M & D went to Happy Hour here and discovered like Dad said, “We are in the boater’s version of “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”,,,everyone is helping one another…but they are all here for various reasons…some seem to be here for the rest of their life including the owner Mary (or until she can sell this place)…It was her husband’s dream not hers, but she is still hanging in here 10 years after his death. Thankfully, she has a new partner Nick who is wonderful, as are her many loyal friends who continue to support her and her business.
Met one younger couple, Ana and Mike who are between jobs living on their catamaran with their two dogs & two cars. When they decide to move on… They have to drive two cars ahead to the next stop, return in the one car to the boat, move the boat, then go back to get the other car and move it to their next location… Right now, due to boat insurance they need to be north of Hatteras from May 1 - November 1. So, they are slowly moving their way up north…They have been living like this for 2 years. M & D are guessing they are in their 40’s. Amazing!
Another couple of women from CT crew their own 37’ sailboat. They both have commitments in their separate towns, so they travel on the boat 10-14 days or so. They leave the boat somewhere and drive or fly home. Then come back and get it and move on…until they get their boat back to its CT homeport…Love them! Kitty is a realtor and Chris a retired middle school art teacher who is volunteering/heading an art gallery back home.
Another late 70’s - 80’s couple, Bob and Ann live in a Durham retirement community, but have a home in the woods close by and a sailboat here. She was complaining that they wanted to be sailing yesterday, but had to clean the soot off their home yesterday instead…peat fires in the area had created the soot. A number of the other people we met either live on boats here or nearby like Ann & Bob and just come in for Happy Hour…It seems the new Transients are the “fresh meat”, of this place as we bring our own stories/experiences to share with the daily regulars…
I can actually jump on and off the boat for a change rather than having M & D help me. Except sometimes like this morning I misjudge the distance…Dad’s quick reflexes and my new harness saved me going in. Mom would not have been pleased since she bathed me yesterday!
Wish Mom would have taken a photo of our sunrise this AM it was gorgeous! Now, we are in between storms which I love since M & D are inside with me. Very relaxing! I’m hoping mom will cook some breakfast and make a bit extra eggs for me… Yeah! She read my mind once again...funny how that works!
I know they are leaving me for the afternoon to go watch the Indy 500 on the DISH TV in the Clubhouse...Mom is getting her last batch of laundry to take to the big house to finish in between the showers...She says it looks like a Pointillist painting this AM with all the showers... They were talking about how much they are missing being at the race with everyone today...watching the race brings back so many great memories...
I keep finding funky stuff everywhere I look here...love those kind of funky surprises!
"Rain, rain, go away"...think it's with us today and this next week...thankfully we won't melt!
Mike having fun clicking between the Indy 500 & the Monaco Grand Prix
Playing with various filters on Camera +...Pinhole
Nostalgia...look closely and you can see the raindrops...
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