June 22, 2021 - July 4, 2021
Happy Summer!!!!!
Tuesday was errand day in Annapolis. After lunch at Carrol’s Creek I decided the discomfort of my tooth was too much. I called the endodontist and they scheduled my root canal for that afternoon. It was a completely painless procedure although keeping my mouth propped open for an hour was definitely uncomfortable. As advised by the dental assistant, I started taking ibuprofen right away and continued every six hours for the next couple of days. My only issue was trying to keep myself from chewing on the left side of my mouth.
On Wednesday morning we got going around 8:30 am to drive to Lewes, DE to catch the 11:30 Cape May Lewes Ferry for our planned visit to Cape May, NJ. I was thankful that my dental procedure had been so painless and didn’t interfere with our trip. It was a beautiful day for the trip; the high was in the mid 70’s with a nice breeze. Crossing the Delaware Bay from Lewes to Cape May was uneventful but chilly. Bob’s plan was to eat lunch at a famous Cape May Restaurant - The Lobster House. We had a bit of a wait to be seated so we used the time to explore the area.
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| Bob watching from the bow of the ferry as we cross the Delaware Bay |
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| A fishing boat docked next to the Lobster House. |
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| The bow of the fishing boat |
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| Two views of the fish market connected to the Lobster House |
After a great lunch we drove to Sunset Beach to collect some “Cape May Diamonds” which are small stones that have been smoothed by the water and deposited on the shore where the wet stones glisten in the sun. I also visited the gift shop and added another kitchen towel to my collection. Next stop was the Washington Street Mall. Five blocks of the street are closed to vehicle traffic making visiting the many shops, galleries and restaurants enjoyable.
The rest of the week was taken up with chores, errands and a couple visits to the pool. Being so close to the pool makes it easy to take a few hours for a break in the afternoon to enjoy sunning and swimming. We did have an issue with our air-conditioner one afternoon which required tearing the quarter berth apart to get to the problem. We also had to pull up a couple of floor boards to detach and remove the inlet hose. When I cleaned the hose out on the dock an 18 inch long clump of debris came out. We concluded that the pump must have sucked up a jelly fish causing the disruption in the air-conditioning. It’s always something on a boat!
On Tuesday the 29th I was scheduled to have the resorption in my tooth (the one I just had a root canal on) repaired. I thought it would be a fairly easy procedure, but I was very wrong. It involved cutting my gum to get to the resorption and an hour of scraping and drilling - not fun. Once my gum was stitched up I had to apply pressure to the area for several minutes and then apply ice to the area for several more. We stopped at McDonald’s so I could get some scrambled eggs (I could only eat soft food) and some ice so I could continue to keep ice on my face to prevent swelling. I continued to ice my face - fifteen minutes on, fifteen minutes off- for the rest of the day. I was wiped out, but we continued our errands in Annapolis and had lunch at Italian Market. I continued to treat my discomfort with ibuprofen and tylenol for the next several days.
Bob came up with the idea that we needed to brighten up the inside of the boat. Our bulkheads and many of the walls of the interior are teak which is a desirable feature in a boat but tends to make the boat dark. We decided to paint the forward bulkhead to match the off white color of the side walls leaving the trim around the shelves, etc, teak. I think Bob just needed a new boat project, but of course I was roped into the project as well. Bob does the taping and sanding and I do the dust clean up and the painting. Any interior boat project causes a big disruption in our living space, but judging from what we have completed so far it will be worth it.
We spent most of the July 4th weekend working on this project, but I took some time out to go to the pool and walk each morning. The weather was wonderful, cool and sunny, but it is starting to get much hotter. We enjoyed watching the island’s fireworks on Sunday night.
Hopefully, I’ll have pictures of our finished paint project for my next blog. Thank you for reading my blog.
