I think I mentioned earlier that this year’s cruising holiday is quite different than last year’s. Last year we were focused on getting TO places…first from Coral Gables to Charleston for the Spoleto Festival and then from Charleston to Washington, DC to catch our plane to California and, finally, from DC to the Chesapeake. This year we are already here and getting TO anyplace is completely at our discretion….and the whims of weather gods, mechanical systems imps and yacht yard schedulers.
This week felt like being home in Coral Gables in some ways. We had company! Jim and Hedy Watson, a couple who were moored next to us last year in National Harbor in D.C., drove to Galesville from their home in Virginia. (Only 40 minutes!) We had drinks aboard and then went out to dinner at our very local (3 minutes) Pirates Cove restaurant. And just like being home and getting ready for company, Cliff and I spent a big chunk of the day before they arrived cleaning and straightening and getting ready. It was a nice incentive. And we had a terrific evening with them.
The next day, more chores to be done. (See, I told you it was almost like being home.) Cliff had more paperwork to fill out as part of being executor of his cousin’s will. So a trip to FedEx Office to print things out and get them sent back to the attorney. I spent nearly $12 in computer time there trying to print out tickets to a Nationals-Marlins game I purchased with no success. We’re nearly out of coffee (gasp!) so a trip to Costco was in order. Let me explain….the curse of Keurig cups which are MUCH cheaper at Costco than anywhere else!. CK decided he needed the latest Robert Crais book and I wanted some new (and EASY) knitting ideas, so a book at Barnes and Noble for me too. Oh….we are cruising to St. Michaels tomorrow so a liquor store stop for some champagne (a cruising tradition that we’ve somehow skipped so far this year). And lunch in Annapolis at Carrol’s Creek. Just like having a favorite lunch spot in Coral Gables, but fancier!
