July 22 – Sunday
We are staying at Hurst Marina for another day and awoke to stellar weather, again.
More about the Aqua-Palooza and Dwaine the dock master. To my friend Peter R. – pay attention here. Aqua-Palooza is a wide area event held at marinas and boat clubs to raise funds for Easter Seal Kids. This morning we went to the breakfast where boaters and marina staff cooked eggs to order and kept the trays of Canadian bacon, sausage, potatoes etc., full and everyone made a donation and enjoyed visiting with other boat people. We ate with Guy (Gee) and Francis who keep their boat at Hurst and live 15 minutes away. He is retired after 30 years in the Canadian Coast Guard.
Dwaine, the dock master and I got into some real interesting topics. Boats and airplanes (also Harley Davidson motorcycles which he owns and which I live where they are built). He comes home to Canada in the summer to manage the dock at Hurst as well as deliver boats and train new owners. To stay current on the various models, he sometimes takes one they have in stock, out for a few days of cruising and relaxing. Peter, this is where it gets interesting – at the end of summer he goes to his house near Ocala, Florida which is situated on a condo-style residential air park, with a 2650’ paved and lighted runway with a VASI. His house and hangar are each 2000 sq. ft. and in his hangar is his current plane, a C-150. He hasn’t had time to bring it up this year to have the annual done, and is considering finding someone to fly it up for him. Should I give him your contact info. Peter?
It is now 12:30 PM and thus far I have 1)mixed a batch of sangria. 2)cleaned up the removable grate from the aft head so I can sand it later. 3)rescued a piece of the fishing rod the kids from the boat along side lost in the river. 4)had two breakfasts. 5) settled up for a second day in our slip. 6) learned a lot about residential air parks in Florida. 7)pecked away at this blog. Polly did 1) the laundry 2) vacuumed the rugs 3) read her book.