Day 292: Sunday, June 23, 2013

Port to Port: Kingston, NY

Underway: 0:00 am      Motor Off: 0:00 pm      Miles Traveled: 0      Stayed At: Marina

Mile to Mile: It was hot today. It’s hard to get inspired to go on long walks or work on boat projects when the sweat pours off your forehead. I spent a lot of time working on the computer sitting at the picnic table in the shade enjoying a nice breeze. I backed up our photos, wrote the blog, fixed a couple internet problems and everything I did was invisible.

We are starting to go a little stir crazy waiting for information on the Erie Canal. The word now is that Lock 13 is the main problem and it may be back in operation by Thursday or Friday. The Erie Canal will be a very busy place those first few days once it opens. We won’t leave here until a day or two after it opens to give them time to clear out some of the backlog.

We joined Spiritus in the afternoon and walked over the bridge to the Rainbow Café where we enjoyed a wonderful late lunch and dawdled in the air conditioned confort. After ice cream on the way home and docktails after we got there, we tried movie night again. Adagio – the boat parked in front of us – happened to have “When Harry Met Sally” on dvd so we all met in the boat building barn, hooked up a DVD player to the TV and finished our movie from last night.

Everyday is a surprise. Tomorrow, we know we are going to have breakfast burritos with Eddy and Linda at 8:30 am and, at 11:00 am, Bruce on Miss Darlin II is going to give us a ride to Walmart (thanks Bruce). And it’s going to be hot again. And we will try again to find a pizza place that is open at the same time we are hungry. We are  just taking each day one at a time.