This is Boot Key Harbor in the Florida Keys, but the northern winter storms have an impact here too, just not as dramatic.
Good grief! Home has over 10 inches of snow and the storm has worked it's way south all the way to the Keys! Needless to say we don't have any snow, but the day started with a bang-up light show from lightning, then the bass drum thunder kicked in just to make sure we were awake before dawn. A bit of rain, but really not all that much. Just a gray day and the forecast is calling for "windy" for the next few days. We're not big fans of the combination, so we took advantage of the morning to fix our primary autopilot (it wanted more fluid, must have been dehydrated) and do some boat chores.
We always try to get off the boat when it's a dreary rainy day - today's adventure was a one mile each way walk to the Winn Dixie just to see what treasures we might find. SCORE! They had Raisin Bran, chicken tenderloins & thin boneless pork chops all Buy One Get One Free! We got 12 dinners worth of meat for a bit over $12! I felt like I was almost as good a saver/couponer as my daughter Aly who saves bundles (or did before she had Chase 3 months ago!)!
Luckily the rain held off until David left to take a shower at the marina -- I opted to clean up here on the boat given the grey skies and ominous howling winds. But he waited until the rain quit to dash back & soon we'll have pork chops, green beans, corn on the cob & salad for dinner. Then read library books on our Kindles. Life is good! Tomorrow's forecast is for more rain -- we may have to try to walk to Walgreens & see if we can find the special batteries for our watermaker salinity tester -- see what exciting lives we lead? :) But at least we don't have 10" of frozen white snow!
We always try to get off the boat when it's a dreary rainy day - today's adventure was a one mile each way walk to the Winn Dixie just to see what treasures we might find. SCORE! They had Raisin Bran, chicken tenderloins & thin boneless pork chops all Buy One Get One Free! We got 12 dinners worth of meat for a bit over $12! I felt like I was almost as good a saver/couponer as my daughter Aly who saves bundles (or did before she had Chase 3 months ago!)!
Luckily the rain held off until David left to take a shower at the marina -- I opted to clean up here on the boat given the grey skies and ominous howling winds. But he waited until the rain quit to dash back & soon we'll have pork chops, green beans, corn on the cob & salad for dinner. Then read library books on our Kindles. Life is good! Tomorrow's forecast is for more rain -- we may have to try to walk to Walgreens & see if we can find the special batteries for our watermaker salinity tester -- see what exciting lives we lead? :) But at least we don't have 10" of frozen white snow!
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