April 24, 2014

A rough week, but a lot is being accomplished.  The floor grate is back in the forward head, Hector fitted the canvas for the new sail cover and brought the finished isenglass cover for the doghouse skylight.  Jose and his helper have been grinding away and the boat is beginning to look better just because the gel coat is more the same shade from having been sanded..  The noise, dust and constant shifting of "stuff," however, have made it impossible to stay on board, let alone do anything.  As a consequence all my normal activities have been completely disrupted, with some aggravating consequences.  In the last two days I've managed to lock my keys in the truck and misplaced my wallet.  Thankfully, I was able to recover both the keys and wallet (after deactivating my credit cards).  Filling the time has been interesting.  Cleaned out the junk from the truck, washed the Mini and even took a little trip up to Santa Barbara. And I'm doing a lot of paddling with the outrigger club.
There were not as many wildflowers as usual this spring due to the prolonged drought, but there are a few lovely patches....