It's my Birthday!!

Aren't I lucky?  I get two of them! Having been born on the 29th of April, in NZ, and today is the 29th in NZ, I celebrated today. I will also celebrate tomorrow, as it is the 29th in the USA! :)

Being the day before we set sail (as it were), we had a whole list of 'things' to do...literally a list!

Our first stop was the laundry, and we filled two machines...how did we get so much laundry in just 6 days?? Rhetorical question!


We were waiting on the mail, which wasn't available to us yesterday, because the office was closed, so we checked that and found a birthday card from my lovely sister, and a gift enclosed:)

Next up was the Post Office, where we had to send our NZ tax information off to our NZ accountant...$60 thanks!!wow! but it was less expensive than sending a CD with all the digital info and paying them to print it all out!
We also had some birthday cards to mail and a couple of other things.

We then went back to the Hot Spot café, where we had enjoyed the Croissant Sandwiches, two days earlier. This was the birthday breakfast! We enjoyed a HOT latte, this time, having requested it, and the sandwich was as good as before. When we sat down, we were joined at a nearby table by a couple from Ottawa. They have invited us to get in touch with them when we get up their way, and gave us their contact information:) We biked home and stowed the bikes in their bags upstairs, and put a few other things away.

Next up was the fruit stall just around the corner...left out the gate and next to Hwy 1. but wait!!

First we have to 'walk the plank'! up the gang way that connects the floating dock with the mainland. There is a 6ft tide here, so sometimes this plank is a little steep!

and ...lo! the 'Dining Room'....well, kind of. It is where everyone hangs out when they need some shade and to bar-b-q, sit and drink/smoke/ tell lies etc.

Up close and personal...

 ok..moving right along....to the bathroom...door mid center...lots of bikes that belong either to those 20 resident liveaboards, or they have been left there by those who came and went...and forgot their bikes...or something like that.

 anyway....we are now out the gate and turning left...that is the Hwy1, straight ahead! Cars on the left are at the Fruit Stall.

Yes, here it is...and it is interesting to me that the different people who have served me have charged different prices for the same things. Hmmm....It is a 'family' business!

I love the red truck!:)

These tomatoes are SOOOO good!

I love this too...and the fruit is great..oh, and the vegetables too. Much better than buying at the supermarket and better prices too!

 

 

Next on the agenda, after the fruit stall, was the supermarket, just down the road about a mile.

 

However, before that, Waz decided to take the other alternator out and get that reconditioned, as he had the other one. Wise move, I think! We dont know where we will be if we need to do it later, so do it now.

 

Back to the supermarket....We walked there with our little red cart and bought all the essentials that we couldn't find anywhere else, and came home about 1.30pm.

It was HOT! at this stage. Waz turned the Air conditioning on, as it was just too hot inside the boat...it has been on since! Must have been 90F out there today.

 

We put things away, and then decided that we should have some lunch!

We didn't need too much to eat, so decided to have dessert, for a change..why not?:)

Last night we sampled the cheesecake, which was still warm, and we should have waited for it to be refrigerated for a couple of hours.

 

So, today we ate it cold with copious strawberries and whipped cream. Last night we ate it with fresh peaches, which was delicious. Making dessert with no sugar had it's challenges, and we definitely need the sweetness of the fruit!

 

The walnuts on the bottom are really nice:)

 

We had decided to go out to dinner at a Pizza restaurant and had picked up a coupon for it, at the café, this morning. The coupon allowed us free appetizer, and we chose fried mushrooms...not something we would normally eat, and it allowed us a 20 inch pizza. Somehow this didnt all computer at the time...a 20 inch Pizza is HUGE!!! and they bring it out on a stand which is about 8 inches off the table. The stand is made for 12-16 inch pizzas, and NOT 20 inch ones. It also has a small base, which is nuts!!

sooooo....Waz had a piece of the Meat Lovers Supreme, and gave me one...he then went back for a second piece and I was getting myself a second one when suddenly the whole thing tipped backwards over the top of the table onto the bench seat on the other side. It was hilarious! We managed to retrieve the rest of the pizza and put it into a box to take home.

We have frozen the balance and will eat it for lunch until we get sick of it!

 

A parcel arrived for us from Len...two white shirts with PierOne Yacht Sales logos on them....Thanks Len! We are very happy to promote you and the business! We had to take a 'Selfie' of the two of us, of course!

 

 

 

The air conditioner is still on, and it is very warm outside, even now, at 10.30pm. We have a couple of things to see to before we head to bed, so we had better go and do them..

We are off tomorrow, heading north again to Jacksonville and beyond. You will hear from us soon!

 

Night, night!