I have been getting a lot of flack from folks who tell me I am not posting enough stuff. So I will try to fill you in on some of the other things, that I wouldn't have thought you would have any interest in.
Last Friday I went to another mall and it was like something out of a magazine, truly, it was so nice. More shoe stores than I could count. There was so much to buy, but I remind myself that we have to get that engine paid off before we can make any major purchases. BUT I found what I could afford, and something Allan would appreciate as well. I found a "Burger King". So I did what any one of us would do, I bought three double cheese Whoppers. The three of them cost less than $9.00 US. And I am pretty sure they were made of beef. Man they were good. My only regret is not getting six of them. Next time we go, I am going to try the "KFC".
Yesterday was a huge work day. The electricity was scheduled to be out from 0800 until 1500 hours so we worked on the deck. I had a laundry hanging before 0730 am, and started polishing the stainless steel on deck. The dorads (sp) and some of the stantions (sp)came out really nice. So that is great incentive to keep going. Al emptied the back locker and a lot of other stuff that we didn't need and was able to stow pretty much everything so now the aft end of the boat looks great. He also scrubbed the teak with some soap and a little bit of Chlorine.
Allan told me there is something wrong with the outboard; it doesn't accelerate, so Al has a guy coming tomorrow morning at 0830 am to look at it. Another Bill in our future. The air conditioner guy came yesterday and filled the air conditioner with some R-22. Ours was down quite a bit. So the bills continue to creep up. Boating is not a cheap hobby that's for sure.
Some fellow cruisers spent last weekend in Grenada and said the place is filled with cruisers. That would have been our choice to stay for the winter. Maybe next year we can get a rider on our policy to be able to stay in Grenada for the hurricane season. There aren't many facilities to fix boats, but it's a great place with lots of beaches and nice coves to stay on the weekends.
Horror to us, we found lil bitty bugs that look like ants. Almost too small to see, but Al and I can see a bug a mile away. By the way, the last entry I thought was a cockroach, wasn't....it was a beetle. My apologies for that. Anyway, when Al found the lil bitty bugs he went nuts with a spray can of bleach and water. If there is anything moving on deck today, they will be getting another application of Allan's wrath. We finished up around 1800 hours, and after having showers, I went directly to bed, while Al just sat sitting straight up. His back was killing him too. I washed all the deck lines, so that may be the source of where the lil ones came from. Man those ropes stink. Nobody told me that, ever!!
So having cleaned the cockpit last week, I will continue with the stainless steel cleaning, and also do some scraping of the varnish. That, I love to do, seriously! I am not breaking any records doing this stuff. Ryen's Quest is going to look loved and beautiful inside and out. I do something until I get sore or tired, and take a rest. Neither Al, nor I took any breaks yesterday so when we finally stopped, we dropped. That's just crazy.
We are considering getting married in Trinidad.
Good night Precious Princess, Nana loves you. xoxox
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