Errands

 You would think we would have slept in this morning since we didn’t have to cruise anywhere, but old habits die hard and we were up with the sun as usual. First stop was a laundromat with a large capacity machine to wash our comforter, rugs, towels and beach towels. I also had 2 loads of regular clothes, so it goes much faster when you do it at a laundromat. While they were washing and drying, we grabbed a quick breakfast, went to Harbor Freight for some tie downs and gassed up the car. On the way back to the boat we stopped at Harris Teeter for a few food items and then decided to stop at Belk department store so Tom could get some new shorts. What a nice store! Great sales too so Tom scored in the shorts department.

There is a tropical storm brewing off in the Atlantic and is is apparently headed for North Carolina soon, so although we just got some rain and a little wind today, we have to prepare the boat for higher winds. We are in a protected cove tucked away from any big wind and water, but people are tying their boats with extra lines as I guess is the norm here.  We added a couple of redundant lines, covered the dinghy and secured it and secured all the unused fenders and lines. Now we won’t have to worry about it while we are in Florida.

Steve and Kathy came over for our last dinner together and we had such a nice time with them.  We have plans to stay in touch and although they go home to Winston-Salem tomorrow, we will either visit them there or they will come back to stay on their boat while we are still in town.  Either way, we have made lifelong friends with those two!