Saturday March 19: Work and Woofstock

Yesterday quickly turned into a work day. While we were diving the other day, Steve noticed the bottom of the boat was getting some growth of very small barnacles - due mostly to our being in one spot for so long. Today he put on scuba stuff to make it easier to scrub the bottom on the boat! It's not enough that we have to keep the top clean but the bottom as well. I provided moral support and every so often checked that there were air bubbles coming out from under the boat just to verify he was still under there :-) The Ove Glove now has another official use: boat bottom cleaner - there is just no end to the uses of that thing! Of course while under the boat cleaning the bottom (in less than clear water), Steve noticed the zinc anode was missing from the propeller shaft. Instead of the prop shaft getting eaten away by stray currents in the water, this sacrificial anode gets eaten away. Definitely need to replace that! Fortunately the hardware store a mile down the road had one that fit the shaft so back into the water Steve went. The allen key and flashlight he used were both tied to him with a string - we've lost way to many tools overboard :-) The challenge is to get the two halves of the anode around the shaft then use the allen wrench to tighten the 4 screws that hold the two halves together - all while hanging upside down under the boat in murky water. It was a challenging 30 minutes to do this but success was his in the end! Meanwhile, Ty's sister and brother-in-law came to visit them so we had a pot luck dinner and played domino's after. Ty was ever the clown with his eyepatch and fake teeth .... all enjoyed the evening :-) This morning they headed out of the harbor for a sail and an overnight trip to the bayside. Today after our 9 mile bike to breakfast (round trip), we stopped at what we thought was Woodstock - thinking we missed the first one in the 60's so maybe we'd catch this one! Little did we know that it was WOOFstock - a music fest that focused on dogs!

The funnest were the airdogs jumping into the pool. Apparently not all of the dogs wanted to do that as the man in the second picture needed to demonstrate how to run and jump into the pool! There were also dog races and a guy in a dog suit who posed with your dog for pictures.

There were cute dogs everywhere and many booths - all stuff for dogs! Fozzi would have loved this place - organic treats and everything!