We postponed washing down our salt-encrusted boat for 2 days which is progress for me. We are paying by the gallon for water here at Sea Spray and managed to do a very effective wash with 20 gallons. The islands have very little water and depend on rain water and reverse osmosis water treatment so conservation is very important. Electricity is also metered and we are conserving. Go green.
Our fun plan for today was taking the Sea Spray van with Rodney into Hopetown and then walking back. Bob was not so sure the walking part sounded like loads of fun. Hopetown is a small jewel of a town with colorful houses, small meandering paths and the dramatic backdrop of the lighthouse and ocean. We found the Harbour’s Edge Restaurant that had internet service and seriously blogged away.
It is truly a small world. We were blogging when we noticed a gentleman across the way that looked very familiar in a St. Paul way. I went up to him and asked if he was from St. Paul. Bob and I had taken a Red Cross First Aid course in August in St. Paul, and sure enough, it was Joe Lynch on “Night Star” who along with his wife, Judy, took the course with us. We all are down here escaping the ravages of the MN winter and luckily we have not had to use the skills we learned in the course,
Back to the walk to the marina—it seemed like a good idea to walk the 3+ miles back to the marina. Did I mention that we went to the grocery store and reprovisioned with about 10+ pounds of supplies, had the laptop in a backpack and it was now 83 degrees? Here’s Bob thinking that maybe he would like to be in Italy instead of lugging supplies. Even I was “conked out.” Luckily, Rodney was making a routine run to Hopetown and we were able to “thumb” him down and catch a ride back to the marina.
Our fun plan for today was taking the Sea Spray van with Rodney into Hopetown and then walking back. Bob was not so sure the walking part sounded like loads of fun. Hopetown is a small jewel of a town with colorful houses, small meandering paths and the dramatic backdrop of the lighthouse and ocean. We found the Harbour’s Edge Restaurant that had internet service and seriously blogged away.
It is truly a small world. We were blogging when we noticed a gentleman across the way that looked very familiar in a St. Paul way. I went up to him and asked if he was from St. Paul. Bob and I had taken a Red Cross First Aid course in August in St. Paul, and sure enough, it was Joe Lynch on “Night Star” who along with his wife, Judy, took the course with us. We all are down here escaping the ravages of the MN winter and luckily we have not had to use the skills we learned in the course,
Back to the walk to the marina—it seemed like a good idea to walk the 3+ miles back to the marina. Did I mention that we went to the grocery store and reprovisioned with about 10+ pounds of supplies, had the laptop in a backpack and it was now 83 degrees? Here’s Bob thinking that maybe he would like to be in Italy instead of lugging supplies. Even I was “conked out.” Luckily, Rodney was making a routine run to Hopetown and we were able to “thumb” him down and catch a ride back to the marina.
