It’s not all sailing and sunsets … here’s what a
typical once-a-week visit to George Town looks like:
10:00 am, after breakfast and listening to the
morning sailor’s net, we board our trusty dinghy and set motor for town, in the
pouring rain. Ten minutes later, and thoroughly soaked, Jeff fills four large
water jugs with fresh reverse osmosis water, while I drop the garbage bags at
the little truck left for that purpose, and drag my rolling box filled with
laundry to Lee’s laundromat.
As I finish loading the machines, Jeff picks me up
and we head to the immigration office to extend our visas for our full visit
(unfortunately, as it turns out, a month too early ☹).
I head back to the laundromat to put the clothes
into the dryer, then off to shop for groceries, while Jeff takes the first load
of water back to Sea Change, and starts filling the tanks.
Then Jeff meets me at the dinghy dock, where I pass
many bags of groceries to him, which he ferries back to Sea Change, along with
yet another batch of filled water jugs, and unloads it all. I head back to the
laundromat to fold the now dry laundry, while Jeff makes a third trip to fill
water jugs, and picks up the clean laundry to take back to the boat.
I take a break and get my nails done for the
Christmas party tomorrow. Meanwhile, Jeff buys lobster and wine for our
anniversary celebration tonight, and then flakes out on the boat, waiting for
my call to be picked up. We head back Sea Change, weigh anchor and high-tail it
to our new anchorage at Volleyball beach, where there’s a Christmas sing-along
in progress.
After stowing all the groceries and clean laundry, the
evening is spent in celebrating our 36th anniversary, the third
night of Chanukah, and Christmas eve – what a day!
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