Thirty minute walk not bad?
Sunday August 23rd, 2020
The task for the day was grocery shopping. We tied the dinghy up at the town landing and set off on foot for the Hannaford’s. In half an hour, we were there. Our shopping list did seem quite extensive, but we managed to find everything we wanted. Perhaps that wasn’t the good news. Mike was loaded down with a very large bag on his back and a box of beers in one hand and a bag of shopping in the other. I had a backpack full of stuff. That easy-peasy, thirty minute walk did seem like a real workout on the way back. Imagine what Mike thought.
In various trips to the dock and back we have also transported 20 gallons of water but the tank is still not full. In the five days since we filled up, we’ve used quite a bit of fresh water. I’d like to say it was too much showering but I’d be lying.
We are starting to think about where next on our Maine cruise. It seems most likely that we will go a little further “down east”, always keeping an eye on the wind and weather.
Gloria
p.s We are very excited to announce our new crowd-sourcing project. Over the past couple of weeks we have seen numerous boats that would be a significant upgrade over “Cotinga” but sadly are beyond our wealth. Inspired by recent newsworthy events we have come up with an ingenious and fool-proof plan. We are going to establish the “Bridge to Greenland” crowd-sourcing project, where every cent that is donated (apart from a million dollars for our new boat) will be thrown into the ocean as foundations for a bridge to Greenland. As one orange haired imbecile remarked about Puerto Rico … “who knew transport to an island could be so difficult” and this really might persuade Denmark to sell Greenland to the USA. We are as yet unsure whether we will buy a bigger sailboat or a powerboat, but either way we plan to name it “Bannon’s Folly” in honor of the man who inspired this plan. What could possibly go wrong?
Mike
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Ditto
Cool pics!
ReplyDeleteAn idea for blog content: if it's easy to do, a map showing where you've traveled over the course of the day - or perhaps over successive days.