Describing the bay

First let me say about the day.
We anchored out near the harbour last night. We played our last game of cribbage. I won on a muggins!! How sweet it was to be so far behind then catch up and be in the stink hole only to muggins on the counting portion. Hee hee guys.
Dad was sad to go. We dropped him off at the dock. The winds died down just as we were heading in. Lucky for me. It was an uneventful docking and dad didn't help. Ben n I have to get used to doing it ourselves. Owen for the first time while docking he jumped from the boat to the dock as if to say, "land! I'm free" only to find me jumping off and grabbing him. He is a little bit nervous when I catch him. He still thinks he could be going for another swim.
Owen was happy to walk dad to his car and hangout in the short grass(3 feet high) there is tall grass that is about 7 feet high! Amazing!
I kissed dad goodbye and Owen n Ben n me walkedback. This time Owen was excited to go "home". The boat has been his happy home. Today he showed me the fun of afternoon naps. Him and I snuck a nice nappy.
Today bible verse talked about having a wonderful wife is good and the differences between men n woman. I'm happy about those differences at times. Like at night Ben is so willing to check the anchor or move the halyard so it stops clanging or check the dock lines. I'm sure he would even pee for me in the middle of the night if he could. Today he figured out the Bimini which is really an awning which is a white tarp. We are now out of the sun. 90 degrees light breeze. It is heavenlyl!
Rememeber I said not many wave here. Well I don't know if it is an east coast thing or a cruising thing but we get all anchored and happy in thus huge bay (10 miles north-south and 3 or 4 miles then out in the bay) plenty of room. Camping ettiquette it you pitch the tent away from the first person there. So he anchors oh 100 yards. Silly.
The bay is shallow and muddy. Many people have small boat where they crab hunt. Ya put out a line or a crate. Attach a chicken neck. Set many out then come back. Pull up the line and they hang on to the line but don't lift the line too close to the top they will let go. So another person scoops them in with a net. If you crab all day one person said they would bring in 150 crabs. They have 300 baits out at a time. Lot o work!
Everynight we see skate fish (see wikapedia) they come to the surface. You see two tips if them pop up and swim and splash.
The jelly fish are clear. They look like ghost of white and clear swimming on the surface. If I see a jelly I don't go in. So I jelly watch until I feel like they are not there. The water is half salt and half river water. It is an estruary where the sae meets the fresh river water. You can open your eyes under water for a time. It is perfect temperature to cool off our hot skin. It is 90 but I don't feel hot in the shade. I just dump in the water while anchored whenever I feel like it.
It's only been one day and I miss ice cream and ice. Two vises. We have a refrig but only works when the engine is on. Otherwise it would eat up the battery power. Ben n I are trying to live on little and live happily with less. Bens not into food as much as me. Hey I think that is a guy girl difference thing. Since menapause I'm way hungrier cuz I'm taken bio identical hormones. It does something to me. I am getting great exercise. I should count howmany times a day I go up and down the companion way six hight steep steps up and down. The other day I hoisted the sail. A mighty feet if you ask me but I know I can do it. I will have to figure out how to do everything so on long ocean passages I can give Ben a break. This is all fun and training.
Now the sun is setting and I'm done blogging. Good night all.
Peace and happy nappys be with you. In His Grace, Pam