We left all the windows open last night. It was 66 & cloudy here at 7:00 this morning so think it will be another hot day. Forgot to mention in yesterday's post that Jon, Lois, Rod & I went for a cocktail cruise before going to Harv's boat for dinner. We checked out all the coves - Laura, Melanie & Prideaux Haven. There still are not as many boats as there used to be in August. We found lots of big ones tho.
Apparently all the boaters that come & go on Jon & Harv's raft missed Rod while we were gone. He's now known as "the fix it man" for everything that they can't take care of on their own, especially anything electrical or technology related. Nice to be needed (-:
Well, we've had quite an interesting afternoon! Lois & Jon decided that they wanted to move so the boats are not in the afternoon sun (which we were & the boats cook) & they will be here for 2 more weeks. Jon's first choice was to move right across from where we were which is a little island where kyakers used to spend the night (also no longer allowed by the park service unless there is an official outhouse). He made several attempts to anchor & then stern tie off the island but the anchor was not holding to the bottom. While he was getting set up, Rod dropped our anchor while we were waiting to raft & we didn't stick either. Finally that plan was abandoned after at least an hour of trying. Another boat came in & asked what we were doing & waited for us to get situated - Rod told him we were waiting to see what Jon decided to do. Well, we left shortly after that after failing to secure our spot. Of course that boat went right to the same spot & had no problem at all. But we just found out he had 5/8 anchor chain which would make a big difference because it's much heavier. Jon & Rod both have 3/8 chain.
We then went into Prideaux Haven, Jon successfully anchored & stern tied to the shore (so you don't swing around) & we rafted to them, but did not put an anchor down since we plan to leave on Tuesday. Our location is great - good views & nice breeze on the flybridges.
Tonight we had dinner with Jon & Lois on their flybridge. We had a Mexican night - taco salads. We contributed roasted corn & a stir fry with peppers & onions & leftover flank steak and I made margaritas. Lois made a stir fry with hamburger, olives & vegies and lettuce, chips & toppings.
We saw 2 deer on the rocks in front of our boats while dining. It got up to 78 today. And...it turns out that the first place we tried to anchor was still in the sun at 8:00 - it's a good thing we couldn't anchor there!
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