Back to Rocky Waters (Eau Gallie)

If you've been reading our blog since we left Columbia you may remember that we stopped in Eau Gallie, Fl on our way south. And that it rained buckets full the night we were here. That was also the night of their marina Christmas party to which we were invited. The owner captured our imagination with stories about the area so we decided to come back and spend a day or two here. Guess what, when we got in yesterday we learned that their St. Patrick's day party was last night. Again we were invited to join them and are we glad we did.

One of the guys who lives here is Irish and he prepared a traditional corned beef and cabbage boiled dinner. An interesting twist was the rutabagas that he put in it. Don't know if it was because it was the first boiled dinner we'd had since we left home or what, but it was delicious. Carol had made a chocolate tunnel cake and it also was great. Think it's the first time we've eaten too much on this trip.

All the vegs

Corned Beef

Vi, Phil, Dennis (the cook) and Harry

More members of the Wednesday night pot luck

Phil's telling something...see his hands!

All the pictures from the pot luck are courtesy of Jim Aitken, a new friend from Maine who lives here now.

Phil took a bike ride this morning to get change for the laundry. Can't get away from cooking and doing laundry unless you have the money to have someone else do it. We're on the face dock directly in front of the laundry room and showers so it was almost like doing laundry at home. Throw 'em in and go back when they're ready for the dryer.

After lunch Phil decided that he needed a haircut so he went back to a barbershop he'd past this morning. The guy did an okay job but it's really, really short. Think I'll just wait until I get back back...don't like letting anybody cut my hair until I've seen their work.

When it cooled down, we went for a bike ride in the historical district. Lovely old homes, shady streets, but really nothing outstanding to take pictures of. We invited Jim, the photographer, and his wife Carol to stop by the boat. We had a wonderful visit with them and then went to see their boat. Hope they'll make it to North Carolina sometime this year and spend some time with us.

Tomorrow we're headed for the Space Coast area and a mooring at Titusville.