Tuesday, July 28

I was a bad boy today. I got strict orders from the BOSS today. She said I could not take any more baths. The reason? The despicable RING! That’s right, the ring around the tub. Apparently I did not do a satisfactory job of removing the despicable ring, so I am bath banned.

Yeah, right…..

Early in the day Dave Power showed up with the folks who check the moorings. I went down to watch while Brenda continued to wash the walls and prepare for even more painting. The work platform for the mooring work is a modified two hull vessel with a large hole in the middle. Over that hole is the superstructure for a hydraulic winch. Once the mooring is located it is hooked to and hauled up by the winch. Out of the water the mooring is inspected, new fittings and rope attached and then lowered back into the water. This involves splicing of one inch three strand line, replacing clevis, attaching chain, etc. An interesting operation to watch.

A few visitors arrived and Brenda was busy giving them tours and operating the store.

After lunch I prepared the weed eater and took off on the North trail. This had not been cut in a while and was in dire need of work. It took a couple of hours to get about one third of the way done. I was tired then and the rest will have to wait for another day.

Back at the ranch, uh….lighthouse, Brenda was giving some more tours and working on the guest quarters in between. After cleaning off the weed eater and mower I went to take a bath.

UH OH…..did I say BATH?? The despicable ring! I wonder if the BOSS will know. OH boy!

Ethan called about 1730 and asked for help off loading some visitors on the beach. I went down and helped and then Ethan offered to take me on a ride around the island. Well, you know I wasn’t going to turn that down. So, I simply told the visitors to walk to the lighthouse, find someone named Brenda and ask her to give them a tour. They did, and she did. Actually I got back in time to give the lighthouse tour myself. Brenda closed up the store, prepared stuff for our office visit tomorrow and started dinner.

Good woman!

Now, as I sit here writing the blog, she is dragging out the ironing board. Seems the curtains she got from somewhere need to be ironed and then hung in the guest quarters. Guess who will be putting up the curtain rods? And she tells me the bathroom door does not shut properly…..needs planning down.

Tomorrow is our day ashore. It is supposed to be warm. Maybe I’ll wear shorts!