roger and Dorothy on the picnic table in the park and chatted for a long time afterwards. We squeezed in showers before going to docktails. We had a wonderful dinner of white chili on Spiritus with all six of us and finally called it a day way past Looper midnight (around 10:00 pm). A very successful day I think.
