We had a good time in Maine. The weather was in the 70s when we arrived, and a quick trip to Boston to meet the new grandson saw temperatures in the 80s! Then the weather turned give us blustery, rainy days in the low 40s and we felt like we’d had a very long summer and had moved solidly into autumn. It was very disorienting to see daffodils and crocuses blooming in our yard.
We accomplished everything we’d hoped to do - Dan spent quality time in the barn shop, I got my cast off, we had several good visits with friends, and multiple visits with family, and managed to unearth a few things out of storage: heirloom baby clothes for Leo and a rocker for his parents. We arranged a Pease get-together at our son Joe’s house, midway between Camden and Boston, and got a photo of four generations of Pease gentlemen. There were lots of hugs and some laughter and many stories.
There were also a few unforeseen issues: my hand is taking longer than it should to heal, our bathroom sink sprung a leak, and we found out our mooring in Camden needs complete replacing. I have a splint and another follow up appointment in Norfolk with yet another new-to-me orthopedic clinic (fingers crossed for a better outcome!), it only took two trips to the hardware store to fix the sink, and we’re awaiting the final bill for the mooring. Obviously we won’t need it for the Willie Dawes this year, but we since had already signed it over to the town to rent at their discretion, it would be nice if it was reliably available.
We rented a car for the trip back to South Carolina, filled it right up with must-haves, and left Camden on the 29th of April. We spent the first night in Boston, getting in a few last grandson cuddles, and made it to Midlothian VA after a Sunday drive through the rain. We had an appointment with a Torqeedo repairman here, a retired guy who works out of his garage. Fortunately he had the exact part we needed and was able to fix the engine while we waited, on Monday morning. We arrived back at the marina Monday evening, May 1st. Tommie settled right in immediately, and we took only a little bit more time.
This morning (Thurs. May 4th) Dan did some last minute errands and turned in the rental car and we left the marina shortly after lunch. We didn’t go far - it was only a few hours’ cruise north before we anchored in Calabash Creek - but we’re officially on the Great Loop adventure now. Today was more or less a shake down cruise to make sure everything works after a month off.
There’s more to tell about this past week, but I’ll let Dan tell it.
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