Category: 2020-06 (June)

We have been getting up with the sun, which means no latter than about 6:30 or so. We wander down from the upstairs bedroom and I start the coffee, then we read or do Facebook for awhile. Eventually we have breakfast and do our devotions. Some days we have gone to doctors appointments, or the Chiropractor for me. We usually have gotten to the boat for at least part of the day.

We found a place and got haircuts, and have had a chance to walk around town for a bit. This is a pretty nice place, but if you get into the area where it is sort of like the US the restaurants are expensive, not like we have been used to further south.

We finished getting the boat ready for us to not be here for 6 months or so yesterday. Today they shrink wrapped the boat, and we gave away the last of the extra food that we had. It has been a pretty big job getting rid of stuff that should not be left on the boat in the heat for the summer.

In any case, I don’t plan to continue writing in this blog for the summer, and will start again when we get back to the boat in the fall.

We do have room for guests, if anyone is interested in visiting and spending a week or so with us, drop us a line and we will coordinate. What you have to do/have is you need a passport and will need to be able to get to where we are when you are going to be down. When we know what time frame you are thinking about we can let you know where we expect to be so that you can make your travel arrangements.

We got up slowly, I went downstairs to allow Renee’ to sleep as long as possible, with the pain she was not sleeping well. Eventually we got around and had breakfast and did our devotions. Then I went to the boat and back and forth bringing stuff back to the apartment. I got a ride to the Autozone to get gas cans for the outboard. I also got shore power onto the boat so that I could pickle the water maker, that is another thing done, one step closer to being done.

At 6 pm, we joined the other boaters in the yard for a cocktail hour. There were 14 of us there, one is about 2 or 3 years old, nine guys and four women. We talked and eventually started to return to our boats, and apartments.

We do have room for guests, if anyone is interested in visiting and spending a week or so with us, drop us a line and we will coordinate. What you have to do/have is you need a passport and will need to be able to get to where we are when you are going to be down. When we know what time frame you are thinking about we can let you know where we expect to be so that you can make your travel arrangements.

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We got checked into our apartment, very nice! Two bedrooms, two bathrooms, A/C, and a pool! All within about a 5 minute walk of the boatyard. The beds are, of course, hard. So, we sleep in the apartment, get up and have breakfast and do our devotions, then go to the boat and get stuff done.

Renee’ has had a sore right shoulder for a couple of days now, it is similar to a few years ago when she had a calcium deposit in the joint. It really gets in the way, she doesn’t sleep well, and it limits what she can do.

We have gotten the new cushions made for the boat, they are thicker than the old ones. In any case things are getting done. The boat has been moved a couple of times now, but I believe it is in the final location for the duration.

Around 2:30 in the afternoon, we noted that it was the heat of the day, and the yard shuts down at 3, so we decided to go back to the apartment and get in the pool. By 3 pm, we were standing by the pool and went to take a shower before getting in. Renee’ went first and when she stepped out of the outdoor shower, she slipped on the tile, landing on her but and left hand. She heard the bone break and that was when I turned around and asked if she was ok. She said no, I went to the office to see if I could get help (after making sure she was as comfortable as she could be. I did not find anyone at the office, so I called the office number and they called the medics.

We got a ride to the urgent care in an ambulance and while there she got X-rays for her shoulder and her arm. (She had been to the doctor about the shoulder the day before and was scheduled to get X-rays on Saturday and a return visit to the doctor on Monday. That got changed and will see the doctor on Saturday now. Somewhere in the fall etc, the problem with the right shoulder when away.

We do have room for guests, if anyone is interested in visiting and spending a week or so with us, drop us a line and we will coordinate. What you have to do/have is you need a passport and will need to be able to get to where we are when you are going to be down. When we know what time frame you are thinking about we can let you know where we expect to be so that you can make your travel arrangements.

We woke up to the sound of scraping, they were starting the process of cleaning the bottom of the boat. Eventually we got up and had breakfast followed by devotions. Then a rough plan for the day.

We communicated with the people who have the apartment we are renting and got checked in. VERY nice, 3 blocks from the yard, AC, two bedrooms and two bathrooms. A kitchen and a a garage (not that we need that).

We have found some work that we need to do on the bottom of the boat (cleaning). I think I found why the anchor wash down pump does not always work (barnacles). We got started taking things off the boat. There is a long list of things we have to do to leave the boat here on the hard. The sails have to come down, get folded and put inside. The water maker has to get pickled (that takes shore power) the holding tank has to get pumped out, and stuff has to come off the boat. I am really glad we have a wagon to haul stuff between the boat and the apartment. We plan to rent a car to get stuff to the border and then rent another car and take stuff to Kansas where the truck and trailer are.

Renee’ has been having issues with her shoulder for about a week now. The last time it was like this, there was a calcium deposit in the shoulder joint, and after x-rays the doctor grabbed her arm and swung it up. While this “fixed” the problem it was a horrible bed side manner. She will be going to a doctor here tomorrow.

We do have room for guests, if anyone is interested in visiting and spending a week or so with us, drop us a line and we will coordinate. What you have to do/have is you need a passport and will need to be able to get to where we are when you are going to be down. When we know what time frame you are thinking about we can let you know where we expect to be so that you can make your travel arrangements.

 

 

 

We woke up about normal, slowly getting around to doing stuff. Had our breakfast and did our devotions. The port captain came by about 11 or so, told us that the medical group would be by and check us and that would be the end of our quarantine! Then he said we need to go and pay our fee at the bank and bring our receipt to the office. The hours are 9 am to 1 pm. So, about 1 or so the medical people came by and took our temperature and told us we were good to go. We went to the bank and paid our fees.

We walked the docks and talked to a bunch of people, and went to the boatyard. By this time we have talked to Salvador about hauling out on the 10th at 5 pm with high tide. This time (on the 9th) I said that perhaps we could come out today, he was pretty happy with that answer, as he is getting backed up on haul outs. They only haul out at high tide and that means that they have to wait until high tide and do the haul out, even though the yard closes at 3, they come back and do the haul at 5 or later. At low tide the haul out basin is empty, at high tide there is about 20 feet of water in the basin, so it does make a difference.

Bottom line, we hauled out on June 9th. We moved around the yard a bit as they tried to keep us from getting painted by the other boats. We have gotten new cushions for the cockpit and repaired the Dodger (the caves and vinyl windows at the front of the cockpit). Very reasonable price and great work! 

We went out to dinner with Mike from S/V My Song (he was across the dock from us and helped us out quite a bit). The food was pretty good and the service was excellent. This was the first day that the restaurant was open for customers. Jill’s Joint. Afterwards back to the boat and a good nights sleep (hot) on the hard.

We do have room for guests, if anyone is interested in visiting and spending a week or so with us, drop us a line and we will coordinate. What you have to do/have is you need a passport and will need to be able to get to where we are when you are going to be down. When we know what time frame you are thinking about we can let you know where we expect to be so that you can make your travel arrangements.

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