Bike Day - November 16

Danny found out from a guy at the Boater's Lounge that the marina has loaner bikes.  We needed to go to West Marine, and Danny needed breakfast, so we checked out two bikes and set off.  Danny does not enjoy bicycles, so this was a big step for him! 

I bought Danny's Christmas gift at West Marine, a marlinspike.  Everybody knows what that is, right?  We also found the 2017 edition of Waterway Guide South, which we needed before heading further east.  (The Gulf is so shallow, you have to steer by the charts.)  The manager even loaned us a screwdriver to lower the seats on the bikes.  She also recommended a breakfast place just down the road, Brick and Spoon, which was wonderful.

We have not been shopping in several days, so when we got back from our biking adventure Danny pulled out the breadmaker and made some cheese herb bread.  It ended up being our dinner.  At Dany's suggestion, I pulled out my folding backrest and read on the front of the boat.  Delightful!!!  After my failure with The Scarlett Letter, I have read The Incredible Journey and Walking Across Egypt, both of which were delightful!

In Danny's words, the sky darkened in the late afternoon.  A boat pulled up to the dock behind us - all 92 feet of it!  The pictures don't do it justice.  This thing was huge!  Three floors, 6 staterooms plus staff quarters, $10,000,000+.  It was amazing.  The gas tanks hold over 4,000 gallons!  Talking about a fuel bill!!!! 

Our final adventure of the day was making margaritas, or attempting to make them.  We had brought MeMa's drink mixer "thing" with us without trying it out.  The motor wouldn't run, into the trash it went.  So I pulled our my food processor.  Big mistake!  I put too much liquid in the bowl and we had a big mess!  Danny managed to rescue enough for two drinks, and we put a blender on our Christmas list!