Day 305: Saturday, July 6, 2013
Port to Port: Kingston, NY
Underway: 0:00 am Motor Off: 0:00 pm Miles Traveled: 0 Stayed At: Marina
First Things First: First time I have ever docked a 170’ luxury yacht – the Battered Bull.
Mile to Mile: We started the day the same way we ended yesterday – more food. After throwing in 11 loads of laundry from our three boats, we joined Spiritus and Adagio at our favorite restaurant – the Rainbow Café – for there breakfast special. Excellent as always. We finished our laundry and drove (yes, drove) back to the marina to work on boat projects and, for some of us, get ready to leave in a day or two. Spiritus is leaving tomorrow and we are probably leaving on Monday. The locks aren’t open yet but it is time to get moving somewhere until they do or maybe head straight north if we have to.
The summer heat has really set in now – our thermometer read 103˚ in the shade this afternoon. We didn’t do a whole lot of walking today. Ron very generously gave Spiritus and us a fresh apple pie from the Apple Bin over the bridge. We agonized over the decision (ha!) but finally decided to go on a road trip with Ron back over the bridge to the Rainbow Café to get ice cream to add to our pie and we sat on the picnic table, ate all but one slice of pie and enjoyed the shade and breeze at the top of the hill. Ron took us to the Apple Bin to see it for ourselves and then took the scenic route back to the marina giving us a history lesson of the area as we went.
After such a busy day, naps were in order for some of us (reading for others). Rick and Leila on Sun Gypsy got back from their long trek to get a new water pump mid-afternoon so we took the car and made a Walmart and grocery store run to restock and find some nice cool air conditioning. We were late getting back and missed most of docktails but everyone had decided to head to the Armadillo Restaurant for Mexican food and, of course, we joined the crowd. Our posse of 12 stranded boaters enjoyed another wonderful meal together and, after an invite from Jeff on Not So Fast to go back to his boat for apple pie, we all hopped in various cars and headed across the river for a nightcap.
What a great way to end the day. Jan (Adagio) brought her dulcimer and the lyrics to the two songs she wrote and we had a wonderful sing along with all of our Looper friends. And more pie. (We showed rare discipline and abstained). And almost continuous laughter. Have I mentioned how lucky we are to be here, doing this?
