Plans in Pencil

The boating we do is relatively safe and we're pretty careful.  But stuff happens.  This time, poor Jeff had a couple of mishaps.  First, forgetting how that green film on the boat turns into very slippery slime when wet, he had a slip while washing the boat.  He bounced right back up and while bruised, kept on chugging.

dirty dirty dirty boat
This green/black soot is all over her after summer storage in the boat yard

Then, more seriously, a couple of days later on the dock, his foot caught on a raised section and sent him flying.  It probably would have been better if he landed in the water but instead he had an unfortunate rendezvous between a dock faucet and his chest.  Right dead center.  And hard.

Then thirdly, on the way to the head that night, groggy with sleep and pain meds, he tripped over a stepping stool that someone left out of place (hmmm, ok it was me) and took a nasty tumble hurting his shoulder.  So between his butt, chest and shoulder he's pretty sore.  We've extended our stay here in Fort Myers to let the captain have a little healing time.  Unfortunate, but as things go, not a bad place to be laid up.  Boating plans are in pencil.  We just go with the flow.

In the meantime, the boat has been cleaned and the provisioning is underway.  We've been enjoying catching up with old friends, local events in town - the monthly car show was on yesterday - and just relaxing on the boat.  We'll be here for a bit...  then who knows...

Car show in downtown Fort Myers

Great way to beat the heat....
An afternoon in an air conditioned pool hall
With Brian and Danielle (S/V Obewan)

Granvida in her slip at the Fort Myers Yacht Basin
where we've enjoyed many relaxing dinners in the cockpit at sunset.