Day 162, Year 8: Slow and Easy Sunday
Date: Sunday, April 14, 2013
Weather: Winds ESE 10; Temp in the Upper 70’s F
Location: Lightkeepers Marina in Coquina Harbor, Little River, SC
After yesterday’s work frenzy, we took it easy today. That doesn’t mean we didn’t do anything, but it was a much easier day than yesterday. There was very little wind early this morning, so Mark took advantage of that to replace the second reef line in the main sail and then raise the main to check that everything was working right. While he did that I did a little internet research looking for a dining/kitchen set for Patsy. Mark was successful but I was not. So my search continues. We then went to Patsy and Joe’s for the afternoon and evening. When we arrived here in November we took five huge plastic boxes of our stored photos out of Patsy’s guest closet. They have been sitting in one of the guest bedrooms ever since, so today we started going through the boxes looking for the last few photos we need to complete Mark’s 70th birthday book. We are determined to complete that project before we leave here and we certainly need to get the photo boxes put away. We made good progress today and will get those boxes put away tomorrow. In the late afternoon, Joe managed to get all of us interested in watching the final few holes of the Masters Golf Tournament. We watched the first ever Australian, Adam Scott, win the tournament. While this was going on, Mark and I worked together to fix a stir fry dinner which we ate as soon as the Masters ended. And we are now back on Windbird. We have made the decision to leave here on or about Monday, April 29, so we can now prepare for the trek northward slowly. I was almost in a panic thinking we would be leaving next Monday. We now have an extra week to prepare the boat and get food and other supplies ready, and that process will start tomorrow.
