The mattress is a standard queen bed mattress topped off with a cover and Mattress Topper. This is like a down poufy thing that goes on top of the mattress cover and under the bottom sheet. It feels like you are sleeping on air:) I can highly recommend them.
Sitting up topside watching the sun set last night, was lovely. Here's a photo taken with the new camera
It is very sensual sitting in the warmth with a warm wind blowing across you. If you sit very still, and close your eyes, and just listen to what surrounds you, it is amazing how peaceful you can feel in 86F heat. No, really, I'm not joking:)
Warren not looking to happy that I am taking yet ANOTHER photo of him. Get used to it Waz:)
This is up on the Fly deck where we had a late pm cuppa and watched the sun go down.
We also watched all the Yachties coming into the Marina. There must have been some races out on Galveston Bay yesterday, because all the yachts coming back were of a similar size.
Remember Pier 8 Seafood Market and restaurant I told you about? This photo of it is taken from the Flydeck, so you can see it is in close proximity to the marina.
Speaking of food...
Last night's dinner consisted of my favorite brand of Vege Burger (ok..I have forgotten the brand, so never mind) with fresh mozzarella, vine ripened tomatoes, Romaine lettuce leaves and a fired egg...no fat, just on the new griddle, non stick surface!
It was delicious, and Waz, who has never had vege burgers before declared that he would eat them again....oh, I forgot to mention the olive and parmesan Focaccia drizzled with light garlic olive oil and toasted on the griddle.
Speaking further of food...which will be a theme here, as we are foodies...
Breakfast.
I have a couple of buttermilk pancake mixes which I am saving for a rainy day, and having purchased some buttermilk from Randalls the other day, I decided to make some from scratch. I like baking, so this is no hardship, and it is the same recipe I have been making for a while.
1cup of flour makes just enough pancakes for the two of us. It also worked so well on the griddle, making all the pancakes at one time, so that we could eat together. I had purchased a Canadian Maple Syrup sampler from Marshalls a couple of months back when we were here in March, and we got the opportunity to sample all of them for breakfast.
They were as good as they look here:)
Waz took this photo of me last night while I was making dinner, as retribution for all the photos I take of him when he isnt prepared, or looking:) Not the most flattering, but then I guess that is the whole point!
No wind this morning bright and early. We had slept a little longer than we wanted to but then we also didnt turn the alarm on, so who can you blame?
As usual, we took our breakfast up to the flydeck where we are most likely to feel any breeze, should it happen by. NADA! It took another hour or so before we felt a breeze and now there is a swift one blowing, thank goodness. It does make the heat bearable, even if the wind is hot too.
The task list doesnt get any smaller, but we are knocking them off quickly. Today is flydeck day.
Under the pilot seat is a huge space...VERY dirty. It was full of life jackets of all kinds. We routed them all out, wiped the mould off most of them if they are keepers and had to get down into the locker to scrub what may be years of mould from the inside. It is fibreglass, so easy to wash down. this locker doesnt have any breathing holes, so we feel inclined to make some so that there is some air cirulation inside.
I scrubbed out underneath the sink, up there and together we cleaned the rust and mould from the little drinks fridge which we now cannot afford to replace, because we have a new toilet instead. I think the fridge must be the same age as the boat...around 14 yrs old! it is very yellow inside and the seal is mould stained, but at least it is now cleaned. I think Waz is planning to turn that on later in the day when it is cooler.
The new 12 vlt. freezer we have under the cockpit is struggling in the hot air down there. This is adjacent to the engine room, and like a sauna.
Back upstairs. I am about to climb the stairs again and clean all the dirty foot marks off the deck. I might put the protable coolers in the cavity under the sink...they will be easy to access there.So, Im back at it...talk to you later.
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