Pat and Trina Come to Call!

Boy has the first month of living aboard gone by quickly! We've settled in pretty well, and the pups are figuring things out nicely. We haven't solved all of life's mysteries just yet (like how to keep from going to the grocery store just about every day, and how to make one week's worth of clothes last for 2 weeks so that Laundromat trips are fewer and farther between) but we are getting there.

This Friday we had a great day...our friends Pat and Trina from Atlanta visited us for the day. It was great! We had beautiful weather, and took a nice day cruise. We went up river to Soddy Creek and stopped in at Shady Grove Harbor Marina. This is one of our favorite little marinas to stop in for a snack and to walk the pups. (It is also where we purchase our fuel.) It was beastly hot, so it seemed that ice cream was in order. We won't say exactly who, but a number of our party had seconds on the ice cream!

The day ended too soon, with P & T needing to depart by about 5pm, but promises were made that they would visit again soon!

We had such a nice day, that we decided to make a return trip on Saturday, and spend the night at anchor in a cove at the end of Soddy creek past Pine Harbor Marina. There is a boat launch here with a small wooden dock, and we figured that we could use this as dog walking central. There is a bridge that we had to make sure we fit under (clearance 16 ft.) but we had snuck under it with Pat and Trina, so we knew that as long as the water level was the same we'd be fine...and we were.

It was a beautiful anchorage, although the weekend traffic was a bit messy until about 8pm. After that we had the place to ourselves pretty much. And we had some really good dinghy/dog walking practice. They aren't too wild about the whole process yet, but they are getting accustomed to it in bits and pieces. It won't be long, and they'll think that it is grand fun!

One new addition since our last post is our new grill. We decided that life would simply be better if we could grill. So...here's our new grill. We tried it out on Saturday night for some turkey burgers...it's great to have a grill in the mix again!

So...all for now. Next weekend we have another treat, when we'll be meeting Rich and Verna in Chattanooga for some fun. They're coming to Chattanooga to see us as an extension of their trip to Atlanta to see Gabi perform with members of the Atlanta ballet! More good times ahead!