august 30th - following Hurricane Earl

August 30^th the day of the free bus

Well plans are subject to change depending on the weather or our petty mysteries of the boat.  Like the stupid head (toilet) filling up when we don’t use it.  Grr so today we got up way late (Ben loves to sleep in cuz he loves to stay up late and read. I’m a morning person so I get up in the morning and read and have a good chat with our Creator) well today’s events were uneventful… but here they are…

Seeked out to find showers. Check. Then go to the boatyard and look to see if there is a “head” specialist.  Yes, but he went home sick today and not sure if he will be here tomorrow. Went back to the boat to bring her to the city dock to pump out. (I love curbside service like in Camden… honey we’re not in Camden anymoreL) It was a good docking… put the boat back on the mooring… then we started out on the bus system in search of wifi and phone coverage… Phone coverage is speratic.. sometimes I can facebook and sometimes I can only text… when we go up the mountain then I can call people…

So we wanted to sail to Somerville (the fjord) but we were too late in the day. So we took the bus except while riding the bus the lighted sign flashed “Somerville” and before each stop it flashes that stop except this time it flashed and the guy kept on going we would have pulled the stop cord but we did not know when we passed it. No big deal we will get off at the next marina… this time it said SW harbor so I pulled the cord when we got up the sign then flashed Clark-stop??? There are two SW stops. We just got off on the wrong one.  Oh boy…

We looked for a place with reception so I could have our weekly staff meetings. While I was talking we went back to the bus stop and here came the bus but instead of heading back the way we came… you guessed it…. It went the other way.  We are now riding the bus and siteseeing… just a very long time… it was nice just not in the plans today… so we missed the bus route 2 times then ended up in Bar Harbor cuz they have wifi but my stupid computer could not connect to our office server.  It is fussy sometimes… grr and to top it off we had to pay for wifi! What? An internet café that charges $5/hr. oh well. So that day I still did not post my blogs or bop in facebook.

We look on NOAA weather to track hurricane Earl.  He is coming our way but by the time he gets here it should be just a storm… oh when we went to the boatyard they were busy bustling around getting boats in before the hurricane hits. Humm… I told Ben maybe we should just stay in this harbor than go to a different one cuz this one is pretty much protected.  Pretty much… we were surprised last night that the winds howled from the North and funneled through the mountains down to the Harbor… sooo..

We know by thur and Friday we want to be tucked away somewhere although Ben reads so many sailing books that he likes to get my goat by saying, the safest place during a hurricane is out to sea… yea but not in the hurricane!! I encourage Ben to take different guys sailing so he can get out of his system the thrill of being in big waves and wind.  I’m not too hep on the idea but will deal with it when/IF it comes.  Most sailors we meet say there is so much information about weather that we should not even take a slight chance… I agree… don’t get me wrong Ben does not push me. He just likes to make comments about… if you are sailing and a hurricane comes it is safer to be out to sea than near land where you will crash into the rocks… then I smile and say yup when you and the guys are together… me I’m staying at a mooring ball.

There is another hurricane we are watching too… coming from Bermuda. We still plan to leave Monday or so depending on the 5 day perfect forecast.

Nothing to report here except again I cant post pictures.