It's been a fast week (again) since we arrived back to Matt and Wendy's place on the Neuse River in NC on Tuesday. The peaceful night Tuesday night didn't last as there was work to be done!
We first moved "Yesterday's Dream" to a marina on the north side of the Neuse River to be pulled and put on the hard for our return. Now we don't have worry about hurricanes while we are away. It's a very protected marina - and on a high hill :-) Next project was one of Wendy's: recover one of her outdoor chairs. The project went well with Wendy willing to finish up the hand work that was needed.
So it was time for lunch, right? Steve decided we should try the sushi place that is open only during the week and only for lunch. Ok - I was game. Wendy drives to some place that says it is a bait store. We walk in and indeed it looks like a bait store to me! Where is the restaurant????
Turns out the restaurant is behind the bait store was really there! Great food - will definitely put it on the list for when we return to North Carolina.
Earlier in the day, Wendy and I hit the thrift store on the base - good score with a quilt, a few books, and a couple of other things. Steve and I stopped at one after lunch and found plates, silverware, frying pan, another quilt and a small pan. I love thrift stores!!
Later in the day Steve seemed to be relaxing and not doing to much work. Contrary to what it looks like, he had worked all day with stops to pick up Wendy's vegetables, a physical therapy appointment and in-between had run over to Yesterday's Dream to clean out the fridge and freezer as there will be no electricity to the boat while out of the water. It was a well deserved rest!
Friday morning it was time to head north. We lucked out with a larger car than we had reserved for the trip to New York - guess it was a good thing given that we seemed to have a lot of stuff to take to the Canada boat with us. The car was $140 a day since it was a 1 way rental so the plan was to drive the 11 hour trip straight through.
It was a good plan and worked well. We drove an hour out of the way to miss the Washington DC traffic on a Friday before a holiday week and I'm confident it was worth it. There was a beautiful sunset over the mountains of Pennsylvania. What a wonderful country we have!
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| On the way, we were able to stop and buy a folding bike for Steve. The people who were selling it let us stop at 10 pm since it was on the way to Syracuse and the new boat. |
Once we were back (about midnight Friday), we just crashed. Up early this morning to turn in the one way rental and pick up a local rental. I'm kind of liking just having rental cars! We always have something that is very new - definitely not the experience we had when we owned cars :-)
Shopping was in order as there were many things that we needed for the new boat. It was like starting over. Finally a lunch break at the marina - then back to work.
One of the first orders of business was to steam clean the v-berth.When Steve tried sleeping in it last week, he could hardly breathe and ended up having to just get out of the boat for a while - finally ending up the the dinette seating to get a little sleep. Seems he is allergic to mold/mildew and hence could not use the steam cleaner to do the sides and ceilings in the v-berth with the steam cleaner. Mmmmm....sounds suspicious.
But he did help with the carpet in the main cabin area so I guess it was legit :-) Besides, I heard him last week trying to breath after just 10 minutes in the front cabin. Hopefully there will not be a repeat tonight!
We will likely be here until at least Wednesday working to get the boat ready to go. Some of the projects (like sunshades on the windows) may just have to wait until we are underway.
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