Day 251, Year 6: Dinner with Dick and Claire
Date: Saturday, July 2, 2011
Weather: Another Beautiful Day, Temp mid-70’s
Location: Eel Pond, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Much of my morning was spent shopping for a very few items but it required that I go to different stores to get the best prices. That is what took so long. Then I went to Heather’s to work in the garden. Mark stayed on Windbird and spent the entire day removing the leaky water hot water tank. When I returned at 4:30 pm he had just finished. In order to get to the hot water tank he had to remove an AC freezer compressor that we never use since we are rarely plugged into a dock. We will keep it in case we move to a dock at some point and need the extra freezer power, but for now the removal gives us a nice storage space under the kitchen sink. We took a few minutes to catch up on each other’s day and then we headed to Dick and Claire Wiklund’s for dinner. Claire is a phenomenal cook and she remembered my love of artichokes serving an artichoke dip as an appetizer and artichokes with herbed stuffing with the steak and salad for the main course. She also served a wonderful fish chowder preceding the main course. The food was delicious and the company even better. We talked about our travels and Dick and Claire’s land travels in their newer, bigger Air Stream. Dick is an avid woodworker and the neatness and organization of his wood shop never fails to impress us. We got to see his pride and joy, a very large remote control bi-plane-a Stopwith Camel. This is the type of plane Snoopy flies. A fun evening was had by all.
