Thursday, December 19, 2013

It was a wonderful morning to wake up to. Sunny skies, warm temp, gentle breeze. Jorge was up before me (which is usually the case). I think he was anxious to get going on installing the solar panels. He measured, remeasured, put them on the davits and decided what hardware he had to buy. I made a picnic lunch and off we went to town.

About a 10 minute dinghy ride to the dinghy dock (just to the left in the picture). $10.00 per day but you can use that towards food or beverage anytime during that day.

The dinghies. Sometimes it is like bumper boats getting in and out!

We had lunch outside a hardware store in apark in a huge commercial plaza and then proceeded to go inside. Unfortuately they did not have everything Jorge was looking for. What a surprise! Off he trudged to another store while I took on the wine store and grocery store. Again what a surprise! We bought a bottle of Malbec from Argentina a couple of days ago and enjoyed it. Today I bought it in a box (wondering if our marriage was going to survive this purchase.) Storage will be so much easier after getting rid of the box and just storing the soft plastic bag. Beer is back to cans - Jorge will have to do without his Indian Pale Ale as bottles just won't do on this part of the trip.

I was back to the dinghy way before Jorge, it seems he had more than one or two stores to visit in order to get what he wanted.

Diana and Gilbert were also in town doing their "jobs". Everyday it seems we are in town buying for the boat. I will be so glad when we can sit under a palm tree and do absolutely nothing for an afternoon!

Of course we had happy hour with them aboard CS'ta Time. We had to discuss their purchases, our purchases, what more to get, what not to get, etc. You get the picture - anything for a happy hour! Tomorrow back to installing the solar panels and I am sure another trip to town.

1 comment:

  1. Funny you end up at Southport Raw Bar, we we going to recommend it to you as a great place for seafood, drinks and of course happy hour!
    We will respond in detail to Jorge's email about CS'ta Time (Alfran) :)

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