March 5, 2020 - March 10, 2020
On Thursday I was finally able to get to the beach for a nice swim and some sunbathing. The Grande Isle Resort seems to look the other way when guests at the marina use the beach and pool. Of course I always feel obligated to have a drink at Sandy Toes to pay my way. One thing for sure is I’m getting, what my sister Nancy would call, a kick ass tan even though I use 50 SPF sunscreen.
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| The beautiful beach at Grand Isle Resort is just steps from Sandy Toes Tiki Bar. |
Friday was another beautiful day with chores (cleaning the cabin and laundry) at the top of my to-do list. First though, we had to move the boat to a smaller slip to make way for a huge power boat that came into our old slip just a half hour after we vacated it. That entailed all of the line tending and arranging in preparation for the big blow that was coming in early Saturday morning.
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| s/v Rainy Days is in slip E14. |
Saturday was Bob’s birthday! He picked french toast for his birthday breakfast and for lunch we went to the Palapa Restaurant at Grande Isle Resort. The day was cool with high winds out of the north.
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| I had a delicious hamburger and garden salad. |
The next two days brought us a major wind event. The 26+ mph winds screamed through the rigging and banged halyards against the mast making for some impossible sleeping conditions. On Sunday we walked to the entrance of the marina to watch the raging ocean crash waves against the rocks and beach.
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| The waves are continuously crashing against the rocks and sand. |
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| The spray over the rocks was impressive. |
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| Nobody was coming in or out of the marina today as evidenced by these waves. |
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