Formulating Plans
Saturday January 23, 2021
We have been following the weather forecast for a few days. It looks like a strong cold front will be coming through on Thursday. After the front there will be strong winds from the north. We contacted the marina in Key West and luckily heard that our slip would be available early. So our plan is to move down to Key West on Tuesday in advance of the cold front and small craft advisory. We should be securely tied up to the dock for the fierce weather.
This is a bit of a change of plans and meant that we needed to make some arrangements with the marina. We are now booked for a “departure pump-out” on Monday. We turned back our laundry card (for a refund of the $10 deposit). We poured the contents of the diesel jerry cans into the main fuel tank and re-filled the jerries at Pancho’s fuel dock
Additionally, we took a trip to Home Depot looking for N95 masks—no luck. Apparently all of these are reserved for medical personnel. It is quite astonishing that one year into the pandemic, the US still is not producing enough N95 masks to equip the population. Currently, we believe that masks provide the best method for reducing the spread of the virus. But, we don’t have a ready supply of high quality masks—even after 12 months. If I can’t get vaccinated (a rant for another day), are protective masks too much to ask?
Gloria
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The following are a set of abstract shots taken in the late afternoon at the marina dinghy dock. They are simply reflections of the dock structure in the water as the sun dipped towards the horizon and provided beautifully rich lighting. These photos have been edited to optimize brightness, contrast and clarity but are otherwise unchanged
Quite interesting shots. Meant to say how much I liked the wake picture from yesterday; but, got caught up in giving my 2 cents on political divisions :}
ReplyDeleteInteresting that you can’t get N95 masks in the States. Here in Oaxaca, they seems to readily available. Even the little corner tiendas are advertising them. Do you think they’re for real? Or evidence of the past administration’s inability to walk and chew gum at the same time?
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