Sunday, November 29, 2009

Wednesday Is Work Day

What a beautiful day! Not sure of the temperature, suffice to say it was warm, very warm. I had a great sleep last night after I got to sleep. When I woke up, at my usual 11 am, I heard the fellas working around the boat. They had emptied the water tanks and filled them three times over. The water got contaminated because the vents for the tanks were under water for most of the voyage thus making the drinking water not potable. Things were beginning to come together again after the fourteen days at sea. More than anything we needed to get the boat dry. So we had as much stuff as possible on deck airing them out to prevent mold or any other stuff that you don’t want growing on a boat.

After a few hours work, we did what the locals do and signed off for the day. The three of us took the walk “downtown” which is ten minutes from where we were tied up. The cars drive on the wrong side of the street and the drivers sit on the wrong side of the car. I have no idea what sides of the street pedestrians are supposed to walk, but most of them walk in the middle. Horns blow continuously for no apparent reason, and the mopeds are the means of transportation for most

We had dinner at a great spot, The George and Dragon. We all had prime rib and it was perfect. The three of us play a game of guess the day and date. Mack is never right, Allan doesn’t care, and I worry that I will miss my flight back so I am always right. The tourist season is over here in Bermuda making it quiet for the most part. Very little pedestrian traffic and the local shops have notices in their windows about their closing dates until the new year. The weather is brilliant, not too hot, and certainly not cold. I could stay here for a very long time.

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