Saturday, August 12

Lay Day | Bucks Harbor

Another quiet day in Bucks Harbor. I expected the family to arrive later in the day, thereby beginning the "family" portion of the cruise. Further, I tentatively expected another Triton owner to be sailing down from nearby Smith Cove for an informal rendezvous.

Lazy

I managed to drag myself out of bed at 0730 and had coffee and a bagel while I caught up on the written logs. Then I headed ashore to get rid of some more trash left over from the previous days' cleaning and to buy some sponges, before settling in for some serious relaxing.

Heather called to let me know that she expected to arrive around 1330, and I put the free morning to good use reading. The wind continued to blow very strongly from the northwest with some absurdly strong gusts, and the sky was filled with large puffy clouds. Fortunately the sun was warm and the wind wasn't too cold.

Heather arrived at almost exactly 1330, and I went ashore to pick her up, only to find that Gavin was sleeping. I loaded all of the gear and headed back to the boat to stow everything away while she stayed ashore so that Gavin could continue to nap for a while. As I was putting gear away, a rather sudden, and surprisingly heavy rain shower came through, so I waited out the rain--maybe 15 minutes--before heading back ashore. Gavin had woken up during that time, and I shuttled everyone out to the boat.

During the day there was no sign of the Triton from Smith Cove, so at about 1630, we headed ashore to go up to the Rendezvous Cafe for a beer to celebrate our 6th wedding anniversary. Then we returned to the boat where I grilled up some pizzas. Soon enough it was time for Gavin to hit the racks and a few hours later Heather and I followed his lead.