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Going backwards, today Russ picked up his diesel jugs, then we went to do internet.
Yesterday, Wednesday, we checked in with the port captain and walked along the causeway and went past the new construction of the Biodiversity Museum. Designed by Frank Gentry, the architect of the Gugenheim, it looks like a hodge podge of colors and shapes. Not all the pleasing to look at, but certainly eye catching! Unfortunately it won't open till next year. Their were naval cadets doing their exercises and a mob gathered around the ice cream cart as we passed.
We made an appointment to haul the sailboat out on the rails to scrape and paint the bottom. Then stepped into the Balboa Yacht Club for lunch just as the rain came pouring down. Good excuse for a cab ride back to Las Brisas.
The dock is missing a critical piece so we are pulling ourselves across the gap in a little red plastic dingy hooked to ropes and pulleys for only the price of $5 a week. This is tippy and usually full of water and logs block the channel. Keeps life interesting.
Tuesday, we went to visit Indian Summer. They had good info on Alaska and fishing gear. Hopalong has a 10' foldaboat. We met with several other cruisers for pizza and I met Deb and Greg. They plan to go north through the canal. We gave them our tires to use as bumpers. We swapped notes on favorite places each side of the canal.
Monday we spent recovering from having 6 people aboard. We listened to the net and scrambled to get the laundry ready for Gente de Mar and took Paul's lines and fenders back. Paul walked around the islands with us and showed us what was what. I was able to get some post cards and a SD card for my camera. Pescadera's had rain gear, a flag, and the cruising guide. Abernathy's was much higher priced.
