Spring

[Orvil Newton]

June 5th 2009, Shilshole Bay:
The weather has been pretty nice the past week or so; almost like Hawaii in the dead of winter. But today we appear to be back to normal – cloudy, cool and wet. A good thing, I judge, as most of the locals have been complaining about the heat (Mid-80’s maximum) and attributing it to Global Warming, or as I prefer to call it – “Spring”.
Laura has been working far too many hours and attracting the wrong kind of attention from upper management – the kind of attention that gets you promoted. As usual she is making lots of friends. I have been keeping busy with the web site and two YouTube channels, writing, recording, editing and producing videos. Of course with Laura working so much, I have taken charge of the housekeeping chores, laundry and grocery shopping.
Boat maintenance has been minimal but I did install another 12 volt active vent in the forepeak to help with the condensation problem. The cockpit hatches I refinished last year in Friday Harbor have warped and split so I will have to find a way to fix that. I would like to replace them with Starboard ™, a white plastic material, but Laura is having none of it. She likes the varnished teak look.
We are looking forward to sailing back to Friday Harbor for the Vega Rendezvous next month. We will probably take two or three days to get there and expect to take lots of video and photographs for the web site and YouTube.