Time to Go Home

Deltaville Boat Yard: 28 October

Firing up the BBQ

Firing up the Bagpipes (Nick)

Yes, it’s time to go home.  Overnight temperatures dropped to a low of 10C and we’re scratching to find enough blankets & quilts to keep warm.  Dress of the day for us includes fashionable navy blue thermals.  Locals are out in jeans, cowboy boots and stetson hats (rather like a bushman's Akubra only pushed up on both sides).  We’ve spent the last two days locked down in the marina with solid rain and winds gusting 30kts.  More is on the way.  Today is a good day to be working on the ‘net but the Cap’n is itching to start our final big cleaning effort.  That translates, of course, to ordering heaps from Amazon.  Sigh.

Tomorrow promises a nice day, which is just as well.  Deltaville Maritime Museum have organised an Art & Seafood Fest (with a band at lunchtime) so we might escape for a few hours to catch the last of the season’s crabs and admire local talent.  

Pickin' crabs with Kenny

Just a sample of the daily catch

Old Time Tipple: Sangee (sangria)

Our only real difficulty in leaving will be zipping suitcases closed.  GS has had a spending spree at Wal Mart.  So there's a forecast for tantrums....

Waiting in the Marina for Hurricane Dorian

End of Season

Our figures for 2019 came in as follows:

From: Deltaville, USA Lat/Long: 37:33.116N 76:19.817W Date/Time: 3/05/19: 1500

To: Deltaville, USA Lat/Long: 37:32.966N 76:19.805W  Date/Time: 23/10/19: 0935

Time Taken: (this year): 62 hrs  Distance: (this year): 367nm

Distance Total: (since 2008): 25,111nm  

Weather: From basking in famous Southern swelter to dodging hurricanes.  We've had it all this year.  Really had to keep our eye on the weather as predictions didn't often go as planned. 

Fastest Speed:  This was the year of OWM (Other Woman’s Makeover).  Fairly substantial “surgery” in the mechanical and electrical departments, with some head-scratching still needed to resurrect the generator. 

Lighthouses traditionally mean "keep away"
Aren't we a wee bit close?

Birthday Bash

Some days were just perfect 

And a final Farewell rings out over Jackson Creek