As you can see from the map at left, we haven't traveled very far from Norfolk! The blue line is how far we came on Tuesday and Wednesday. The yellow line is where we are headed - assuming the weather gets a touch nicer! Fortunately we do not have any snow unlike most of the northeast. Watching one of the Ivy League football games (can't remember who was playing), it looked like it could have been January there was so much snow. Crazy. Here it's mostly wind and cold.
Lance and Mary (Amanzi) invited us over for dinner last night - it was a nice evening. We learned that ketchup is called tomato sauce in New Zealand. And a flashlight is called a torch. Reminded me of the times when we were kids and were intent on making what we would define a torch out of straw tied on a stick. Never did get anything to burn which is probably a good idea as I seem to recall that we tried this in the barn - yikes!! This morning we were headed to the Farmer's Market which was to be held by the main docks in town - rainy but a balmy 65 degrees. Turns out that no only did our ride not come (provided by the locals) but the market itself was apparently canceled due to the not so nice weather. So off to breakfast we went. Steve HAD to go back to the place that featured scrambled eggs and pork brains. Really?? Yes - that's what he ordered and ate. Not what I expected as I was looking for a little pile of stuff that looked like brain tissue. Instead it was small flecks of ham looking pieces in the eggs. Weird.
Anyway, another trip to the hardware store was in order (to get some stuff for the new battery charger installation) so I rode there on my bike while everyone else walked back to the boat. I couldn't resist the cupcake store and ended up with a red velvet, a double chocolate and a key lime cupcake. Yum - only one made it until dinner time :-)
Part of the replacement charger is done. Here I'm putting a 70 amp fuse breaker in the line that goes to the battery. We need some additional wire and terminals in order to finish it so that will wait for another day. Hate to do too much work in one day :-)
Hopefully the weather will turn nice again - or at least the wind will quit blowing. The next part of the trip south means crossing the very large Abamarle Sound. It gets quite rough and today/tonight winds are in the 20 knot range. So maybe tomorrow if it calms some or other wise maybe Monday!
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