Tuesday, October 28 — The last three days have been mellow. Now that it is so cold in the mornings, Christi has been finding it difficult to drag herself out of the warm bed to watch the sun rise. Instead, she falls back to sleep and misses the sun rises altogether.
On Sunday morning, Eric ran wing engine again to check to see if it was leaking exhaust. At first, it did smoke a little more, but he determined that was paint. After a few minutes, the smoking stopped Eric was happy to report that the wing engine exhaust was indeed fixed. In the early afternoon, Christi ran a few errands, including a trip to the closest grocery store, Giant. In the mid-afternoon, the Tiki kids came over to play board games with Keith. Here was a couple photos showing how beautiful the short drive between our marina and Tiki’s boat yard was.
We couldn’t see the sunsets from the marina, but here was dusk on Sunday
For dinner, we went to a taco shop called Taqueria Juquilita that was located across the street from Grump’s/West Marine/the library. We were delighted to find it had “real” Mexican food at great prices.
Sitting in that shop made us feel like we were home in San Diego. Being a primarily to-go taco shop, the menu wasn’t huge. We’d rate Picante as much better, but Picante was also a sit-down restaurant and not fast food, so it wasn’t an apples to apples comparison. After dinner, we had a quiet night aboard.
On Monday, while Christi and Keith did school, Eric went back to the boat yard to try to get an estimate on the paravanes. The person who needed to make the quote wasn’t in yet again. Eric asked if they could call us when he arrived so that he could go back for a quote. They said they would. He also went to a marine supplier and picked up more spares. The wind was supposed to pick up, so upon return from errands, he also added another line to better secure Kosmos to the dock.
In the afternoon, Christi had her hair done at a shopping center a few miles away from the marina. We noted that there was a Trade Joe’s in that same shopping center. In the evening, Keith and the Tiki kids went to the library event, only to find that it had been canceled. We all went back to our respective boats and had a quiet night onboard.
This morning, It was crazy windy and cold out. Christi was sniffly; she was unsure if it was allergies of the beginning of a cold. While Christi and Keith did school in the morning, Eric put away the spare parts he’d recently purchased — which meant re-organizing the engine room, which was a sizable project.
Eric and Keith went to lunch at Picante, but Christi stayed onboard to work on her land life project. They brought her back some to-go food. In the late afternoon, the Tiki kids came over for a D & D session. In the evening, it was another quiet night aboard.