Thursday, November 24 - Thanksgiving

 We got up early so we could dock before the wind picked up, and it worked!  Danny backed in on his first try, and we got tied up.  The only problem was exiting the boat - for me, not Danny.  There were no side walkways, and an obstruction behind the boat prevented us from getting close enough for me to step on and off,  When the tide is in, it's easier.  When it's out, I have to sit on the dock to step down to the boat.  And no matter what the water level Danny has to hoist me up to the dock.  Maybe I should apply for a Handicapped Boater tag.

Our Thanksgiving Day plan was to grill a turkey breast, cook butterbeans, and roast sweet potatoes.  David the marina guy here, told us about a free Thanksgiving dinner at a restaurant just down the road so we decided to go there for lunch, then maybe grill for dinner.  The dinner turned out to be a fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity in its 22nd year.  The restaurant donates the food, Habitat volunteers provide the staff, and people make donations to Habitat.  It was such a happy group of folks, and we ate on the back deck looking out on the water.  AND they had dressing!  It was different than mine, but I was grateful for it.  We didn't get around to grilling our turkey.

We checked out the Boardwalk, which David, marina guy, called "The Circus."   There was certainly a lot going on, and lots and lots of people.  We checked out a few of the charter fishing boat piers on the way back and admired the fish cleaning skills of the captains.

There was a barge of crates down one of the piers.  I guessed they were some kind of fish trap, but we found out they were cages that had been used to transport chickens.  The fishermen take the formica out of them, then drop some in a secret location to increase fish habitat.