Captain has launched forth as the spider patrol...declaring war and instant death to any and all spiders...it’s now part of his morning routine and he has already depleted his supply of spider spray...WalMart trip is tomorrow!

My time on the boat grows shorter...September 3 Floyd is bringing me home. He is planning a quick turn around to head back. We’ve got some projects here that he’d like to get started...and well, marina folks tend work better when someone is actually here. We’ll see how that works for him.

It’s Monday and I’m thinking a trip to local grocery...a little vacuum action and then I intend to head to the pool....need to work a little on this boater tan I’ve got going on....that’ll insure rain this afternoon...

Managed to do a few things this weekend....but not much!! Meeting new people is constant....there are 68 slips on our pier...and we are only 10 slips from shore...the parade is constant...and exhausting...as you can see. We did find it interesting that after only a couple of days here, he prefers the slip deck to our little aft deck....and is very vocal about telling us to get out there.

Dinghy rides and napping are his other favorite activities....just so you know!

And my sweet momma seems to be getting along just fine....after months of me trying to persuade her to purchase a new recliner...brother Barry saves the day...

Momma got a brand new chair...

Our new slip has a small deck which came furnished with two great chairs...we’ve added our two, a small used table and a fan....Dakota has established himself as the official Pier 5 greeter. He’s seems to like it better than the aft deck..

Poof...it’s Saturday!! Haircuts happened! Floyd left at O’dark thirty on Thursday. All planes did what they were suppose to do....and he arrived safely back in Green Turtle Bay Friday afternoon, having made a brief stop at Walmart to get a tall oscillating fan for our new deck area. I got that manicure/ pedicure....and we think some friends from Henderson will come visit this week end.

We’ve met so many nice folks that it is truly hard to keep track. Our pier is home to probably close to 100 boats. Not much activity during the week...but did it ever pick up yesterday afternoon. Nick and Taryn on TARYN AWEIGH are still here so they visit occasionally...surprised us yesterday arriving by dinghy!

We’re making plans for the week...Floyd says AC on the truck needs work. Nick and Taryn need a ride to the airport. Dakota heads to groomer on Wednesday. Floyd is scheduled for mani/ pedi, facial and massage...I’m getting a massage. We really want to head out and explore the lake. Next Saturday is big doings at marina...National Marina days celebration...so we’re trying to avoid some of that mingling with the masses...and , of course, there will be laundry! There’s always laundry!

Heat continues to rise but really it’s the humidity! We feel ever so lucky to have experienced unseasonably lower temps during our trip down the skanky river...and ever so glad we are on this side of locks that continue to delay travel! We just might need to go buy s lottery ticket...or two!

Life is good at the Turtle!

Oh, laundry!! It was serious business yesterday....priority number one....closest laundromat was in Draffenville, which happens to be the little village where Dakota has a grooming appointment next week. So we thought we’d check it out. Laundromat experience was a hoot....see photo of the car parked next to us....it belonged to one of the two women in the place...tough decision as to which one! As to checking out the dog groomer, that was a good decision....back and forth down the street and finally made a phone call to ask...and there it was hidden!

We continue to meet the folks on our dock...but really it’s pretty deserted around here right now. This weekend I’m sure things will change.

Haircuts on the agenda for today...and probably booking mani/pedi, massage and facial....why not? It’s been a long hard journey... Floyd flies out to Northport early tomorrow morning for truck retrieval....it’s an 11 hour drive so he should be back Friday afternoon...life is good in Green Turtle Bay!!

Two things I forgot to mention earlier...

Floyd has been greeted several times lately by what he affectionately refers to as the Canadian Air Force...big flocks of geese honking and flying over....shoulda got a photo...but sorry, that didn’t happen.

The other most unusual barge contents we saw...the huge blades for wind turbines...stacked and being towed. We saw production sight when Dennis and Jessi lived in Garden City...and have certainly seen them on the roads being hauled by semis...but barges?? Who’d thought?? Photo proof...there they are!
We warned them not to attempt low bridges in Chicago...or on the Illinois.