November 24, 2008 |
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Kevin, Laura and bill join me for potato soup and a lot of wine!
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Nov 1 - Being on a naval base, morning colors went at 0800, and it was normal to see sailors and marines stop to salute the rising colors. It was special though, to see my fellow retiree cruisers here at the marina also stop what we were doing, and come to attention,right on que, with not so much as a word needed to do so. Kevin (aka Mr Fixit) installed the new depth transducer and it appears to be working fine all morning. The old problem was intermittent though, so I'm keeping a close eye on it. Spoke to Capt Bill this morning in s/v Galena. He should be in Norfolk tomorrow evening so I may wait for him so we can continue on together. Company would be great and nothing is ever dull with Bill around. Oh, the temperature is in the low 70's here and I walked back from the Navy Exchange in a T-shirt!
Nov 2 - Kevin and Laura came by and we shared two, two liter bottles of wine and ate assorted stuff as we reminisced about our glory days in Miami and how much fun Carol was. About 1530, s/v Galena entered the Naval Station marina basin and we helped him with lines. Afterwards, I made a large pot of potato soup and with what was left of the wine, we enjoyed a boisterous dinner aboard Lastdance. Tomorrow, Bill and I will get underway at dawn and enter the ICW but we're not sure if we'll take the Virginia Cut or the Dismal Swamp route.
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