October 5, 2020 - October 21, 2020
Last week (10/5 - 10/11) was a jumble of boat projects and doctor’s appointments. We worked on refinishing the port/forward teak toe rail. We completed it on Friday. We also attached the stainless anchor guards Bob had fabricated by Cato Marine in Annapolis. We already had a guard on the front of the bow, but last travel season the anchor made some gouges on the sides of the bow. The new anchor guards should prevent that from happening again. Bob also added a ring to the anchor to help position the anchor correctly when it is pulled up onto the rollers and an anchor bail to prevent the anchor from jumping off it’s roller in heavy seas. Of course we always try to avoid heavy seas, but the weather has a mind of it’s own and doesn’t always follow the predictions on our weather ap.
Our trips to Annapolis included a CT scan on Tuesday and a cystoscopy on Friday. Both of these tests showed that my kidneys, bladder, etc. were all normal. Thank goodness. On Friday we also completed the important task of depositing our ballots into the mailbox at the Annapolis Post Office. We don’t trust the USPS in Baltimore to be efficient.
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| We mailed our ballots in Annapolis. I tracked the ballots and as of 10/21 both our votes have been counted! |
On Saturday I resumed my walking in the morning and in the afternoon we turned on the college football games. None of the games interested us so I sewed and Bob caught up on the v-blogs he follows. Sunday, after my walk, I made pizza that was ready just as the Ravens game started. The Ravens beat the Cincinnati Bengals 27 - 3.
We had no doctor appointments to go to this week (10/12 - 10/18). The rain that started on Sunday evening continued throughout the day on Monday so we decided to do our Annapolis errands that day. Tuesday was still overcast which kept us from working on the final section of the teak toe rail, but on Wednesday we started with the initial sanding of the most worn areas. We also applied the first coat of Cetol to the worn areas only. Thursday, before my lunch with my boat lady friends, we taped, sanded, cleaned and applied the first overall coat of Cetaol to the rear/port section of the toe rail. Only four more coats to go and the whole project will be completed.
In preparation for moving the boat to Annapolis we hired a diver to clean off the boat’s bottom and propeller and to check the zincs. We made a trip to Annapolis to have lunch and get a few errands done. The cool weather caused us to get some more of our cold weather clothes from our storage locker. When we returned to the boat the diver was just finishing cleaning the bottom of our boat and our dog neighbors were in a frenzy over the bubbles and movement around the boat.
The weekend, again, was taken up with weekly boat chores and football games. I did get a little sewing done as well. The Ravens beat the Eagles 30-28 in a game with an exciting ending!
Monday morning (10/19) was Bob’s biopsy. Since he was instructed to rest and take it easy the rest of the day that’s exactly what we did. The results will come later in the week.
Both off us have been cooking some new dishes lately. Bob made a stellar lobster chowder one day and pork chops with a blueberry, pear, and apricot glaze over egg noodles (delicious) on another.
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| We have had a lot of large jellyfish in the harbor this fall. The salinity of the water is high because of the dry summer. |
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